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.

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).

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).

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.

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.

Nélson Semedo Current Team

On September 23, the year 2020 began, Nélson Semedo moved to English Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers in a three-year contract (with the option of two additional years) for an initial cost in the amount of EUR30 million (approx. $27.5 million, and the possibility of a further $9.2 million as add-ons) which was paid by Wolves.

Nélson Semedo began his career with Wolves and made his debut as a player in Wolves’ Premier League in a 4-0 loss away against West Ham United on 27 September 2020. 34 years old, he made his Molineux debut in the Molineux Stadium for Wolves in the following Premier League match, a 1-1 win against Fulham on October 4, 2020.

Nélson Semedo Previous Team

Nélson Semedo came through the system of youth at Sintrense before making his debut in the first team at 17. On January 12, 2012, Semedo, as well as Manuel Liz, signed five-year contracts with Benfica that became effective on the 1st of July 2012. They then played one time on loan to Fatima who was in the 3rd division.

On July 13, 2017, Barcelona signed an agreement with Benfica for Semedo’s transfer as a medical test subject to approval. Nélson Semedo signed a five-year deal on the following day, and his Portuguese team received EUR30.5 million, and another EUR5 million for every 50 games he played for the new team.

The first game he played for his team was on August 16 in the second game of the Supercopa de Espana against Real Madrid which was a 0-2 loss in the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.

A native of Cape Verdean descent, Nélson Semedo was selected to play for Portugal’s Portugal nation on the 2nd of October, 2015 in preparation for UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying matches against Denmark and Serbia.

He was awarded his very first national cap final match and played the entirety of a 2-1 win in Belgrade’s Partizan Stadium in Belgrade. Nélson Semedo was picked for Portugal’s 2018 FIFA Confederations Cup squad.

He played in the final match on the stage of group play, which was a victory of 4-0 against New Zealand. Semedo also played in the final of the 3rd place playoff game against Mexico after being dismissed at the 106th moment as Portugal won the Bronze.

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Nélson Semedo Nationality

Nélson Cabral Semedo (born 16 November 1993) is a Portuguese professional footballe

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Of Cape Verdean descent, Semedo was called-up to play for the Portugal national team on 2 October 2015 for UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying matches against Denmark and Serbia.