Neto (footballer, born 1989)

Norberto Neto
Neto with Valencia in 2019
Personal information
Full name Norberto Murara Neto[1]
Date of birth (1989-07-19) 19 July 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Araxá, Brazil
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Arsenal
(on loan from AFC Bournemouth)
Number 32
Youth career
Cruzeiro
2003–2009 Athletico Paranaense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Athletico Paranaense 36 (0)
2011–2015 Fiorentina 72 (0)
2015–2017 Juventus 11 (0)
2017–2019 Valencia 67 (0)
2019–2022 Barcelona 12 (0)
2022– AFC Bournemouth 61 (0)
2024–Arsenal (loan) 0 (0)
International career
2012 Brazil U23 6 (0)
2018 Brazil 1 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Brazil
Men's Football
Silver medal – second place 2012 Team Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:35, 26 August 2024 (UTC)

Norberto Murara Neto (born 19 July 1989), commonly known as Neto (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈnɛtu]), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Arsenal, on loan from AFC Bournemouth.

Neto began his career with Brazilian side Athletico Paranaense and later played for Italian side Fiorentina. He joined Juventus in 2015, where he won the domestic double in each of his two seasons with the club, serving as a back-up to starter Gianluigi Buffon in the league, but appearing in all of the club's games in both of their victorious Coppa Italia campaigns. From 2017, he played in Spain's La Liga as first choice for Valencia and back-up at Barcelona. He joined AFC Bournemouth in 2022, becoming club captain in 2023.

He was first called up for the Brazil national team in 2010 but did not earn his first cap until 2018. He won a silver medal at the 2012 Olympics and was part of the nation's squad at the 2015 Copa América.

  1. ^ "Acta del Partido celebrado el 24 de septiembre de 2019, en Barcelona" [Minutes of the Match held on 24 September 2019, in Barcelona] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original on 24 September 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Neto". Premier League. Retrieved 6 August 2023.