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Pedro Neto
Personal information
Full name Pedro Lomba Neto
Date of birth (2000-03-09) 9 March 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Viana do Castelo, Portugal[1]
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Number 7
Youth career
2008–2010 Vianense
2010–2013 Perspectiva em Jogo
2013–2015 Braga
2015–2016 Palmeiras Braga
2016–2017 Braga
2017–2019 Lazio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 Braga B 1 (0)
2017–2019 Braga 3 (1)
2017–2019Lazio (loan) 4 (0)
2019– Wolverhampton Wanderers 22 (3)
International career
2016–2017 Portugal U17 9 (1)
2017–2018 Portugal U18 3 (0)
2017–2019 Portugal U19 7 (4)
2017–2019 Portugal U20 11 (1)
2019– Portugal U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:24, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 September 2019

Pedro Lomba Neto (born 9 March 2000) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger for English club Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Club career

Braga

Born in Viana do Castelo, Neto joined S.C. Braga's youth system at the age of 13. On 7 May 2017, whilst still a junior, he made his professional debut with their reserves, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 2–3 home loss against FC Porto B for the Segunda Liga.[2] The following weekend, in his first Primeira Liga appearance with the first team, he scored after only a few minutes on the pitch, helping the hosts defeat already relegated C.D. Nacional 4–0 and becoming the club's youngest ever goal scorer in the competition.[3][4]

On 31 August 2017, both Neto and teammate Bruno Jordão were loaned to S.S. Lazio from Italy for two years, with an obligation to subsequently buy for a combined 26 million.[5][6] He only played his first match in Serie A on 27 January 2019, replacing Bastos in the last-minute of the 1–2 home loss to Juventus FC.[7]

Wolverhampton Wanderers

On 2 August 2019, Neto signed with Wolverhampton Wanderers.[8] He made his debut twelve days later in the second leg of the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round against FC Pyunik, scoring and providing an assist for Morgan Gibbs-White in a 4–0 home win (8–0 aggregate).[9] His maiden appearance in the Premier League took place a few days later in the same month, when he came on for compatriot Diogo Jota late on in the 1–1 home draw to Manchester United.[10]

Neto's first league start occurred on 28 September 2019, when he assisted Matt Doherty's opening goal in a 2–0 victory over Watford at Molineux.[11] After having what would have been his first goal in the competition ruled out controversially by VAR at Liverpool on 29 December,[12] he scored in the next game in a 2–1 away loss against Watford, becoming the first teenager to achieve the feat for the club in the Premier League in the process.[13]

International career

On 5 September 2019, aged 19, Neto won his first cap for Portugal at under-21 level, playing the first half of a 4–0 win against Gibraltar for the 2021 UEFA European Championship qualification campaign, held in Alverca do Ribatejo.[14]

Personal life

Neto's uncle, Sérgio Lomba, was also a footballer.[15]

Career statistics

As of match played 24 June 2020[16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Braga 2016–17[17] Primeira Liga 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
2017–18[18] 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Lazio (loan) 2018–19[19] Serie A 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2019–20[20] Premier League 23 3 2 0 2 0 10[a] 2 37 5
Career total 30 4 2 0 2 0 10 2 45 6
  1. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

References

  1. ^ "Pedro Neto" (in Portuguese). Futebol 365. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Sp. Braga B-FC Porto B, 2–3: Vitória garante permanência aos dragões" [Sp. Braga B-FC Porto B, 2–3: Win confirms permanence for dragons]. Record (in Portuguese). 7 May 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Sp. Braga-Nacional, 4–0 (resultado final)" [Sp. Braga-Nacional, 4–0 (final score)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 14 May 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Jovem de 17 anos fez história pelo Sp. Braga com este golo" [17-year-old youth made history for Sp. Braga with this goal]. Record (in Portuguese). 14 May 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Comunicato 31.08.17" [Announcement 31.08.17] (in Italian). S.S. Lazio. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  6. ^ "Lazio, i baby d'oro Neto e Jordao pagati 26 milioni" [Lazio, golden babies Neto and Jordao cost 26 million]. Corriere dello Sport (in Italian). 31 August 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  7. ^ "Lazio 1–2 Juventus". Football Italia. 27 January 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  8. ^ "Comunicato 02.08.2019" [Announcement 02.08.2019] (in Italian). S.S. Lazio. 2 August 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  9. ^ Doyle, Paul (14 August 2019). "Wolves face Torino after stroll on easy street seeing off Pyunik". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  10. ^ Stone, Simon (19 August 2019). "Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 Manchester United". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  11. ^ Stone, Simon (28 September 2019). "Wolves 2–0 Watford: Wolves beat Watford for first Premier League win". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  12. ^ Sanders, Emma (29 December 2019). "Liverpool 1–0 Wolves: Sadio Mane scores winner to send Reds 13 points clear". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  13. ^ Magowan, Alistair (1 January 2020). "Watford 2–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  14. ^ Amaro, Miguel (5 September 2019). "Portugal arranca qualificação com goleada" [Portugal get qualifying campaign started with rout]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  15. ^ "Pedro Neto: recusou o Barça e aos 17 anos já marca pelo Braga" [Pedro Neto: he rejected Barça and is already scoring for Braga at 17]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 14 May 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  16. ^ Pedro Neto at Soccerway
  17. ^ "Games played by Pedro Neto in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  18. ^ "Games played by Pedro Neto in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  19. ^ "Games played by Pedro Neto in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  20. ^ "Games played by Pedro Neto in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 December 2019.