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Rúben Diogo da Silva Neves (Portuguese pronunciation:, born 13 March 1997) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Saudi Pro League club Al-Hilal [4] and the Portugal national team. Neves started his career with Porto and made his first-team debut at the age
Cristiano Ronaldo is Portugal's most capped player. This is a list of players who earned 25 or more caps for the Portugal national football team. For all players who have played for Portugal, see Category:Portugal men's international footballers. As of November 2024, 125 players have reached this milestone for Portugal.
Afterwards, Neves enjoyed two campaigns as a professional with C.D. Aves in the Segunda Liga. He played his first match in the competition on 11 August 2013 in a 0–2 home loss against C.F. União where he featured the 90 minutes, [ 2 ] and scored his first goal the following weekend, helping the visitors to a 1–1 draw at U.D. Oliveirense .
After qualifying for the finals, Portugal finished third in Group F but advanced to the knockout stages as the third-best third place team following three straight draws. Portugal beat Croatia 1–0 after extra time in the round of 16 [ 94 ] and then defeated Poland 5–3 on penalties to reach the semi-finals, [ 95 ] where they defeated Wales 2 ...
A list of current and former players who have played for the senior Portugal national football team (but not players who have only been capped at Olympic, Under-21 or other junior levels). Players in this category should also be left in category:Portuguese men's footballers
Vítor Gonçalves captained Portugal in their first international on home soil, on 17 December 1922 against the same opposition. The current individual with the most caps, as captain of the Portugal team is Cristiano Ronaldo.
Portugal have played against teams from every confederation. Their first international match was played on 18 December 1921 in Madrid against Spain , losing 3–1. [ 13 ] The team they have faced the most often is also Spain, with a total of 40 matches played.
Argentina 3–0 Portugal (Cuenca, Spain; 05 August 1995) Biggest win Portugal 10–0 Kazakhstan (Aveiro, Portugal; 10 October 2018) Portugal 10–0 Liechtenstein (Oeiras, Portugal; 13 November 2024) Biggest defeat Portugal 0–5 Brazil (Tampere, Finland; 17 August 2003) Portugal 0–5 Germany (Algarve, Portugal; 9 February 2016) World Cup