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David Neres
Brazilian footballer (born 1997) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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David Neres Campos (Brazilian Portuguese: ['deivid ˈnɛɾis]; born 3 March 1997) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Primeira Liga club Benfica and the Brazil national team.
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Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | David Neres Campos | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1997-03-03) 3 March 1997 (age 27) | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Winger | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Benfica | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
2007–2016 | São Paulo | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2016 | São Paulo | 8 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
2017 | Jong Ajax | 5 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2022 | Ajax | 121 | (37) | ||||||||||||||
2022 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2022– | Benfica | 55 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2017 | Brazil U20 | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2020 | Brazil U23 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2019– | Brazil | 8 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:55, 20 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 October 2023 |
Neres is a graduate of São Paulo's youth system and was promoted to the first team in 2016. He joined Ajax in January 2017. At Ajax, Neres established himself as one of the best young wingers in Europe, after winning a domestic double and being instrumental part of Ajax's first UEFA Champions League semi-final appearance in 22 years, in a breakthrough 2018–19 season. The following seasons, were marked by continuous injuries resulted in Neres playing a limited amount of games and declining in performances, leading him to move to Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk, and then transferred to Benfica for €15.3 million.
After representing Brazil at various youth levels, Neres was called up to the full international team for the first time in March 2019, and was part of the squad that won the 2019 Copa América.