Introduction
Thiago Neves Augusto, commonly known as Thiago Neves (born 27 February 1985 in Curitiba), is a Brazilian footballer, currently playing for Brazilian team Cruzeiro.
Club career
He scored a hat-trick in the home leg of the Copa Libertadores final – Thiago Neves had by then already scored once in the away leg (in Ecuador) — (during the 2008 Copa Libertadores) but ending up on the losing side, as Fluminense drew 5–5 on aggregate with LDU de Quito and were eventually downed in the penalty shootout. Neves was one of the players who missed a penalty.
On 30 August 2008, it was announced that Thiago Neves joined Hamburger SV player and was seen as the ideal replacement for the outgoing Rafael van der Vaart. Fluminense received 30% of the profit of R$ 3,502 thousand and rest of them belonged to a third party owner, "D.I.S Esporte e Organização de Eventos LTDA".
He left the club on 31 January 2009 and joined Al-Hilal for €7 million. Neves scored a hat-trick against the rival team Al-Ittihad which shaped their historic 5–0 victory. In 2012 he signed for Fluminense for the exact fee he was sold and at the end of that season he was crowd champion in Brazil for his new club. On July 2013 he was sold back to Al-Hilal for €6 million.
International career
He made his international debut in a friendly match against Sweden on 26 March 2008. Later that year, he was called up to be part of the Brazil U-23 team for the 2008 Summer Olympics. He scored two goals in the second match of the group stage over New Zealand national under-23 football team in a 3–0 win. Brazil finished third.
Club statistics
As of 8 January 2012.
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Brazil | League | Copa do Brasil | League Cup | South America | Total | |||||||
| 2005 | Paraná | Série A | 29 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 29 | 3 |
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | Asia | Total | |||||||
| 2006 | Vegalta Sendai | J2 League | 35 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 8 |
| Brazil | League | Copa do Brasil | League Cup | South America | Total | |||||||
| 2007 | Fluminense | Série A | 33 | 12 | 9 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 42 | 14 |
| 2008 | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 13 | 7 | 18 | 8 | ||
| Germany | League | DFB-Pokal | DFB Ligapokal | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 2008–09 | Hamburger SV | Bundesliga | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Brazil | League | Copa do Brasil | State League | South America | Total | |||||||
| 2009 | Fluminense | Série A | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 7 |
| Saudi Arabia | League | Crown Prince Cup | Kings Cup | Asia | Total | |||||||
| 2009–10 | Al-Hilal | Professional League | 20 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 16 |
| 2010–11 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 6 | ||
| Brazil | League | Copa do Brasil | State League | South America | Total | |||||||
| 2011 | Flamengo | Série A | 33 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 21 |
| 2012 | Fluminense | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 49 | 9 | |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 2 | ||
| Saudi Arabia | League | Crown Prince Cup | Kings Cup | Asia | Total | |||||||
| 2013–14 | Al-Hilal | Professional League | 22 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 17 |
| 2014–15 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 41 | 18 | ||
| United Arab Emirates | League | President's Cup | Super Cup | Asia | Total | |||||||
| 2015–16 | Al-Jazira | Pro-League | 25 | 8 | 5 | 3 | — | — | 7 | 0 | 37 | 11 |
| 2016–17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Brazil | League | Copa do Brasil | State League | South America | Total | |||||||
| 2017 | Cruzeiro | Série A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Country | Brazil | 138 | 33 | 22 | 7 | 47 | 18 | 30 | 7 | 237 | 65 | |
| Japan | 35 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 8 | ||
| Germany | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Saudi Arabia | 73 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 7 | 118 | 42 | ||
| United Arab Emirates | 27 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 42 | 13 | ||
| Total | 279 | 74 | 40 | 16 | 56 | 24 | 67 | 14 | 442 | 128 | ||
National team statistics
- As of 15 November 2012.
Honours
Individual
- Bola de Ouro: 2007
- Best Player of Paraná state championship U-20: 2004
- Saudi Professional League Player of the Round: Round 11
- 2011 Campeonato Carioca Best Attacking Midfielder
- 2011 Campeonato Carioca Best Player (People's Choice)
- 2011 Campeonato Carioca Best Player
Club
- Fluminense
- Copa do Brasil: 2007
- Taça Guanabara: 2012
- Rio de Janeiro State League: 2012
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2012
- Al-Hilal
- Saudi Premier League: 2010 2011
- Crown Prince Cup: 2010
- Kings Cup: 2015
- Flamengo
- Taça Guanabara: 2011
- Taça Rio: 2011
- Rio de Janeiro State League: 2011
Nation
- Brazil
- 2008 Summer Olympics: Bronze medal winner
- Superclásico de las Américas: 2012