Top facts about Pedro Neto, Wolves promising winger

Pedro Neto is a Portuguese professional footballer who currently plays for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers and the Portugal national team in the position of a winger.

He got contracted a five-year deal after his spans in Portugal and Italy, keeping him at Molineux until 2024. After his 2019 transfer from Lazio, he has triumphed in the Premier League side, making a much bigger impact than what was expected from him.

His constant appearances, either from the start or off the bench, have been the feature of his debut season at Wolves, along with important goals against the likes of Southampton and

.

Back to his early careers, he spent his football journey through the clubs like Vianense, Perspectiva em Jogo, Palmeiras Braga, and S.C. Braga.

He was still a junior when he made his first-team debut for Braga on 14 May 2017, as he put away just a few minutes after his arrival on the pitch, leading C.D.

to a 4-0 defeat.

Following only a number of showings for the Portuguese side, he was transferred on loan to the Italian side SS Lazio on 31 August 2017. There, he featured sparingly for both Lazio B and the first-team, making 15 appearances, while racking up 1 goal and 1 assist until he was transferred to Wolverhampton Wanderers.

We have come up with some intriguing top facts about Pedro Neto, in case you are curious to know more about him, make sure to stick around until the end.

Top facts about Pedro Neto that you might want to know

Here you would go through an engaging ride through some of the most impressive top facts about Pedro Neto, so without further ado, let's buckle up for the long ride ahead.

Pedro Neto facts in brief

Bio

• Full Name

  : Pedro Lomba Neto

• Nickname

  : Pedrito

General information

• Date of Birth

  : March 9th, 2000

• Birthplace

  : Viana do Castelo, Portugal

• Age

  : 21

• Nationality

  : Portugal

• Religion

  : Christianity

Personal information

• Father

  : Pedro Neto Senior

• Mother

  : Cristina Lomba Neto

• Sibling

  : Debora and Bruna Neto (Twin Sisters)

• Zodiac

  : Pisces

• Marital status

  : Single

Physical status

• Length

  : 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)

• Weight

  : 65 (kg)

• Hair colour

  : Black

• Hairstyle

  : Short

• Skin colour

  : Olive

• Facial hair

  : Clean

Football information

• Profession

  : Footballer

• Team

  : Wolverhampton Wanderers

• Position

  : Right winger

• Number

  : 7

• Traits

  : Speed Dribbler

Pedro Neto childhood

Pedro Lomba Neto was born on the 9th day of March 2000, to his father, Pedro Neto Senior and mother, Cristina Lomba Neto in Viana do Castelo, which is a city located in the North of Portugal.

Pedro Neto childhood

was spent growing up with his two siblings which are his twin elder sisters called Debora and Bruna Neto as he is the third child and the first son of his family.

His journey through sports didn’t begin with football as he was much passionate about roller hockey in the light of his father professionalism in the game. Back then as a child, he constantly wavered between roller hockey and football.

In

Pedro Neto life story

, Sérgio Lomba his uncle from his mother’s side has made an indelible impression on his future career. As a retired footballer, he advised the young Pedro to join him in the footballing trade and Pedro heed his advice cheerfully.

Therefore Pedro Neto’s journey through professional football began in his Portuguese hometown and under the guide of Uncle Sérgio Miguel he successfully was enrolled in the local club

.

Then his progress there took him to Perspectiva em Jogo as he spent three years of his early span there. When he was 13 years old, he utterly dedicated himself to the game to such an extent that he made a successful trial with S.C. Braga’s academy, which is a well-known sports team located near his family home.

His performance was that much sparkling there that it saw him to got a call from Italy’s SS Lazio so as to finalise his youth career with them. He managed to graduate there with flying colours, while he returned home after his academy graduation, and quickly thrust into the spotlight as he scored in his first Primeira Liga appearance with S.C. Braga.

Hence this made him become the club’s youngest ever goalscorer while the eyes of top clubs like Barcelona and

was attracted to him.

Pedro Neto family

Pedro Neto is not from a super-wealthy home as he came from a middle-class household. But his parents were kind of people who tried their utmost to afford the basic need of life for their son and their twin daughters.

His dad origin is Portuguese while his mum origin is Mozambican. It is fascinating to suggest that his family consisting of his parents, sisters and uncle means a world for him.

His father who is often known as the Senior of his son’s name, as a great dad has encouraged his son in every step of the way. Being a professional hockey player, he culminated in his son a fierce passion for sports.

Much to your consternation, he very intellectually approved the choice of leaving hockey for football. No doubt he is the proudest member of his family who is overjoyed by his son's success as Pedro has shown so much gratefulness to him. 

Besides, without his mother, perhaps it would not be presumable for him to pursue the football career since his uncle who led him to football was linked to Pedro by his mother side.

More specifically his mother was born in Mozambique, which is a country located in East Africa. With the companion of his husband, she is blessed with the honour of having the most successful Portuguese football family in the municipality of Viana do Castelo while they are still living with their son in England.

As one of the most amazing

top facts about Pedro Neto

, one can suggest that he has twin sisters who are called Debora and Bruna Neto. At the time of writing, both of them are around 24-years-old, and despite being very busy, Pedro always makes time to visit his sisters mostly during the Christmas holidays as they are deeply connected with each other.

In the notion of our top facts about Pedro Neto, it must not be excluded that his uncle Sérgio Miguel Lopes who was born on the 11th day of August 1973, is a Mozambican retired footballer who played in the position of a defender in his active days.

Most notably it was he who introduced football to our genius and led his path to become the popular professional footballer that the world knows today.

Pedro Neto professional career

When Pedro Neto was 13 years old, he joined S.C. Braga's youth system and on 7 May 2017, whilst he was still a junior, he made his professional debut with their reserves, as he appeared as a second-half stopgap in a 2–3 home loss against

for the Segunda Liga.

Less than a week, with their first team he put away a goal just after a few minutes on the pitch when he appeared in Primeira Liga for the first time. With this, he helped the hosts defeat already relegated C.D. Nacional 4–0 and became the club's youngest ever goalscorer in the competition.

On 31 August 2017, Neto and his teammate Bruno Jordão were transferred on loan to S.S. Lazio of Italy for two years, with an obligation to buy both players for a total amount of €26 million. He only managed to play his first match in Serie A on 27 January 2019, as he was replaced with Bastos in the last minute of the 1–2 home loss to

FC.

Then on 2 August 2019, he got contracted with Wolverhampton Wanderer while his debut took place twelve days later in the second leg of the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round against FC Pyunik, as he racked up a goal and an assist for Morgan Gibbs-White in a 4–0 home win (8–0 aggregate).

His maiden appearance in the Premier League occurred just a few days later in the same month, as he appeared for compatriot Diogo Jota late on in the 1–1 home draw to Manchester United.

Then his first league start happened on 28 September 2019, as he provided an assist to Matt Doherty's opening goal in a 2–0 victory over

at Molineux.

After putting away his first goal in the competition ruled out controversially by VAR at Liverpool on 29 December, he netted in the next game (a 2–1 away loss to Watford on 1 January 2020), he succeeded to become the first youngster to achieve the feat for the club in the Premier League in the process.

On 4 October 2020, he put away his first league goal for Wolves in the 2020–21 season in the 1–0 home defeat of Fulham. In the wake of that just after a month, he promoted his deal to 2025.

Neto became Sky Sports' Player of the match in a league game away to Arsenal on 29 November 2020, as he managed to net once and set up

for his team's second goal in the game as they ended up 2–1 winners in their first victory in North London since 1979.

At the international level, on 5 September 2019, when he was 19 years old, he won his first cap for Portugal at under-21 level, featuring in the first half of a 4–0 win against Gibraltar for the 2021 UEFA European Championship qualification campaign, which took place in Alverca do Ribatejo.

On 5 November 2020, for the first time he was called up to the senior team, for matches against Andorra and France. His debut occurred on 11 November in a 7–0 home friendly win over the former, as he put away the first goal and became the first player born in the 2000s to be qualified to represent the nation in the process.

But unfortunately, he missed representing Portugal at the European championships 2020 in the face of his knee injury.

Pedro Neto personal life

In regard to

top facts about Pedro Neto

and delving into his personal life affairs, it seems that he is well advised by his family on the necessity of keeping his private life away from fans.

Yet, it is indicated that he is currently single and is not dating any girlfriend. Despite having a lot of female followers, he is still just a youngster, who possess an immense talent and currently has thoroughly dedicated himself to what he does.

But surely time would come for him to fall in love and very soon he would publicly declare his love for a lady too. It is notable to suggest that he is much fond of his loyal pet as he spends some of his time with his dog.

In terms of his personality and lifestyle, he seems to be a very grounded guy, as he is not the kind of person to drive fast cars and luxurious vacations. He enjoys wearing cool t-shirts and pants though he is fully concentrated on his game only.

Despite his tender age, he does know how to spend his monies on the right type of vacations and workout routine in a way that is far from an extravagant lifestyle.

As one of the other top facts about Pedro Neto, it is worth suggesting that he was born in a Christian home as his parents chose a Biblical name for their son. More specifically his name was derived from a Greek word that means stone or rock.

Pedro Neto net worth and Transfer market stats

If we take

top facts about Pedro Neto

into consideration, as he is still just a teenager with very little first-team football under his belt, his current market value sits at amount of €35.00m while it is his highest market value as well, and it suggests that he is currently at the peak of his football career, although it is no wonder to see its rise in the near future.

At the same time, big clubs are watching him closely and Wolves are likely to have a transfer offer soon if he goes on to play in such a brilliant way.

Currently,

Pedro Neto net worth

is estimated to be a sensational amount of 8.5 million Euros, and this is around 7.6 million pounds and about 9.2 million dollars.

His deal with the English club puts his salary at 1,700,000 Euros annually while his income per second reaches 0.10 Euros, and per minute the figure is 5.85 Euros.

As a pacy winger with spectacular skills with his tender age, he managed to make 98 appearances, racking up 12 goals and 12 assists while playing a total amount of 5.432 minutes in his journey through football career.

Pedro Neto social media

To shed more light on the top facts about Pedro Neto, we can suggest that he is active on different social media platforms. But among

Pedro Neto social media

accounts, his activity on Instagram with his account of 

  is particularly noticeable.

With less than a hundred posts he has racked up more than 157 thousand followers while his posts are primarily concerned about his football profession and his personal life affairs.

Pedro Neto injury

While Pedro Neto was lighting up the Premier League at times, unfortunately recently he was forced off in the first-half against Fulham, as he suffered from significant damage to his patella.

As a result of this knee injury, he underwent surgery as he would spend months on the sidelines and will not take any further part in 2020/21.

He has played an indispensable role for Wolves this season and was assumed to be the team’s star performer, to such an extent that his absence will be a major blow. It is to be hoped, he could manage to make a swift and rapid recovery, and pick back up for Wolves where he’s left off.

Pedro Neto tattoo

In the last part of our top facts about Pedro Neto, it might intrigue you to know that the Portuguese genius has only gotten a single body tattoo inked on his chest.

While it is just a mysterious tattoo, it is presumably a denotation of something he takes huge delight in or someone who is dear to his heart as his parents, sister, uncle, girlfriend etc.

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