Nélson Cabral Semedo (born 16 November 1993) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a right-back for English 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 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.
![]() 2012-2016 |
![]() 2015-2017 |
![]() 2017-2020 |
![]() 2017-2022 |
![]() 2023-2025 |
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