Rúben Neves nets first Portugal goal on his 60th appearance | OneFootball

At the José Alvalade Stadium in Lisbon, Neves scored the goal in the 90+1st minute with a perfect header after a cross from Francisco Trincão, bringing Portugal closer to the next World Cup in the third round of Group F.

The midfielder is currently one of the most experienced members—he is the fifth most capped—of the ‘quinas’ team, but only after 10 years and 60 matches did he manage to celebrate his first goal.

Neves made his debut in November 2015, during the Fernando Santos ‘era’, in a friendly against Russia in Krasnodar, which Portugal lost 1-0, having played 18 minutes; at the time, he was playing for FC Porto and was 18 years old.

Days after his debut, the current Al Hilal player made his first start, also in a ‘friendly’ in Luxembourg, this time with a 2-0 victory.

The midfielder’s first official match only happened three years later, in September 2018, in the 1-0 win over Italy at the Estádio da Luz, at the start of the first edition of the Nations League, which Portugal eventually won.

In addition to having participated in both Nations League triumphs, Rúben Neves represented the national team in two European Championships (2020 and 2024) and one World Cup (2022).

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