Hernâni Neves
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Hernâni Madruga Neves | ||
Date of birth | 2 November 1963 | ||
Place of birth | Mourão, Portugal | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1980–1981 | Juventude Setúbal | ||
1981–1982 | Vitória Setúbal | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1982–1988 | Vitória Setúbal | 38 | (1) |
1985–1986 | → Farense (loan) | ||
1988–1994 | Benfica | 33 | (1) |
1994–1996 | Vitória Setúbal | 14 | (0) |
1996–1997 | Desportivo Beja | 12 | (1) |
Total | 97 | (3) | |
National team | |||
1987–1990 | Portugal | 2 | (0) |
1998–2008 | Portugal (beach) | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Hernâni Madruga Neves (born 2 November 1963), known simply as Hernâni, is a retired Portuguese football and beach soccer player. In the former, he played as a defensive midfielder.
He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 84 games and two goals over the course of ten seasons, representing in the competition Vitória de Setúbal and Benfica.
Football career
Hernâni was born in Mourão, Évora District, and began his professional career with Vitória de Setúbal. In a career greatly hampered by injuries he only played one solid season as a professional, 1987–88, appearing in 23 out of 38 matches to help the club finish in eighth position and attracting the attention of Primeira Liga and European Cup runner-up S.L. Benfica, which signed him in the subsequent off-season.
On 4 December 1988 Hernâni scored a rare goal, netting for Benfica in a 2–0 home win against former side Setúbal. A fortnight later, after a 2–0 home success against Lisbon neighbours Sporting Clube de Portugal, he tested positive for cocaine,[1] and received a three-month ban.[2][3] He was a first-team regular in the latter part of the 1989–90 campaign, and played the whole of the 1990 European Cup Final, lost 1–0 to A.C. Milan;[4] he remained with the Eagles for a further four years, but made only six appearances combined.[5]
After a return to Setúbal, where he played 14 games in two seasons, and a spell in the Liga de Honra with C.D. Beja where he reunited with former Vitória teammate Adelino Nunes, Hernâni retired from the game in June 1997 at age 33.[6] He also gained two caps for Portugal, his debut coming on 5 December 1987 in a 0–3 defeat to Italy in the UEFA Euro 1988 qualifiers.[7]
Beach soccer
One year after retiring, Hernâni started appearing for the Portugal national beach soccer team, being one of its leading figures for one full decade and winning a total of 14 titles, as well as many other top-three finishes.[8][9][10][11]
From 2006 to 2009 he also played at club level, with Italian side Cavalieri del Mare di Viareggio.[12]
Honours
Football
- Portuguese League: 1988–89, 1990–91, 1993–94
- Portuguese Cup: 1992–93; Runner-up 1988–89
- Portuguese Supercup: 1989; Runner-up 1991, 1993
- European Cup: Runner-up 1989–90
Beach soccer
Club
- Italian Supercup: 2008
Country
- Mundialito: 2003, 2008; Runner-up 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007
- FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup: 2001; Runner-up 1999, 2002, 2005; Third-place 2003, 2004, 2008
- Euro Beach Soccer League: 2002, 2007, 2008; Runner-up 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006; Third-place 1999, 2003
- Euro Beach Soccer League Portuguese Event: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
- Euro Beach Soccer League French Event: 2004, 2005
- Euro Beach Soccer League Spanish Event: 2005; Runner-up 2006; Third-place 2007
- Euro Beach Soccer League Italian Event: Runner-up 2005, 2007; Third-place 2006
- Latin Cup: 2000; Runner-up 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003; Third-place 2005
- World League: Runner-up 2001
Individual
- FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup: MVP 2001
- Mundialito: MVP 2004
Football statistics
Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
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Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
Portugal | League | Taça de Portugal | Taça da Liga | Europe | Total | |||||||
1982–83 | Setúbal | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
1983–84 | 8 | 1 | ||||||||||
1984–85 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||
1985–86 | Farense | |||||||||||
1986–87 | Setúbal | |||||||||||
1987–88 | 23 | 0 | ||||||||||
1988–89 | Benfica | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||||
1989–90 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
1990–91 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
1991–92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
1992–93 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
1993–94 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
1994–95 | Setúbal | 13 | 0 | |||||||||
1995–96 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
1996–97 | Beja | 12 | 1 | |||||||||
Total | Portugal | 97 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |||||
Country | 97 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
See also
References
- ↑ "Hernani, del Benfica, positivo de cocaína en un control 'antidoping'" [Benfica's Hernani, positive for cocaine in 'antidoping' test]. El País (in Spanish). 15 January 1989. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
- ↑ "Benfica: el águila vuelve a volar" [Benfica: the eagle flies again]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 25 May 1989. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
- ↑ "En Portugal solo hablan de escándalos" [Nothing but scandals in Portugal]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 17 June 1989. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ↑ "Champions' Cup 1989–90". RSSSF. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
- ↑ "Hernâni". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
- ↑ "97. — C.D. Beja, 1996–97" (in Portuguese). Equipas do Passado. 14 August 2007. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ↑ "Hernâni" (in Portuguese). Portuguese Football Federation. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
- ↑ "Hernâni: um grande capitão" [Hernâni: a great captain] (in Portuguese). Beach Soccer Restelo. 19 November 2010. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
- ↑ "Futebol Praia: Portugal joga com Argentina" [Beach Soccer: Portugal plays with Argentina]. Record (in Portuguese). 13 February 2000. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ↑ "Hernâni: "Cartilagens de tubarão ajudam-me imenso"" [Hernâni: "Shark gristle really helps me"]. Record (in Portuguese). 12 July 2001. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ↑ "Portugal vence Inglaterra na praia" [Portugal beats England at the beach]. Record (in Portuguese). 14 May 2008. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ↑ "Cavalieri, falsa partenza" [Cavalieri, false start]. Il Tirreno (in Italian). 23 June 2009. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
- ↑ "Neves Hernani". Footballdatabase. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
External links
- Hernâni Neves at thefinalball.com
- Hernâni Neves profile at ForaDeJogo
- Hernâni Neves at National-Football-Teams.com