Mauricio Neveu

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Neveu and the second or maternal family name is León.

Mauricio Alberto Neveu León (born 23 February 1979) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

Mauricio Neveu

Personal information
Full name	Mauricio Alberto Neveu León
Date of birth	(1979-02-23) 23 February 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth	Viña del Mar, Chile
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Youth career
	Flecha Verde
1990–1998	Santiago Wanderers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–2003	Santiago Wanderers	117	(4)
2000	Santiago Wanderers B
2003–2004	PSMS Medan
2004	Hòa Phát Hà Nội
2005–2006	Dardania Lausanne
2007	FC Epalinges
2008–2012	FC Chile Sport
International career
1999	Chile U20	4	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Born in Viña del Mar, Chile, Neveu was with club Flecha Verde from Quilpué before joining the Santiago Wanderers youth system at the age of eleven,^[2][3][4] coinciding with players such as Reinaldo Navia and David Pizarro.^[5] He made his professional debut thanks to the coach Pedro García in a match against Coquimbo Unido in 1998.^[4]

In his homeland, he developed his career with Santiago Wanderers from 1998 to 2003, all seasons in the Chilean top division, except in 1999 when the club played at the second level and became the runner-up of the league.^[3] He took part in the 2001 league title,^[6] scoring a goal,^[7] and the 2002 Copa Libertadores.^[8][9] He also played for the B-team in the 2000 Tercera División alongside fellows such as Jorge Ormeño, Joel Soto and Mauricio Rojas.^[4]

He moved abroad in 2004 and joined Indonesian club PSMS Medan thanks to the agent Nelson León Sánchez with Juan Rodríguez Vega as coach.^[4][10] In the same year, he switched to Vietnamese club Hòa Phát Hà Nội.^[3][2]

From 2005 to 2012, he played in Switzerland for Dardania Lausanne (2005–06), FC Epalinges (2007) and FC Chile Sport (2008–12).^[2][3]

International career

Neveu represented Chile U20 in the 1999 South American Championship in Argentina,^[11][12] making four appearances.^[4]

Post-retirement

Back in Chile, Neveu joined Club Deportivo Flecha Verde as coach at youth level and vice president.^[2][13]

References

1. "Mauricio Neveu". livefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2023.
2. Segura Vega, Sebastián; Triviño Urtubia, Camilo (2015). ESTUDIO CUALITATIVO DE IDENTIDAD Y FÚTBOL EN ADOLESCENTES PERTENECIENTES AL CLUB DEPORTIVO AMATEUR FLECHA VERDE COMUNA DE QUILPUÉ (PDF) (in Spanish). Valparaíso, Chile: Valparaiso University. pp. 120–122, 137, 142. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
3. "Mauricio NEVEU". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2023.
4. (V y B sports) Nuestro primer programa , junto al ex Wanderers Mauricio Neveu on Facebook (in Spanish). 16 June 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
5. "[FOTO] La imagen de Reinaldo Navia y David Pizarro en Wanderers donde no podrás reconocerlos". El Periscopio Noticias (in Spanish). 18 July 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
6. "Corporación Santiago Wanderers » Corporación homenajeará el lunes a los campeones 2001". corporacionwanderers.cl (in Spanish). 9 December 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
7. "Wanderers (2001): la última estrella del puerto" (in Spanish). AS Chile. 27 April 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
8. "Efemérides: Hace 19 años Wanderers consiguió un empate ante Boca en la Bombonera". www.golmaster.cl (in Spanish). 13 February 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
9. "Emelec terminó la Copa Libertadores con una derrota". El Universo (in Spanish). 11 April 2002. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
10. "Wanderers en Campeonato de Primera División Clausura 2003". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2023.
11. "Nóminas de Chile para Campeonatos Sudamericanos Sub-20". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 July 2023.
12. Aceituno Rubilar, Freddy Enrique; Álvarez González, Ricardo Blas (November 2016). JUEGOS DE CHICOS PROBLEMAS DE GRANDES: Las selecciones menores del fútbol chileno (PDF) (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: University of Chile. pp. 130–131. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
13. "Clubes Deportivos de Quilpué,realizan campaña para incentivar pago del permiso de circulación en la comuna". Marga Marga Online (in Spanish). 26 March 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2023.

External links

• Mauricio Neveu at BDFA (in Spanish)
• Mauricio Neveu at BeSoccer
• Mauricio Neveu at PlaymakerStats