Rúben Neves

Rúben Diogo da Silva Neves (, born 13 March 1997) is Portuguese professional footballers, He currently play Al Hilal for the Saudi Professional League and Portugal national football team.

Club Career
Porto
Neves grew up supporting and joined Porto is club youth system at the 8 years old He played a first club in his senior career.

In 2014-15 season, he played his first matches in UEFA Champions League. He became a youngest footballer captain in the world. At age of 17, he made his Primeira Liga debut where he started and scored in a 2–0 home matches beat a Marítimo.

Wolverhampton Wanderers
On 8 July 2017, Neves signed for EFL Championship club Wolverhampton Wanderers for an fee, believed to be in the region of £15.8 million, a club and league record fee. On October 16, 2022, Neves scored a penalty kick and results 1-0 and Wolverhampton Wanderers beat Nottingham Forest.

Al Hilal
On 23 June 2023 Neves joined Al Hilal for 47 million euro transfer fee.

International Career
Neves played a 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar but defeat by Morocco in quarter final, Portugal was eliminated in semi-final

In 2019 UFEA Nations League Finals on home soil, he played semi finals match and beat Switzerland 3-1 but was taken out of the starting lineup for the final against the Netherlands and replaced with more defensive Danilo.

Neves played Portugal at the 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, helped the team reaching the semi-finals as his captain. Because how well a played matches, he was named the top ten talents of the tournament by UEFA reporters.

Career statistics
Club

+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsPorto2014–15Primeira Liga241103090—3712015–16Primeira Liga221612080—3822016–17Primeira Liga131002030—181Total5937170200—934Wolverhampton Wanderers2017–18Championship4260000——4262018–19Premier League3545100——4052019–20Premier League3822010132—5442020–21Premier League3653010——4052021–22Premier League3342010——3642022–23Premier League3562040——416Total2192714170132—25330Al-Hilal2023–24Saudi Pro League32352—92815482024–25Saudi Pro League6000—3020110Total38352—122101658Career total3163326414045410141142

International

+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsPortugal2015202017202018502019702020202021802022110202380202490Total540

Honours
Wolverhampton Wanderers
EFL Championship: 2017–18
Al Hilal
Saudi Pro League: 2023-24
King Cup: 2023-24
Saudi Super Cup: 2023, 2024
Portugal U21
UEFA European Under-21 Championship Runner Up: 2015
Portugal
UEFA Nations League: 2018-19
Individual

 UEFA European Under-17 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2014
 Confederação do Desporto de Portugal Young Prospect of the Year: 2015
 EFL Championship Team of the Season: 2017–18
 EFL Team of the Season: 2017–18
 PFA Team of the Year: 2017–18 Championship

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Category:Portuguese footballers
Category:1997 births
Category:2022 FIFA World Cup players
Category:Living people
Category:Al Hilal SFC players
Category:UEFA Euro 2024 players