Thiago Neves — Profile, Stats, Transfers

Career snapshot

10

clubs played for

08/09

debut season

0.29

goals / match

Cruzeiro Esporte Clube

top club · 151 apps

Position rank · 2021

#279

goals rank

#413

assists rank

189

season goals

110

season assists

Among 483 Midfield - Attacking Midfields · ≥200 mins

Career highs

€10.00m

peak value · 2008

€11.00m

top transfer fee · 15/16

21

best season · 2011

19 / 5

int'l caps / goals

Born the same day

Vladislav Kulik

Midfield - Central Midfield · Retired

Roberto Santamaría

Goalkeeper · Retired

Faouzi Aaish

Defender - Left-Back · Retired

Shares 1985-02-27 · 3 players total

651Appearances

189Goals

110Assists

96Yellow cards

2Red cards

138Full matches (90′)

Full name	Thiago Neves
Name in home country	Thiago Neves Augusto
Date of birth	1985-02-27 (41 yrs)
Place of birth	Curitiba, Brazil, Brazil
Citizenship	Brazil
Position	Midfield - Attacking Midfield (main: Midfield)
Foot	N/A
Height	180.00 m
Current club	Retired
Joined	2021-09-20
Contract expires	—
Agent	Fatto Gestão

Sep 2021

Transfer: Sport Recife → Retired

21/22 · Transfer

Jul 2021

2021 — Sport Club do Recife

21 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Sep 2020

Transfer: Grêmio → Sport Recife

20/21 · Transfer

Jul 2020

2020 — Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense, Sport Club do Recife

39 matches · 7 G · 2 A · across 6 competitions

Jan 2020

Transfer: Cruzeiro → Grêmio

19/20 · Transfer

Jul 2019

2019 — Cruzeiro Esporte Clube

41 matches · 9 G · 7 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2018

2018 — Cruzeiro Esporte Clube

53 matches · 15 G · 3 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2017

2017 — Cruzeiro Esporte Clube

57 matches · 17 G · 9 A · across 4 competitions

Jan 2017

Transfer: Without Club → Cruzeiro

16/17 · Transfer

Oct 2016

Transfer: Al-Jazira → Without Club

16/17 · Transfer

Jul 2016

16/17 — Al-Jazira Club

2 matches · 0 G · 2 A · across 1 competition

Jul 2015

15/16 — Al-Jazira Club

33 matches · 8 G · 10 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2015

Transfer: Al-Hilal → Al-Jazira

15/16 · Transfer · €11.00m

Jul 2014

14/15 — Al-Hilal SFC

36 matches · 19 G · 8 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2013

Transfer: Fluminense → Al-Hilal

13/14 · Transfer · €6.00m

Jul 2013

13/14 — Al-Hilal SFC

39 matches · 18 G · 10 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2013

2013 — Fluminense Football Club

16 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2012

2012 — Fluminense Football Club

49 matches · 9 G · 12 A · across 5 competitions

Jan 2012

Transfer: Al-Hilal → Fluminense

11/12 · Transfer · €7.00m

Dec 2011

Transfer: Flamengo → Al-Hilal

11/12 · Return from loan

Jul 2011

2011 — CR Flamengo

57 matches · 21 G · 9 A · across 5 competitions

Jan 2011

Transfer: Al-Hilal → Flamengo

10/11 · Loan

Jul 2010

10/11 — Al-Hilal SFC

11 matches · 6 G · 3 A · across 1 competition

Jul 2009

09/10 — Al-Hilal SFC

36 matches · 16 G · 14 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2009

2009 — Fluminense Football Club

26 matches · 8 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2009

Transfer: Hamburger SV → Al-Hilal

09/10 · Transfer · €7.00m

Jun 2009

Transfer: Fluminense → Hamburger SV

08/09 · Return from loan

Feb 2009

Transfer: Hamburger SV → Fluminense

08/09 · Loan

Oct 2008

Injury: unknown

2 games missed

Aug 2008

Transfer: Fluminense → Hamburger SV

08/09 · Transfer · €9.00m

Jul 2008

08/09 — Hamburger SV

9 matches · 0 G · 2 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2008

2008 — Fluminense Football Club

18 matches · 7 G · 5 A · across 2 competitions

Jan 2008

Transfer: Paraná → Fluminense

07/08 · Transfer · €850k

Dec 2007

Transfer: Fluminense → Paraná

07/08 · Return from loan

Jul 2007

2007 — Fluminense Football Club

42 matches · 14 G · 13 A · across 2 competitions

Jan 2007

Transfer: Paraná → Fluminense

06/07 · Loan

Dec 2006

Transfer: Vegalta Sendai → Paraná

06/07 · Return from loan

Jul 2006

2006 — Vegalta Sendai

36 matches · 8 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jan 2006

Transfer: Paraná → Vegalta Sendai

05/06 · Loan

Jul 2005

2005 — Paraná Clube

30 matches · 3 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Jan 2005

Transfer: Paraná U20 → Paraná

04/05 · Transfer

Jan 1970

Peak market value: €10.00m

Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 273 other Midfield - Attacking Midfields with ≥500 minutes in 2021. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals2 total · 0.17/90

34

Assists0 total · 0.00/90

0

G+A2 total · 0.17/90

12

Yellow cards2 total · 0.17/90

70

Minutes played by club

Sport Club do Recife 11.2%

Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense 1.6%

Cruzeiro Esporte Clube 22.9%

Fluminense Football Club 23.9%

CR Flamengo 9.5%

Vegalta Sendai 2.6%

Paraná Clube 4.7%

Al-Jazira Club 2.1%

Al-Hilal SFC 21.5%

Hamburger SV 0.0%

Club	Seasons	First	Last	Matches	Goals	Assists	Minutes
Sport Club do Recife	2	2020	2021	46	8	2	1,391
Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense	1	2020	2020	14	1	0	204
Cruzeiro Esporte Clube	3	2017	2019	151	41	19	2,845
Fluminense Football Club	5	2007	2013	151	40	31	2,967
CR Flamengo	1	2011	2011	57	21	9	1,183
Vegalta Sendai	1	2006	2006	36	8	0	320
Paraná Clube	1	2005	2005	30	3	0	579
Al-Jazira Club	2	15/16	16/17	35	8	12	266
Al-Hilal SFC	4	09/10	14/15	122	59	35	2,664
Hamburger SV	1	08/09	08/09	9	0	2	0

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

Goals by season

Assists by season

Season	Competition	Club	Matches	Goals	Assists	YC	RC	Minutes
2021	Campeonato Pernambucano	Sport Club do Recife	4	1	0	1	0	245
2021	Copa do Nordeste	Sport Club do Recife	3	0	0	1	0	0
2021	Série A	Sport Club do Recife	14	1	0	0	0	801
2020	Campeonato Gaúcho	Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense	2	0	0	0	0	0
2020	Campeonato Gaúcho - Final	Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense	2	0	0	1	0	0
2020	Gauchão - 2º Turno	Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense	3	1	0	0	0	204
2020	Gauchão - Fase Final	Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense	2	0	0	1	0	0
2020	Libertadores	Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020	Série A	Sport Club do Recife	25	6	2	3	0	345
2020	Série A	Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense	5	0	0	0	0	0
2019	Campeonato Mineiro	Cruzeiro Esporte Clube	5	0	1	1	0	0
2019	Copa do Brasil	Cruzeiro Esporte Clube	4	3	0	0	0	130
2019	Libertadores	Cruzeiro Esporte Clube	4	0	1	0	0	0
2019	Série A	Cruzeiro Esporte Clube	28	6	5	8	0	352
2018	Campeonato Mineiro	Cruzeiro Esporte Clube	12	5	3	2	0	179
2018	Copa do Brasil	Cruzeiro Esporte Clube	7	2	0	3	0	272
2018	Libertadores	Cruzeiro Esporte Clube	10	5	0	2	0	151
2018	Série A	Cruzeiro Esporte Clube	24	3	0	3	0	585
2017	Campeonato Mineiro	Cruzeiro Esporte Clube	9	2	0	1	0	315
2017	Copa do Brasil	Cruzeiro Esporte Clube	13	2	2	1	0	546
2017	Copa Sudamericana	Cruzeiro Esporte Clube	2	2	0	1	0	78
2017	Série A	Cruzeiro Esporte Clube	33	11	7	8	0	237
2013	Campeonato Carioca	Fluminense Football Club	6	1	0	0	0	444
2013	Carioca - Taça Rio	Fluminense Football Club	2	1	0	1	0	108
2013	Libertadores	Fluminense Football Club	6	0	0	1	0	0
2013	Série A	Fluminense Football Club	2	0	0	0	0	0
2012	Campeonato Carioca	Fluminense Football Club	6	2	0	2	0	227
2012	Campeonato Carioca - Final	Fluminense Football Club	2	0	2	0	0	0
2012	Carioca - Taça Rio	Fluminense Football Club	3	2	0	0	0	135
2012	Libertadores	Fluminense Football Club	9	0	2	0	0	0
2012	Série A	Fluminense Football Club	29	5	8	5	0	471
2011	Campeonato Carioca	CR Flamengo	7	1	0	2	0	562
2011	Carioca - Taça Rio	CR Flamengo	9	6	1	3	0	123
2011	Copa do Brasil	CR Flamengo	6	2	3	1	0	261
2011	Copa Sudamericana	CR Flamengo	2	0	0	0	0	0
2011	Série A	CR Flamengo	33	12	5	6	0	237
2009	Campeonato Carioca	Fluminense Football Club	4	2	0	2	0	167
2009	Carioca - Taça Rio	Fluminense Football Club	8	3	0	0	0	240
2009	Copa do Brasil	Fluminense Football Club	7	3	0	1	0	200
2009	Série A	Fluminense Football Club	7	0	1	2	0	0
2008	Libertadores	Fluminense Football Club	13	6	4	2	1	173
2008	Série A	Fluminense Football Club	5	1	1	0	1	399
2007	Copa do Brasil	Fluminense Football Club	9	2	0	2	0	182
2007	Série A	Fluminense Football Club	33	12	13	4	0	221
2006	Emperor's Cup	Vegalta Sendai	1	0	0	1	0	0
2006	J.League Div.2	Vegalta Sendai	35	8	0	5	0	320
2005	Série A	Paraná Clube	30	3	0	4	0	579
16/17	UAE Pro League	Al-Jazira Club	2	0	2	0	0	0
15/16	AFC Champions League	Al-Jazira Club	6	0	0	0	0	0
15/16	AFC CL-Qualification	Al-Jazira Club	1	0	1	0	0	0
15/16	UAE President's Cup	Al-Jazira Club	1	0	0	0	0	0
15/16	UAE Pro League	Al-Jazira Club	25	8	9	4	0	266
14/15	AFC Champions League	Al-Hilal SFC	7	1	2	0	0	554
14/15	King's Cup	Al-Hilal SFC	5	5	3	1	0	83
14/15	Saudi Crown Prince's Cup	Al-Hilal SFC	4	3	2	0	0	119
14/15	Saudi Pro League	Al-Hilal SFC	20	10	1	3	0	143
13/14	AFC Champions League	Al-Hilal SFC	11	4	3	1	0	215
13/14	King's Cup	Al-Hilal SFC	2	0	0	0	0	0
13/14	Saudi Crown Prince's Cup	Al-Hilal SFC	4	1	1	0	0	294
13/14	Saudi Pro League	Al-Hilal SFC	22	13	6	2	0	135
10/11	Saudi Pro League	Al-Hilal SFC	11	6	3	1	0	158
09/10	AFC Champions League	Al-Hilal SFC	9	2	5	1	0	375
09/10	King's Cup	Al-Hilal SFC	3	1	1	0	0	252
09/10	Saudi Crown Prince's Cup	Al-Hilal SFC	4	2	1	0	0	195
09/10	Saudi Pro League	Al-Hilal SFC	20	11	7	2	0	141
08/09	Bundesliga	Hamburger SV	6	0	2	0	0	0
08/09	DFB-Pokal	Hamburger SV	0	0	0	0	0	0
08/09	UEFA Cup	Hamburger SV	3	0	0	0	0	0

Season	Date	From	To	Type	Market value	Fee
04/05	2005-01-01	Paraná U20	Paraná	Transfer	0	—
05/06	2006-01-01	Paraná	Vegalta Sendai	Loan	0	—
06/07	2006-12-31	Vegalta Sendai	Paraná	Return from loan	0	—
06/07	2007-01-01	Paraná	Fluminense	Loan	0	—
07/08	2007-12-31	Fluminense	Paraná	Return from loan	8500000	—
07/08	2008-01-01	Paraná	Fluminense	Transfer	8500000	€850k
08/09	2008-08-31	Fluminense	Hamburger SV	Transfer	10000000	€9.00m
08/09	2009-02-06	Hamburger SV	Fluminense	Loan	7000000	—
08/09	2009-06-30	Fluminense	Hamburger SV	Return from loan	5000000	—
09/10	2009-07-01	Hamburger SV	Al-Hilal	Transfer	5000000	€7.00m
10/11	2011-01-13	Al-Hilal	Flamengo	Loan	4000000	—
11/12	2011-12-31	Flamengo	Al-Hilal	Return from loan	4500000	—
11/12	2012-01-17	Al-Hilal	Fluminense	Transfer	4500000	€7.00m
13/14	2013-07-15	Fluminense	Al-Hilal	Transfer	5500000	€6.00m
15/16	2015-07-01	Al-Hilal	Al-Jazira	Transfer	4000000	€11.00m
16/17	2016-10-20	Al-Jazira	Without Club	Transfer	4000000	—
16/17	2017-01-05	Without Club	Cruzeiro	Transfer	4000000	—
19/20	2020-01-27	Cruzeiro	Grêmio	Transfer	2500000	—
20/21	2020-09-18	Grêmio	Sport Recife	Transfer	1700000	—
21/22	2021-09-20	Sport Recife	Retired	Transfer	1000000	—

Season	Injury	From	To	Days missed	Games missed
08/09	strain	2008-10-20	2008-10-26	7	2

Current€1.00m

Peak€10.00m

Low—

Δ since start−€7.50m

Date	Value
Jan 1, 1970	€1.00m
Jan 1, 1970	—
Jan 1, 1970	€1.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.70m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€3.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€4.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€4.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€4.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€5.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€4.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€6.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€6.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€6.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€4.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€4.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€4.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€3.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€5.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€3.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€4.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€5.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€7.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€9.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€10.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€5.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€8.50m

Team	Shirt	Matches	Goals	Debut	Age at debut	Status
Team #53818	—	5	2	—	—	former national player
Team #37018	#16	7	3	—	—	former national player
Team #3439	—	7	0	—	—	former national player

Teammate	PPG played with	Joint goals
Fábio	2	0
Robinho	2	4
Salman Al-Faraj	2	5
Lucas Silva	2	1
Fernando Henrique	2	0
Lucas Romero	2	2
Yasser Al-Shahrani	2	2

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

Season	Competition	Club	Goals	Matches
13/14	Saudi Pro League	Al-Hilal SFC	13	22
2007	Série A	Fluminense Football Club	12	33
2011	Série A	CR Flamengo	12	33

Top assist seasons

Season	Competition	Club	Assists	Matches
2007	Série A	Fluminense Football Club	13	33
15/16	UAE Pro League	Al-Jazira Club	9	25
2012	Série A	Fluminense Football Club	8	29

Every loan spell across this player's career.

Season	Date	From	To	Type	Fee	Value at transfer
11/12	2011-12-31	Flamengo	Al-Hilal	Return from loan	—	€4.50m
10/11	2011-01-13	Al-Hilal	Flamengo	Loan	—	€4.00m
08/09	2009-06-30	Fluminense	Hamburger SV	Return from loan	—	€5.00m
08/09	2009-02-06	Hamburger SV	Fluminense	Loan	—	€7.00m
07/08	2007-12-31	Fluminense	Paraná	Return from loan	—	€8.50m
06/07	2007-01-01	Paraná	Fluminense	Loan	—	—
06/07	2006-12-31	Vegalta Sendai	Paraná	Return from loan	—	—
05/06	2006-01-01	Paraná	Vegalta Sendai	Loan	—	—

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / Year	Milestone	Date
08/09	Senior debut season
09/10	First senior goal
14/15	Goal #50 (career)
2009	Goal #100 (career)
2017	Goal #150 (career)

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

Season	Matches	Mins	YC	2nd YC	RC	Cards / 90′
2021	21	1,046	2	1	0	0.26
2020	39	549	5	0	0	0.82
2019	41	482	9	0	0	1.68
2018	53	1,187	10	0	0	0.76
2017	57	1,176	11	0	0	0.84
2013	16	552	2	0	0	0.33
2012	49	833	7	0	0	0.76
2011	57	1,183	12	0	0	0.91
2009	26	607	5	0	0	0.74
2008	18	572	2	0	2	0.63
2007	42	403	6	0	0	1.34
2006	36	320	6	0	0	1.69
2005	30	579	4	0	0	0.62
15/16	33	266	4	0	0	1.35
14/15	36	899	4	0	0	0.4
13/14	39	644	3	0	0	0.42
10/11	11	158	1	0	0	0.57
09/10	36	963	3	0	0	0.28