page_title: Rúben Neves
section_title: Youth
hierarchical_section_title: Rúben Neves / International career / Youth
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Ruben Neves avec le Portugal
context_page_description: Rúben Diogo da Silva Neves is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers and the Portugal national team.
context_section_description: Neves represented Portugal at the 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, helping the country reach the semi-finals as team captain. For his performances, he was named among the top ten talents of the tournament by a selection of UEFA reporters.
  On 29 August 2014, still aged 17, Neves was called by coach Rui Jorge to be part of the under-21 side. He scored his first goal on 14 October, helping to a 5–4 home win against the Netherlands for the playoff round of the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.
  When the finals began in the Czech Republic, Neves broke a new record by becoming the youngest player to debut for the Portuguese under-21s in the tournament, aged 18 years and three months, playing five minutes to help beat England 1–0 in the group stage opener. It was his only appearance, as the country reached the final and lost it to Sweden in a penalty shootout.
caption: Neves playing for Portugal U17 in 2014
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