Cláudia Teresa Pires Neto (born 18 April 1988) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a midfielder for Campeonato Nacional Feminino club Sporting CP.
 Cláudia Neto in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cláudia Teresa Pires Neto | ||
| Date of birth | 18 April 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Portimão, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sporting CP | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| UAC Lagos | |||
| 2008–2013 | Prainsa Zaragoza | 135 | (13) |
| 2013–2014 | RCD Espanyol | 24 | (1) |
| 2014–2017 | Linköpings FC | 80 | (3) |
| 2018–2020 | VfL Wolfsburg | 26 | (1) |
| 2020–2022 | Fiorentina | 37 | (0) |
| 2022– | Sporting CP | 11 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2006–2021 | Portugal | 136 | (19) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 February 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 October 2023 | |||
Club career
editNeto started playing futsal with UAC Lagos. In 2008, she turned to association football and signed for Prainsa Zaragoza in Spain's Superliga.[1][2] Five years later she moved to RCD Espanyol, where she played just one season.[3] Neto moved to Sweden and signed with Linköpings FC in 2014.
International career
editNeto served as captain of the Portuguese national team, helping guide the team to the 2017 UEFA Women's European Championships.[4] She retired from international football in September 2021 having scored 19 goals in 136 caps since her debut in March 2006.[5]
Honours
edit- Damallsvenskan: Winner (2) 2016, 2017
- Svenska Cupen: Winner (2) 2013–14, 2014–15
References
edit- ^ "El Prainsa, a ritmo de fado" El Heraldo de Aragón
- ^ "Macedonia de veteranía y juventud con acento maño" Diario Marca
- ^ "Jamila y Claudia, primeras bajas". El Mundo Deportivo, 3 June 2014
- ^ Profile in UEFA's website
- ^ "Cláudia Neto anuncia retirada da seleção de futebol de Portugal". Bancada (in Portuguese). 3 September 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
External links
edit- Cláudia Neto – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Cláudia Neto – national profile at FPF: Federação Portuguesa de Futebol at the Wayback Machine (archived March 4, 2016)
- Claudia Teresa Pires Neto at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish) (archived)
- Claudia Neto at SvFF: Svenska Fotbollförbundet at the Wayback Machine (archived May 10, 2017) (in Swedish)
- Cláudia Neto at Soccerway
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