My Take
Pedro Neto is one of those players who makes you wonder how someone that small — 173 cm, built like a middleweight — can cause so much chaos on the wing against Premier League defenders. He came up through Braga, had a brief loan spell at Lazio, then landed at Wolves in 2019, and honestly his time there felt like a constant tease: every time he'd start stringing together a run of electric performances, another injury would knock him out for months. The hamstring and ankle problems were genuinely heartbreaking to watch. But the guy just kept coming back, and by the time Chelsea paid big money for him in 2024 it felt completely justified — his dribbling at pace, that low center of gravity, and the ability to cut inside or go around the outside makes him genuinely unplayable on his best days. Coming from a tiny harbor town in northern Portugal to Stamford Bridge is a proper football fairytale.
Overview
Pedro Lomba Neto (European Portuguese: [ˈpeðɾu ˈnɛtu]; born 9 March 2000) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Premier League club Chelsea and the Portugal national team. He started his career at Braga, who loaned him to Italian club Lazio in the summer of 2017. In 2019, he signed with Wolverhampton Wanderers, where he dealt with several injury problems.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Pedro Neto
- Name (Japanese)
- ペドロ・ネト
- Reading
- ぺどろ・ねと
- Born
- March 9, 2000 (age 26)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Dragon
- Origin
- Viana do Castelo, Portugal
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 173 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.