Norberto Murara Neto (born 19 July 1989), commonly known as Neto (), is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a

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for and captains

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club AFC Bournemouth. Neto began his career with Brazilian side Athletico Paranaense and later played for Italian side

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. 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

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in the league, but appearing in all of the club's games in both of their victorious

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campaigns. From 2017, he played in Spain's

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as first choice for

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and back-up at

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. He joined

club AFC Bournemouth in 2022, becoming captain. He was first called up for the

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national team in 2010 but did not earn his first

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until 2018. He won a silver medal at the 2012 Olympics and was part of the nation's squad at the

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Club career

Athlético Paranaense

Born in Araxá,

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, Neto moved as a teenager from his state's Cruzeiro to Athletico Paranaense. He made his professional debut at the age of 19 in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A due to the suspension of first-choice Rodrigo Galatto, and kept a clean sheet in a 3–0 home win over Grêmio Barueri on 16 August 2009. His only other appearance of the season came on 29 November in the final home game, as a half-time substitute for Galatto in a 2–0 win over

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also at the

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. After Galatto and second-choice Vinícius left Atlético-PR, Neto became the first-choice goalkeeper for the 2010 season. In the opener on 9 May, he was

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in a 2–1 loss at

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for a foul on Dentinho; following a two-match suspension, he returned and started every game for the club until October, when he was forced to miss several games after being called up for the Brazil national team.

Fiorentina

Neto agreed a deal to play for Italian club

on 5 January 2011, signing the contract three days later for a €3.5 million transfer fee split into three payments and Atlético-PR retaining 25% of his economic rights. Second-choice to

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, he made his debut in the 4th round of the

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on 24 November 2011 at home to fellow Tuscans Empoli, winning 2–1. He made his

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debut on 29 April in a 2–0 loss at

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. In 2013–14, with Boruc and Emiliano Viviano now having left the Stadio Artemio Franchi, Neto became the first-choice goalkeeper for ''La Viola''. He made his continental debut in their run to the last 16 of the

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, playing nine games; this started with a 2–1 win at Grasshopper Zürich in the play-off on 22 August and concluded with elimination by

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Juventus in March 2014. On 3 May, he played in the

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, which Fiorentina lost 3–1 to

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. Fiorentina reached the semi-finals of the

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, where they were eliminated by eventual winners

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. Neto played seven of the eight knockout games, with Romanian Ciprian Tătărușanu playing the preceding fixtures before injury.

Juventus

Neto joined Juventus on a four-year contract on 3 July 2015, after his Fiorentina deal expired. He made his debut on 23 September, starting in a 1–1 Serie A home draw against

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. On 16 December, he achieved his first clean sheet with the club in a 4–0 win over cross-city rivals

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during a

match. He kept his first league clean sheet in the final fixture on 14 May 2016, a 5–0 home win over

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, as Juventus celebrated their Serie A title victory. A week later, he kept another clean sheet to win the cup final 1–0 against

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in Rome's Stadio Olimpico. In his second season with the club, Neto made his

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debut on 7 December 2016, in Juventus's final group match, keeping a clean sheet in a 2–0 home win over

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. Although he served as a back-up to

in the league, he was the team's starting goalkeeper in the

, featuring in all their matches including the 2–0 victory over

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in the

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on 17 May 2017. Juventus won their 12th Coppa Italia title, becoming the first team to win three consecutive championships and league-cup doubles.

Valencia

On 7 July 2017, Neto joined

on a four-year contract in a €7 million deal, plus an additional €2 million in conditional bonuses. He made his debut for the club on 18 August, starting in a 1–0

home win against

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. While Neto was the first-choice goalkeeper in both of his league seasons at the

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, Jaume Doménech played all the

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games including the 2–1 win over

in the 2019 final.

Barcelona

On 27 June 2019, it was announced that Neto would move to

for €26m plus €9m in add-ons. He arrived as back-up for

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, a day after fellow goalkeeper

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moved in the other direction. He made his debut on 10 December in a 2–1 win at

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at the end of the Champions League group stage, with manager

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resting most of his key players. He played two league games over the season, starting on 4 January 2020 in the

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against

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, a 2–2 away draw while Ter Stegen was injured. Neto played in Barcelona's first six

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games and three of the six UEFA Champions League group stage matches of 2020–21, as his German teammate took until the end of October to recover from a knee injury; this included a 3–1 home loss to Real Madrid in

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on 24 October.

AFC Bournemouth

On 7 August 2022, Neto joined

club AFC Bournemouth on a free transfer, signing a 12-month contract. He was initially back-up to Mark Travers. He made his debut on 23 August in the second round of the EFL Cup away to

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, winning on penalties after a 2–2 draw; eight days later he played his first league game, a goalless draw at home to

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. He remained first choice until suffering a hamstring injury on 24 October in the 2–0 loss at

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, with Travers replacing him at half time; he returned on 14 January 2023 for a defeat by the same score away to Brentford, and was praised by manager Gary O'Neil for recovering ahead of schedule.

International career

In September 2010, 21-year-old Neto had his first call-up for the

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under manager

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, who chose several new young players with an eye to the 2012 Olympic tournament. He took no part in the friendlies against

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in the United Arab Emirates and against

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in England, He was called up again in October to face

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in another exhibition in Qatar. Neto was in the Brazil squad for the 2012 Olympic tournament in Great Britain, playing in their two opening

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wins over

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and

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before being replaced by

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as the nation went on to win the silver medal. Neto was one of seven stand-by players named by

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for the senior team at the

, but was eventually called into the main squad after a knee injury to

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. He remained on the bench as Jefferson played as first-choice goalkeeper, and Brazil reached the quarter-finals. On 12 September 2018, eight years after his first senior call-up, Neto made his debut for Brazil when he started in a 5–0 friendly win over El Salvador in the United States.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Juventus *

: 2015–16, 2016–17 *

: 2015–16, 2016–17 * Supercoppa Italiana: 2015 *

runner-up: 2016–17 Valencia *

: 2018–19 Barcelona *Copa del Rey: 2020–21 Brazil U23 * Olympic Silver Medal:

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References

External links

Profile
at the AFC Bournemouth website * {{DEFAULTSORT:Neto 1989 births Living people Sportspeople from Minas Gerais Brazilian footballers Association football goalkeepers Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Club Athletico Paranaense players Serie A players ACF Fiorentina players Juventus F.C. players La Liga players Valencia CF players FC Barcelona players Premier League players AFC Bournemouth players Brazilian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Italy Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in England Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in England Brazil men's youth international footballers Olympic footballers of Brazil Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Brazil Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Brazil men's international footballers 2015 Copa América players People from Araxá