Born in
Amarante,
Tâmega e Sousa, Neri had an experience in charge of the lowly side , and with Dragon Force (a youth setup linked to
FC Porto) before moving permanently to Brazil in 2012. He then joined
Porto-PE's youth setup before being named manager of the first team for the 2014
Campeonato Pernambucano, which started in December 2013. Neri was sacked by Porto on 30 December 2013, and moved to
Sport Recife in the following year, being initially an under-17 manager. In December 2017, after being in charge of the under-20s, he was appointed manager of
Flamengo de Arcoverde for the ensuing campaign. Neri was dismissed on 8 February 2018, after being winless in the first five matches of the Pernambucano. He remained more than a year without a club before being named at the helm of
Salgueiro on 16 April 2019. In the
2020 Pernambucano, Neri led Salgueiro to their first-ever title, which also made them the first club outside
Recife to win the tournament, and became the first European to lift the trophy. In the
2020 Série D, the club reached the round of 16 but was knocked out by
Altos. On 29 April 2021, Neri replaced
Rafael Guanaes at
Série B club
Sampaio Corrêa. On 27 May, despite winning the year's
Campeonato Maranhense, he left the club on a mutual agreement. Neri was announced
América de Natal manager on 31 May 2021, but left the club less than a month later after only three matches. On 17 February of the following year, he was named in charge of
Sergipe. ==Honours==