Nuno Neves (1996)

Neves was an outstanding soccer player for CCRI and later on, was a great mentor to other soccer players at CCRI as an assistant soccer coach.  Neves led the 1983 and 1984 teams to one of the two best year records ever assembled by consecutive teams with it being 29-6-3.  Neves was a two-time National Soccer Coaches Association All-American and a two-time NJCAA first team All-New England.  In 1983, he led the team to its highest national ranking of 7.  In 1984, Neves being the team’s captain, MVP, was CCRI’s Outstanding Male Athlete and All-Northeast District pick.  As an assistant coach, being paired up with Head Coach Gaspar; they have accomplished 9 consecutive playoff appearances and nine straight winning records. Nuno played semiprofessional soccer with the Rhode Island Sharks, the Warren Soccer Club, and the Lowell, Massachusetts team, helping the latter squad to three championships in a row.  In 1998 he coached the Rhode Island Under-14 Premiere team to Eastern Regional and Virginia Open tournament titles and in 2006, Neves was inducted into Warren’s Athletic Hall of Fame.