Rúben Neves
Portugal · MF · age 29
2026 World Cup squad profile
- Team
- Portugal
- Position
- MF
- Squad role
- Projected starter
- Position rank
- #3
- Intl caps
- 65
- Intl goals
- 1
- Intl assists
- 5
- Composite rating
- 0.51(model rating, 0–1)
- P(scores ≥1)
- 2.2%
See Rúben Neves on the full Portugal scoring list →
Recent form
Rising
2025/26 international form vs the player's multi-season baseline (7.48 vs 6.61).
Major tournament stats
| Tournament | MP | Min | G | A | xG | Sh | KP | PrgP | PrgC | Tkl | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Euro 2024 | 4 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| World Cup 2022 | 5 | 272 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 2 | 3 | 61 | 33 | 1 | 2 |
| Euro 2020 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| All tournaments | 10 | 438 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 4 | 4 | 88 | 53 | 3 | 2 |
Event data from StatsBomb open data, covering the World Cup, Euro, Copa América and AFCON finals. Small per-tournament samples — totals shown, not per-90 rates.
▸How to read this table— 11 columns explained
- MP
- Matches played in the tournament.
- Min
- Total minutes on the pitch.
- G
- Goals scored (penalties in normal play included; shootouts excluded).
- A
- Assists — passes that directly led to a goal.
- xG
- Expected goals — summed per-shot quality (StatsBomb's model).
- Sh
- Shots taken.
- KP
- Key passes — passes that led to a shot.
- PrgP
- Progressive passes — completed passes moving the ball ≥10m toward goal.
- PrgC
- Progressive carries — carries advancing ≥5m toward goal.
- Tkl
- Tackles won.
- Int
- Interceptions.
Full definitions in the glossary.
154
Career matches
12,479
Career minutes
18
Goals
8
Assists
14.2
xG
Career percentiles
Goals / 90
0.13
56
xG / 90
0.10
79
xAG / 90
0.06
67
vs 355 MF players with ≥3,000 career minutes in the dataset. Higher = better.
Career — goals & xG by season
GoalsxG
Season-by-season
| Season | Club | League | MP | Mins | Goals | Assists | xG | xAG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | Wolves | Premier League | 35 | 3,007 | 4 | 3 | 4.0 | 1.9 |
| 2019-20 | Wolves | Premier League | 38 | 3,056 | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.2 |
| 2020-21 | Wolves | Premier League | 36 | 2,675 | 5 | 1 | 5.1 | 1.9 |
| 2021-22 | Wolves | Premier League | 33 | 2,661 | 4 | 2 | 1.7 | 2.5 |
| 2022-23 | Wolves | Premier League | 12 | 1,080 | 3 | 0 | 1.4 | 0.3 |
FBref data ≤ 2022-23. Rows tagged wiki are top-scorer entries from Wikipedia and only carry goals.
▸How to read this table— 6 columns explained
- MP
- Matches played in that season (start or sub counts as one).
- Mins
- Total minutes on the pitch — better signal for workload than MP alone.
- Goals
- Goals scored (penalties included).
- Assists
- Passes that directly led to a goal (FBref attribution).
- xG
- Expected goals — per-shot quality scored 0–1 by distance / angle / pressure, summed across the season.
- xAG
- Expected assisted goals — the xG of shots created by this player's passes, summed.
FBref data ends 2022-23; current-season rows tagged wiki come from Wikipedia top-scorer tables and carry only goals.
Full definitions in the glossary.