Hernâni Neves
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hernâni Madruga Neves | ||
| Date of birth | 2 November 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Mourão, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1980–1981 | Juventude Setúbal | ||
| 1981–1982 | Vitória Setúbal | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1982–1988 | Vitória Setúbal | 38 | (1) |
| 1985–1986 | → Farense (loan) | ||
| 1988–1994 | Benfica | 33 | (1) |
| 1994–1996 | Vitória Setúbal | 14 | (0) |
| 1996–1997 | Desportivo Beja | 12 | (1) |
| Total | 97 | (3) | |
| National team | |||
| 1987–1990 | Portugal | 2 | (0) |
| 1998–2008 | Portugal (beach soccer) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Hernâni Madruga Neves (born 2 November 1963), known simply as Hernâni, is a retired Portuguese football and beach soccer player. In the former, he played as a defensive midfielder.
He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 84 games and two goals over the course of ten seasons, representing in the competition Vitória de Setúbal and Benfica.
Hernâni was born in Mourão, Évora District, and began his professional career with Vitória de Setúbal. In a career greatly hampered by injuries he only played one solid season as a professional, 1987–88, appearing in 23 out of 38 matches to help the club finish in eighth position and attracting the attention of Primeira Liga and European Cup runner-up S.L. Benfica, which signed him in the subsequent off-season.
On 4 December 1988, Hernâni scored a rare goal, netting for Benfica in a 2–0 home win against former side Setúbal. A fortnight later, after a 2–0 home success against Lisbon neighbours Sporting Clube de Portugal, he tested positive for cocaine, and received a three-month ban. He was a first-team regular in the latter part of the 1989–90 campaign, and played the whole of the 1990 European Cup Final, lost 1–0 to A.C. Milan; he remained with the club for a further four years, but made only six appearances combined.
After a return to Setúbal, where he played 14 games in two seasons, and a spell in the Liga de Honra with C.D. Beja where he reunited with former Vitória teammate Adelino Nunes, Hernâni retired from the game in June 1997 at age 33. He also gained two caps for Portugal, his debut coming on 5 December 1987 in a 0–3 defeat to Italy in the UEFA Euro 1988 qualifiers.
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