Neto Borges

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Neto Borges
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Neto with Hammarby in 2018
Personal information
Full name Vivaldo Borges dos Santos Neto
Date of birth (1996-09-13) 13 September 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Saubara, Bahia, Brazil
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
Bristol City
Youth career
Boca Júnior
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017 Boca Júnior 13 (0)
2017 Itabaiana 5 (0)
2017 Atlético Tubarão 0 (0)
2018–2019 Hammarby 26 (0)
2019–2022 Genk 6 (0)
2020–2021Vasco da Gama (loan) 19 (0)
2021–2022Tondela (loan) 29 (1)
2022–2024 Clermont 61 (3)
2024– Middlesbrough 35 (1)
2025–Bristol City (loan) 0 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10:54, 17 May 2025 (UTC)

Vivaldo Borges dos Santos Neto (born 13 September 1996), commonly known as Neto Borges or simply Borges, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for EFL Championship side Bristol City on loan from Middlesbrough.

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Career

Brazil

Neto Borges emerged into playing regular first team football in 2017, spending part of the year at Boca Júnior and Itabaiana. [1] He later went to Clube Atlético Tubarão and featured as the club won their first Copa Santa Catarina title in late 2017. [2]

Hammarby IF

Ahead of the 2018 season, Neto Borges transferred to Hammarby IF in Allsvenskan. He signed a three-and-a-half-year deal with the Swedish club. [3] He made his league debut for Hammarby on 1 April against Sirius in a 3–1 home win, playing the full 90 minutes. [3]

Borges went on to play 26 games for the club in Allsvenskan, providing four assists, as Hammarby finished 4th in the league. He was chosen one of the eleven best players of the 2018 season by Cmore Sports, Fotbollskanalen and Playmaker. [4]

Genk

On 3 January 2019, Borges completed a transfer to Genk in the Belgian First Division A. [5] He signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with the club, with an option for a further. [6] Hammarby confirmed that they received a club-record fee for Borges, [5] reportedly set between €2 million and €3 million. [7] [8] On 5 August 2020, it was announced that Borges had agreed a contract to play with Brazilian Club CR Vasco da Gama until July 2021. [9]

Clermont

On 13 June 2022, Borges signed a contract for two years with an option for the third year with Clermont in France. [10]

Middlesbrough

On 27 August 2024, Middlesbrough announced that they had completed a deal to sign Borges from Clermont on a three year contract. [11]

On 31 August 2025, Borges joined Bristol City on loan until the end of the season. [12]

Career statistics

As of match played 29 March 2025 [13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] League cupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Boca Júnior 2017 Campeonato Sergipano 13000130
Itabaiana 2017 Brasileiro Série D 500050
Hammarby 2018 Allsvenskan 26040300
Genk 2018–19 Belgian First Division A 100010
2019–20 Belgian First Division A50101 [b] 070
Total60101080
Vasco da Gama (loan) 2020 Brasileiro Série A 190103 [c] 0230
Tondela (loan) 2020–21 Primeira Liga 2916200353
Clermont 2022–23 Ligue 1 33310343
2023–24 Ligue 128020300
Total61330643
Middlesbrough 2024–25 Championship 3310000331
Career total192515200402117

Honours

Clube Atlético Tubarão

Genk

References

  1. "Neto Borges é um dos destaques do Campeonato Sueco e falou com exclusividade ao Esportes Mais". Esportesmais. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  2. "Do Tubarão de Santa Catarina a destaque do futebol sueco: conheça o lateral Neto Borges". Globo. 10 November 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Hammarby värvar ytterback – Neto Borges klar". Hammarby Fotboll. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  4. "Årets lag i allsvenskan - fyra guldmakare tar plats". Fotbollskanalen. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  5. 1 2 "Neto Borges till KRC Genk" (in Swedish). Hammarby Fotboll. 3 January 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  6. "Neto Borges tekent in Genk!" (in Dutch). KRC Genk. 3 January 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  7. "Hammarbys prislapp på brassen - på väg mot succéaffär" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  8. "Säljer Borges – för en rekordsumma" (in Swedish). Expressen. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  9. "Vasco negocia com time belga para contratar o lateral-esquerdo Neto Borges". 5 August 2020.
  10. "NETO BORGES, PREMIÈRE RECRUE DU CLERMONT FOOT 63" (in French). Clermont. 13 June 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  11. FC, Middlesbrough (27 August 2024). "Neto Borges Signs For Boro". Middlesbrough FC. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  12. Carter, Daniel (31 August 2025). "'Feels amazing' - Neto Borges' first words as Bristol City make Brazilian fifth summer signing". Bristol Live. Archived from the original on 31 August 2025. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  13. Neto Borges at Soccerway