Nélson Cabral Semedo (born 16 November 1993) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers and the Portugal national team.
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He began his career at Sintrense before joining Benfica in 2012. After spending a season on loan at Fátima, he initially appeared for Benfica B before making his first-team debut in 2015 and going on to win back-to-back Primeira Liga titles, among other honors.
In July 2017, he signed with Barcelona, winning La Liga in his first two seasons of a three-year stay. In September 2020, Semedo moved to Wolverhampton Wanderers on a three-year contract (with an option of two further years).
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How good is Nélson Semedo?
The average Infogol Player Rating for Nélson Semedo in the English Premier League 2022/23 season was 5.83. The last match for Nélson Semedo was against Arsenal in the English Premier League, when the match result was a 5-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers away loss (Nélson Semedo received a 6.56 Infogol Rating).
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Semedo’s main strengths are his pace and agility. He was identified as a player who could help evolve Wolves’ style and that’s already happened in the opening couple of months.
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That’s true of both flanks. For the previous two years, Wolves almost exclusively played with Doherty on one flank and Jonny.Castro Otto on the other. With Doherty sold and Jonny still out until at least early 2021, the adaption to new players and new characteristics on both wings is taking time, not helped by a huge number of players filling these roles.
In just nine games, for a variety of reasons including injuries, seven players have featured at wing-back: Semedo, Adama Traore, Ki-Jana Hoever, Fernando Marcal, Ruben Vinagre, Rayen Ait-Nouri and Romain Saiss.
Is Nélson Semedo pacy?
The pacy right-back has been absolutely brilliant in both the Catalan Derbies this season, against Espanyol and Girona. Semedo also put in a great performance in the 1-1 draw with Real Madrid in the first leg of the Copa del Rey semi-final, outplaying Marcelo and combining with Malcom.
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