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{{short description|Brazilian footballer and coach}}
{{BLP sources|date=March 2010}}
{{Portuguese name|Neves|Augusto}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Thiago Neves
| image = Thiago Neves Augusto.jpg
| upright = 0.7
| caption = Thiago Neves for [[Al Hilal SFC|Al-Hilal]] in 2010
| fullname = Thiago Neves Augusto
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1985|2|27}}
| birth_place = [[Curitiba]], Brazil
| height = 1.80 m
| position = [[Attacking midfielder]]
| currentclub = 
| clubnumber = 
| years1 = 2005–2007
| years2 = 2006
| years3 = 2007
| years4 = 2008
| years5 = 2008
| years6 = 2009–2011
| years7 = 2009
| years8 = 2011
| years9 = 2012–2013
| years10 = 2013–2015
| years11 = 2015–2016
| years12 = 2017–2019
| years13 = 2020
| years14 = 2020–2021
| clubs1 = [[Paraná Clube|Paraná]]
| caps1 = 29
| goals1 = 3
| clubs2 = → [[Vegalta Sendai]] (loan)
| caps2 = 35
| goals2 = 8
| clubs3 = → [[Fluminense FC|Fluminense]] (loan)
| caps3 = 33
| goals3 = 12
| clubs4 = [[Fluminense FC|Fluminense]]
| caps4 = 5
| goals4 = 1
| clubs5 = [[Hamburger SV]]
| caps5 = 9
| goals5 = 0
| clubs6 = [[Al Hilal SFC|Al-Hilal]]
| caps6 = 31
| goals6 = 17
| clubs7 = → [[Fluminense FC|Fluminense]] (loan)
| caps7 = 7
| goals7 = 0
| clubs8 = → [[CR Flamengo|Flamengo]] (loan)
| caps8 = 33
| goals8 = 12
| clubs9 = [[Fluminense FC|Fluminense]]
| caps9 = 31
| goals9 = 5
| clubs10 = [[Al Hilal SFC|Al-Hilal]]
| caps10 = 42
| goals10 = 23
| clubs11 = [[Al Jazira Club|Al-Jazira]]
| caps11 = 27
| goals11 = 8
| clubs12 = [[Cruzeiro Esporte Clube|Cruzeiro]]
| caps12 = 152
| goals12 = 41
| clubs13 = [[Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense|Grêmio]]
| caps13 = 14
| goals13 = 1
| clubs14 = [[Sport Club do Recife|Sport Recife]]
| caps14 = 33
| goals14 = 8
| nationalyears1 = 2008
| nationalteam1 = [[Brazil Olympic football team|Brazil U-23]]
| nationalcaps1 = 7
| nationalgoals1 = 3
| nationalyears2 = 2008–2012
| nationalteam2 = [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]]
| nationalcaps2 = 7
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{BRA}}}}
{{MedalSport|Men's [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Football]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]]|[[Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Team Competition]]}}
}}

'''Thiago Neves Augusto''' (born 27 February 1985) is a Brazilian former professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as an [[attacking midfielder]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/nevestiago/ | title = Tiago Neves | language = de | publisher = fussballdaten.de | access-date = 20 March 2010 | archive-date = 19 April 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100419211624/http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/nevestiago/ | url-status = live }}</ref>

==Club career==
Born in [[Curitiba]], Thiago Neves began his professional career with [[Paraná Clube|Paraná]] aged 20.  His performances attracted attention overseas, and for the 2006 season he was loaned out to [[Vegalta Sendai]] of the [[J2 League]].

In 2007, he joined [[Fluminense FC|Fluminense]] on a season-long loan. The Rio-based club made the move permanent after he impressed, scoring fourteen times in 42 appearances and also being crowned [[2007 Copa do Brasil|Copa do Brasil]] champion, his first title as a professional player.

In the 2008 Serie A, he was limited to only five appearances. However, Thiago Neves impressed in the [[2008 Copa Libertadores|Copa Libertadores]], scoring seven in thirteen matches, including a [[hat-trick]] in the second leg of the Copa Libertadores final – (Thiago Neves had by then already scored once in the away leg) but ending up on the losing side, as Fluminense drew 5–5 on aggregate with [[L.D.U. Quito|LDU Quito]] and were eventually downed in the penalty shootout, with Neves missing his penalty in the shoootout.

On 30 August 2008, Neves joined German club [[Hamburger SV]] and was seen as the ideal replacement for the outgoing [[Rafael van der Vaart]]. Fluminense received 30% of the profit of [[Brazilian real|R$]] 3,502 thousand and the rest of them belonged to a third party owner called [[DIS Esporte]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.fluminense.com.br/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=9&Itemid=93 | title = Fluminense Football Club | publisher = fluminense.com.br | language = pt | access-date = 2 July 2011 | archive-date = 31 December 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081231120006/http://www.fluminense.com.br/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=9&Itemid=93 | url-status = live }}</ref> After only nine appearances, he left the club on 31 January 2009 and joined [[Al Hilal SFC|Al-Hilal]] for €7 million. However, the player did not play for the Saudi club and agreed to return to Fluminense, again on loan.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.uol.com.br/esporte/futebol/ultimas/2009/02/05/ult59u186592.jhtm | title = Thiago Neves retorna ao Fluminense obcecado por títulos | language = pt | publisher = UOL | access-date = 3 May 2022 }}</ref>

Neves returned to Brazil in 2011, joining [[Clube de Regatas do Flamengo|Flamengo]] in January.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://ge.globo.com/futebol/times/flamengo/noticia/2011/01/fla-supera-barreiras-e-anuncia-thiago-neves-nesta-terca.html | title = Fla supera as barreiras e anuncia Thiago Neves nesta terça | date = 10 January 2011 | publisher = GloboEsporte.com | language = pt | access-date = 10 January 2011 | archive-date = 29 January 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220129211559/http://ge.globo.com/futebol/times/flamengo/noticia/2011/01/fla-supera-barreiras-e-anuncia-thiago-neves-nesta-terca.html | url-status = live }}</ref> In 2012, he rejoined Fluminense for the exact fee he was sold and at the end of that season he won three trophies as his club had a historic season.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Richard Souza |first= Edgard Maciel de Sá |title=Thiago Neves comemora o tetra: 'Eu devia esse título ao Fluminense' |url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/times/fluminense/noticia/2012/11/thiago-neves-devia-esse-titulo-ao-fluminense.html |access-date=2023-01-22 |website=globoesporte.com |date= 11 November 2012 |archive-date=22 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230122185255/https://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/times/fluminense/noticia/2012/11/thiago-neves-devia-esse-titulo-ao-fluminense.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In July 2013 he was sold back to Al-Hilal for €6 million, and in 2016 to [[Al Jazira Club|Al Jazira]]. After almost four years in the Middle East, on 5 January 2017 Cruzeiro agrees to hire Thiago until 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |last= Astoni |first= Marco Antônio |title=Agora é oficial! Cruzeiro confirma contratação do meia Thiago Neves |url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/times/cruzeiro/noticia/2017/01/agora-e-oficial-cruzeiro-confirma-contratacao-do-meia-thiago-neves.html |access-date=2023-01-22 |website=globoesporte.com |date= 5 January 2017 |language=pt-br |archive-date=22 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230122190345/https://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/times/cruzeiro/noticia/2017/01/agora-e-oficial-cruzeiro-confirma-contratacao-do-meia-thiago-neves.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Neves was instrumental in Cruzeiro's 2017 and 2018 Copa do Brasil titles, while playing some of his best football, scoring 17 goals in 2017 and 15 in 2018.

On 27 January 2020, after leaving Cruzeiro, Thiago joined Grêmio, but after fourteen matches he has his contract terminated by the board.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oficial: Grêmio anuncia contratação do meia Thiago Neves por uma temporada |url=https://ge.globo.com/rs/futebol/times/gremio/noticia/oficial-gremio-anuncia-contratacao-do-meia-thiago-neves-ex-cruzeiro.ghtml |access-date=2023-01-22 |website=ge |date=27 January 2020 |language=pt-br |archive-date=22 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230122191451/https://ge.globo.com/rs/futebol/times/gremio/noticia/oficial-gremio-anuncia-contratacao-do-meia-thiago-neves-ex-cruzeiro.ghtml |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Grêmio rescinde o contrato do meia Thiago Neves depois de 14 jogos |url=https://www.gazetaesportiva.com/times/gremio/gremio-rescinde-o-contrato-do-meia-thiago-neves-depois-de-14-jogos/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230122191500/https://www.gazetaesportiva.com/times/gremio/gremio-rescinde-o-contrato-do-meia-thiago-neves-depois-de-14-jogos/ |archive-date=22 January 2023 |access-date=2023-01-22 |website=www.gazetaesportiva.com|date=4 September 2020 }}</ref> On 19 September 2020 Thiago was presented as a Sport Recife player, but after a year his contract was terminated.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Thiago Neves é apresentado no Sport e se declara: 'Maior do Nordeste' |url=https://tntsports.com.br/futebolbrasileiro/Thiago-Neves-e-apresentado-no-Sport-e-se-declara-Maior-do-Nordeste-20200919-0016.html |access-date=2023-01-22 |website=TNT Sports |language=pt |archive-date=22 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230122192642/https://tntsports.com.br/futebolbrasileiro/Thiago-Neves-e-apresentado-no-Sport-e-se-declara-Maior-do-Nordeste-20200919-0016.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-09-20 |title=Sport anuncia rescisão do contrato de Thiago Neves, que fica livre no mercado |url=https://www.espn.com.br/futebol/artigo/_/id/9233606/sport-anuncia-rescisao-do-contrato-de-thiago-neves-que-fica-livre-no-mercado |access-date=2023-01-22 |website=ESPN.com |language=pt |archive-date=22 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230122192641/https://www.espn.com.br/futebol/artigo/_/id/9233606/sport-anuncia-rescisao-do-contrato-de-thiago-neves-que-fica-livre-no-mercado |url-status=live }}</ref>

==International career==
[[File:Thiago Neves na Seleçao.JPG|thumb|right|Thiago Neves with [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]].]]
Thiago Neves made his international debut in a friendly match against [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]] on 26 March 2008. Later that year, he was called up to the [[Brazil Olympic football team|Brazil U23 team]] for the [[2008 Summer Olympics]]. In the [[Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Group C]] match against [[China PR national under-23 football team|China]], he scored two goals in the 3-0 win.{{Citation needed|date=June 2022}} Brazil eventually finished third.

Neves was placed in the preliminary squad list for the [[2011 Copa América]] by [[Mano Menezes]], but later missed out on a place in the final list for the tournament. He was also called for the [[2011 Superclásico de las Américas|2011]] and [[2012 Superclásico de las Américas|2012]] editions of the [[Superclásico de las Américas]].

==Career statistics==
===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref>{{cite web | url = http://soccernet.espn.go.com/player/_/id/100664/thiago-neves?cc=3888 | title = Thiago Neves | publisher = ESPN Soccernet | access-date = 2 July 2011 | archive-date = 25 October 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121025095223/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/player/_/id/100664/thiago-neves?cc=3888 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{NFT player|24735|accessdate=17 July 2013}}</ref>
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|National cup
!colspan="2"|League cup
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|[[Paraná Clube|Paraná]]
|[[2005 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|2005]]
|[[Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|Série A]]
|29||3||||||||||||||29||3
|-
|[[Vegalta Sendai]] (loan)
|[[2006 J.League Division 2|2006]]
|[[J2 League]]
|35||8||0||0||1||0||0||0||36||8
|-
|[[Fluminense FC|Fluminense]] (loan)
|[[2007 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|2007]]
|rowspan="2"|Série A
|33||12||9||2||||||||||42||14
|-
|Fluminense
|[[2008 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|2008]]
|5||1||||||||||13||7||18||8
|-
|[[Hamburger SV]]
|[[2008–09 Hamburger SV season|2008–09]]
|[[Bundesliga]]
|6||0||0||0||0||0||3||0||9||0
|-
|Fluminense (loan)
|[[2009 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|2009]]
|Série A
|7||0||4||2||12||5||0||0||23||7
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Al Hilal SFC|Al-Hilal]]
|[[2009–10 Saudi Pro League|2009–10]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Saudi Pro League]]
|20||11||4||1||2||2||6||2||32||16
|-
|[[2010–11 Saudi Pro League|2010–11]]
|11||6||0||0||0||0||3||0||14||6
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!31!!17!!4!!1!!2!!2!!9!!2!!46!!22
|-
|[[CR Flamengo|Flamengo]] (loan)
|[[2011 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|2011]]
|rowspan="3"|Série A
|33||12||6||2||16||7||2||0||57||21
|-
|rowspan="3"|Fluminense
|[[2012 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|2012]]
|29||5||0||0||11||4||9||0||49||9
|-
|[[2013 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|2013]]
|2||0||0||0||8||2||6||0||16||2
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!31!!5!!0!!0!!19!!6!!15!!0!!65!!11
|-
|rowspan="3"|Al Hilal
|[[2013–14 Saudi Pro League|2013–14]]
|rowspan="2"|Saudi Pro League
|22||13||3||1||1||0||5||3||31||17
|-
|[[2014–15 Saudi Pro League|2014–15]]
|20||10||4||3||4||5||13||2||41||20
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!42!!23!!7!!4!!5!!5!!18!!5!!72!!37
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Al Jazira Club|Al-Jazira]]
|[[2015–16 UAE Pro League|2015–16]]
|rowspan="2"|[[UAE Pro League]]
|25||8||5||3||—||—||7||0||37||11
|-
|[[2016–17 UAE Pro League|2016–17]]
|2||0||2||1||1||1||0||0||5||2
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!27!!8!!7!!4!!1!!1!!7!!0!!42!!13
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[Cruzeiro Esporte Clube|Cruzeiro]]
|[[2017 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|2017]]
|rowspan="3"|Série A
|33||11||13||2||9||2||2||2||57||17
|-
|[[2018 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|2018]]
|24||3||7||2||12||5||10||5||53||15
|-
|[[2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|2019]]
|28||6||4||3||5||0||4||0||41||9
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!85!!20!!24!!7!!26!!7!!16!!7!!153!!41
|-
|[[Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense|Grêmio]] 
|[[2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|2020]]
|Série A
|5||0||0||0||9||1||0||0||14||1
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Sport Club do Recife|Sport Recife]]
|[[2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|2020]]
|rowspan="2"|Série A
|25||6||0||0||0||0||0||0||25||6
|-
|[[2021 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|2021]]
|14||1||3||0||4||1||0||0||21||2
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!39!!7!!3!!0!!4!!1!!0!!0!!47!!8
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!436!!107!!71!!26!!100!!33!!87!!21!!689!!191
|}

===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.rsssfbrasil.com/sel/brazil201011.htm | title = Seleção Brasileira (Brazilian National Team) 2010–2011 | publisher = rsssfbrasil.com | access-date = 2 July 2011 | archive-date = 5 October 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181005150258/http://rsssfbrasil.com/sel/brazil201011.htm | url-status = live }}</ref>
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="5"|[[Brazil national football team|Brazil]]
|2008||1||0
|-
|2009||0||0
|-
|2010||0||0
|-
|2011||1||0
|-
|2012||5||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!7!!0
|}

==Honours==
'''Fluminense'''
*[[Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|Série A]]: [[2012 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|2012]]
*[[Copa do Brasil]]: [[Copa do Brasil 2007|2007]]
*[[Taça Guanabara]]: 2012
*[[Campeonato Carioca]]: [[2012 Campeonato Carioca|2012]]

'''Al-Hilal'''
*[[Saudi Premier League]]: [[2009–10 Saudi Professional League|2009]], [[2010–11 Saudi Professional League|2010]]
*[[Crown Prince Cup]]: 2010
*[[Kings Cup (Saudi Arabia)|Kings Cup]]: 2015

'''Flamengo'''
*[[Taça Guanabara]]: 2011
*[[Taça Rio]]: 2011
*[[Campeonato Carioca]]: [[2011 Campeonato Carioca|2011]]

'''Cruzeiro'''
*Copa do Brasil: [[2017 Copa do Brasil|2017]], [[2018 Copa do Brasil|2018]]
*[[Campeonato Mineiro]]: [[2018 Campeonato Mineiro|2018]], [[2019 Campeonato Mineiro|2019]]

'''Grêmio'''
*[[Campeonato Gaúcho]]: [[2020 Campeonato Gaúcho|2020]]

'''Brazil'''
*[[2008 Summer Olympics]]: Bronze medal winner
*[[Superclásico de las Américas]]: [[2012 Superclásico de las Américas|2012]]

'''Individual'''
*[[Bola de Ouro|Bola de Prata]]: 2007, 2017
*[[Bola de Ouro]]: 2007
*Best Player of Campeonato Paranaense Under-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
*[[Prêmio Craque do Brasileirão|Campeonato Brasileiro Team of the year]]: 2017<ref>{{cite web|url=https://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/brasileirao-serie-a/noticia/vanderlei-e-mais-10-selecao-do-campeonato-brasileiro-e-divulgada.ghtml|title=Corinthians domina seleção do Brasileiro e tem quatro jogadores entre os melhores|trans-title=Corinthians dominate Brasileiro's Team of the Year and have four players amongst the best|publisher=Globo Esporte|language=pt|date=4 December 2017|access-date=5 December 2017|archive-date=20 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620232308/https://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/brasileirao-serie-a/noticia/vanderlei-e-mais-10-selecao-do-campeonato-brasileiro-e-divulgada.ghtml|url-status=live}}
Brought the last 3 teams he played to the second division.</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Commons category|Thiago Neves}}

==External links==
* {{NFT player}}
* {{kicker|thiago-neves}}
* [http://www.football-lineups.com/footballer/10145/ Football Lineups Profile]
* {{Soccerway|thiago-neves/48535}}
* {{J.League player}}

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