Career
Neves was one of the players who missed a penalty. On 30 August 2008, it was announced that Thiago Neves joined Hamburger SV player and was seen as the ideal replacement for the outgoing Rafael van der Vaart. received 30% of the profit of R$ 3,502 thousand and rest of them belonged to a third party owner, "Doctorate.I.S Esporte e Organização de Eventos LTDA". He left the club on 31 January 2009 and joined for €7 million.
Neves scored a hat-trick against the rival team First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Ittihad which shaped their historic 5–0 victory.
On July 2013 he was sold back to for €6 million. He made his international debut in a friendly match against Sweden on 26 March 2008.
Later that year, he was called up to be part of the U-23 team for the 2008 Summer Olympics. finished third. Individual Club Nation.