Pedro Lomba Neto was born on the 9th of December 1998, and he is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers and the Portugal national team.Information Guide Nigeria

Club career

Braga

The talented forward who was born in Viana do Castelo, joined Braga’s youth system at the age of 14. And on the 7th of 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 Porto B in the Segunda Liga. 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 Nacional 4–0 and becoming the club’s youngest ever goal scorer in the competition.Information Guide Nigeria

Again, on the 31st of August 2017, both Neto and teammate Bruno Jordão were loaned to Lazio of Italy for two years, with an obligation to buy both players for a combined €26 million. The player only played his first match in Serie A on the 27th of January 2019, replacing Bastos in the last-minute of the 1–2 home loss to Juventus.Information Guide Nigeria

Wolverhampton Wanderers

According to BBC REPORT, it was reported on the 2nd of August 2019, that Neto signed with Wolverhampton Wanderers. The midfielder made his debut twelve days later in the second leg of the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round against Pyunik, scoring and providing an assist for Morgan Gibbs-White in a 4–0 home win (8–0 aggregate). However, the report has it that 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 with Manchester United.Information Guide Nigeria

As per statistics, it is claimed that Neto’s first league start occurred on the 28th of September 2019, when he assisted Matt Doherty’s opening goal in a 2–0 victory over Watford at Molineux. However, after having what would have been his first goal in the competition ruled out controversially by VAR at Liverpool on the 29th of December, he scored in the next game (a 2–1 away loss to Watford on the 1st of January 2020), becoming the first teenager to achieve the feat for the club in the Premier League in the process.Information Guide Nigeria

According the report from skyport, Pedro Neto was Sky Sports’ player of the match in a league game with Arsenal on the 29th of November 2020, in which he scored once and set up Daniel Podence for his team’s second goal in the game as they ran out 2–1 winners in their first away victory against that opposition since 1979. Unfortunately for him, he suffered a serious knee injury in the first half of the 1–0 away defeat of Fulham on 9 April 2021, which ruled him out for the remainder of that season and the bulk of the following. The young star finally returned on the 20th of February 2022, as a second-half substitute in a 2–1 home win over Leicester City.NYSC Portal

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Again, on the 9th of March 2022, Neto agreed to a new deal running until 2027. And on the 22nd of May, the last day of the campaign, he scored his first goal for the club since his injury, opening an eventual 3–1 loss at Liverpool in the third minute.NYSC Portal

International career

As per BBCSPORT report, it is claimed that on the 5th of September 2019, aged 20, Neto won his first cap for Portugal at under-21 level, playing the first half of a 4–0 win against Gibraltar in the 2021 UEFA European Championship qualification campaign, held in Alverca do Ribatejo. The report has it that on the 5th of November 2020, he had his first call-up to the senior team, for matches against Andorra and France. The Portuguese international debuted on the 11th of November in a 7–0 home friendly win over the former, scored the first goal and became the first player born in the 2000s to represent the nation.NYSC Portal

Neto’s Net worth

The left-winger has an estimated net worth of between 1.5 million dollars. The main source of his worth is his successful football career where he gets his earnings.

Neto’s Salary and contract

Various reports confirmed it that Pedro Neto joined Premier League club Wolves from Lazio on August 2, 2019, and after a year, the club extended his contract for a further five years until June 30, 2025, when the contract will expire. Pedro Neto pockets a salary of 39,000 pounds a week totaling 2 million pounds per year at Wolves.

Honours

Lazio

Coppa Italia: 2018–19

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