Nélson Semedo

Nationality

Portugal

Born

1993-11-16

Height

1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)

Weight

150 lbs

Number

#27

Nélson Cabral Semedo is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a right-back or right wing-back for Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe 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 honours. In July 2017 he signed with Barcelona, winning the La Liga championship in his first two seasons of a three-year stay. Semedo made his senior debut for Portugal in October 2015, and represented the nation in the 2017 Confederations Cup and 2018–19 UEFA Nations League, winning the latter tournament.