[3] Neveu enjoyed a short playing career in France with Angoulême CFC and ES La Rochelle.

[citation needed] After retiring as a player, Neveu has managed both club and national sides.

In December 2001, Neveu came to Chinese club Dalian Shide and served as coach of its youth academy where he was mainly in charge of a youth team made up of foreign teenage players signed from Cameroon,[4][5] a project which later proved a failure.

[12] Neveu rejected calls in October 2008 from player Shabani Nonda for him to resign following some poor performances by the national side.

[13] In October 2008, Neveu was named among a five-man shortlist for the vacant job as the manager of the Rwandan national side.