Hermes (footballer, born 1974)

Hermes
Personal information
Full name Hermes Neves Soares
Date of birth (1974-09-19) 19 September 1974
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Jagiellonia Białystok (assistant)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995 Corinthians
1996 Bahia 21 (1)
1997 Londrina
1997 Rio Branco Americana
1998 Bahia
1998 Santo André
1999 São Bento
1999 Ituano
2000 Brusque
2001 Olímpia
2002 Goiânia
2002 Widzew Łódź 11 (1)
2003–2008 Korona Kielce 110 (3)
2008–2011 Jagiellonia Białystok 96 (2)
2012 Polonia Bytom 12 (0)
2012–2014 Zawisza Bydgoszcz 48 (1)
International career
1993 Brazil U20
Managerial career
2014 Zawisza Bydgoszcz II
2016 Chojniczanka Chojnice (caretaker)
2017 Unia Solec Kujawski
2018–2021 Jagiellonia Białystok (youth)
2022–2023 Arka Gdynia
2025 Unia Swarzędz
2025 Mławianka Mława
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Brazil
FIFA World Youth Championship
Winner 1993 Australia
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hermes Neves Soares, nicknamed Hermes (born 19 September 1974) is a Brazilian professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.[1] He is currently the assistant manager of Ekstraklasa club Jagiellonia Białystok.[2]

Club career

Hermes previously played for Bahia in the Campeonato Brasileiro.[3]

International career

He was a member of Brazil national under-20 football team, which won the World Youth Cup in 1993.[4]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 31 October 2025
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Chojniczanka Chojnice (caretaker) 9 November 2016 17 December 2016 3 1 2 0 5 3 +2 033.33
Unia Solec Kujawski 11 October 2017 18 December 2017 7 2 2 3 8 11 −3 028.57
Arka Gdynia 24 November 2022 11 April 2023 8 3 3 2 15 10 +5 037.50
Unia Swarzędz 1 January 2025 4 November 2025 32 11 9 12 42 44 −2 034.38
Mławianka Mława 2 December 2025 20 December 2025 0 0 0 0 0 0 !
Total 50 17 16 17 70 68 +2 034.00

Personal life

Hermes has lived in Poland since 2002. When he moved to the country, he planned to stay for only a year. Years later, he admitted that Poland was his new homeland. On 10 April 2014, the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivode, Ewa Mes, presented Hermes with Polish citizenship.[5] He is married to Geiza, and they have daughters, Sara and Hana, and a son, Alvaro.[6]

Honours

Player

Corinthians

Korona Kielce

Jagiellonia Białystok[9]

Zawisza Bydgoszcz[9]

Brazil U20

References

  1. ^ "Hermes Neves Soares trenerem Arki" (in Polish). Arka Gdynia. 24 November 2022.
  2. ^ Konończuk, Wojciech (5 January 2026). "Jagiellonia Białystok. Hermes wraca do Żółto-Czerwonych i będzie asystentem Adriana Siemieńca". poranny.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  3. ^ "Futpedia: Hermes (Hermes Neves Soares)" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. Archived from the original on January 30, 2009. Retrieved March 9, 2010.
  4. ^ HermesFIFA competition record (archived)
  5. ^ "Piłkarz Zawiszy Hermes otrzymał polskie obywatelstwo [zdjęcia]". Gazeta Pomorska (in Polish). Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  6. ^ "Co robią byłe gwiazdy Korony? Hermes, Załuska, Hernani, Robak, Mielcarz, Kolendowicz, Cichoń..." Sportowy24 (in Polish). Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  7. ^ "II liga 2004/2005". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  8. ^ "III liga 2003/2004, grupa: 4 (Świętokrzyskie, Lubelskie, Małopolska, Podkarpacie)". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  9. ^ a b c "Hermes". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2 September 2024.