Serafim das Neves (29 August 1920 – 1989), was a
Portuguese footballer
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who played as a
defender.
Club career
Neves spent his entire career at
Belenenses
Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses (), commonly known as Os Belenenses or simply Belenenses, is a Portuguese sports club best known for its football team. Founded in 1919, it is one of the oldest Portuguese sports clubs. It is based in the 19,856 ...
, where he won the
Taça de Portugal
The Taça de Portugal (; ) is an annual association football competition and the premier knockout tournament in Portuguese football. For sponsorship reasons, it has been known as Taça de Portugal Generali Tranquilidade since the 2024–25 seaso ...
in 1942, and the
Primeira Divisão
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in 1947.
International career
Neves represented
Portugal national team eighteen times and made his debut against
Spain
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in
Lisbon
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on 13 March 1945, in a 2–2 draw.
Honours
Club
;
Belenenses
Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses (), commonly known as Os Belenenses or simply Belenenses, is a Portuguese sports club best known for its football team. Founded in 1919, it is one of the oldest Portuguese sports clubs. It is based in the 19,856 ...
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Primeira Divisão
The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga P ...
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1945–46
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Taça de Portugal
The Taça de Portugal (; ) is an annual association football competition and the premier knockout tournament in Portuguese football. For sponsorship reasons, it has been known as Taça de Portugal Generali Tranquilidade since the 2024–25 seaso ...
:
1941–42
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1920 births
1989 deaths
C.F. Os Belenenses players
Portugal men's international footballers
Portuguese men's footballers
Primeira Liga players
Men's association football defenders
C.F. União managers
20th-century Portuguese sportsmen
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