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Neto Berola
	Neto Berola warming up with Santos in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Sosthenes José Santos Salles
Date of birth	18 November 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Itabuna, Brazil
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Ituano
Number	11
Youth career
2007–2008	Itabuna
Senior career*
Years	Team
2007	Buerarema
2008–2009	Itabuna
2009–2010	Vitória
2010–2016	Atlético Mineiro
2014–2015	→ Al Wasl (loan)
2015–2016	→ Santos (loan)
2016–2017	Coritiba
2018	Veracruz
2018	CSA
2019–2020	América Mineiro
2021–2022	Confiança
2022–	Ituano
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 September 2019 21:48 (UTC)

Sosthenes José Santos Salles (born 18 November 1987), known as Neto Berola, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Ituano as a forward.

Club career

Neto Berola was born in Itabuna, Bahia, and after impressing for an amateur side of Buerarema, joined Itabuna's under-20 squad in 2007. He was promoted to the main squad in the following year, appearing regularly but mainly as a substitute. 2 On 20 April 2009, after scoring 13 goals for the side in that year's Campeonato Baiano, Neto Berola moved to fellow state team Vitória.^[2] He made his Série A debut on 4 July, replacing Elkeson in a 1–2 away loss against Flamengo.

Neto Berola scored his first goal in the main category of Brazilian football on 16 August 2009, netting his team's second in a 2–3 loss at Goiás. He finished the campaign with 20 appearances and four goals, as Leão narrowly avoided relegation.

On 25 May 2010 Neto Berola signed a three-year deal with Atlético Mineiro.^[3] An undisputed starter for the side, he was sidelined for three months due to a back injury in 2012.^[4]

On 31 August 2012 Neto Berola renewed with Atlético, signing until the end of 2016.^[5] On 23 June 2014 he was loaned to Al Wasl,^[6] but returned to Brazil on 2 March of the following year after rescinding his contract early.^[7]

On 19 May 2015 Neto Berola was loaned to Santos.^[8] On 21 July of the following year, after his loan spell at Santos expired, he moved to Coritiba after rescinding his contract with Galo.^[9] On 1 January 2019 Neto Berola signed for Série B side America Mineiro on a one-year deal.^[10]

Career statistics

As of 6 April 2019^[11]

Club	Season	League			State League		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Itabuna	2008	Série C	10	0	6	2	—		—		—		16	2
	2009	Baiano	—		14	13	—		—		—		14	13
	Subtotal		10	0	20	15	—		—		—		30	15
Vitória	2009	Série A	22	4	0	0	0	0	3^[a]	0	—		25	4
	2010	Série A	2	0	15	1	7	1	0	0	—		24	2
	Subtotal		24	4	15	1	7	1	3	0	—		49	6
Atlético Mineiro	2010	Série A	23	4	0	0	0	0	6^[a]	0	—		29	4
	2011		26	4	12	8	4	1	1^[a]	0	—		42	13
	2012		15	1	12	3	4	1	0	0	—		31	5
	2013		22	1	2	0	2	0	1^[b]	0	0	0	27	1
	2014		2	0	11	3	0	0	5^[b]	1	—		18	4
	Subtotal		88	10	37	14	10	2	13	1	0	0	148	27
Al Wasl	2014–15	Arabian Gulf League	4	1	—		—		—		—		4	1
Santos	2015	Série A	19	1	—		4	1	—		—		23	2
	2016	Série A	0	0	5	0	0	0	—		—		5	0
	Subtotal		19	1	5	0	4	1	—		—		28	2
Coritiba	2016	Série A	7	1	—		—		2^[a]	0	—		9	1
	2017	Série A	15	1	12	2	2	0	—		—		29	3
	Subtotal		22	2	12	2	2	0	2	0	—		38	4
Veracruz	2017–18	Liga MX	0	0	—		1	0	—		—		1	0
CSA	2018	Série B	12	5	—		—		—		—		12	5
América Mineiro	2019	Série B	0	0	10	3	2	0	—		—		12	3
Career total			179	23	99	35	26	4	18	1	0	0	322	63

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d All appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
^ ^a ^b All appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores

Honours

Vitória

Campeonato Baiano: 2010

Atlético Mineiro

Campeonato Mineiro: 2012, 2013
Copa Libertadores: 2013

Santos

Campeonato Paulista: 2016

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2013: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 11 December 2013. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2013.
^ "Atacante Neto Berola, Baggio e Robert estão chegando no Barradão" [Forward Neto Berola, Baggio and Robert are arriving at Barradão] (in Portuguese). Tribuna da Bahia. 20 April 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
^ "Neto Berola acerta as bases de contrato com o Atlético" [Neto Berola agrees his contract basis with Atlético] (in Portuguese). Atlético's official website. 25 May 2010. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
^ "Lesão na bacia afasta Neto Berola por tempo indeterminado" [Pelvis injury sidelines Neto Berola indefinitely] (in Portuguese). Placar. 4 May 2012. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
^ "Neto Berola renova contrato com Atlético-MG por quatro anos" [Neto Berola renews contract with Atlético-MG for four years] (in Portuguese). Terra. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
^ "Atlético-MG empresta Neto Berola ao Al-Wasl, dos Emirados Árabes" [Atlético-MG loans Neto Berola to Al-Wasl, from United Arab Emirates] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
^ "Neto Berola rescinde contrato, retorna ao Brasil, mas não interessa ao Galo" [Neto Berola rescinds contract, returns to Brazil, but does not interest Galo] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 2 March 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
^ "Santos consegue liberação e terá atacante Neto Berola por empréstimo" [Santos gets release and will have forward Neto Berola on loan] (in Portuguese). Lance!. 19 May 2015. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
^ "Coritiba confirma a contratação de Neto Berola, sexto atacante em 2016" [Coritiba confirms signing of Neto Berola, sixth forward in 2016]. Globoesporte.com (in Portuguese). 20 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
^ "América-MG anuncia contratação do atacante Neto Berola".
^ Neto Berola at Soccerway. Retrieved 6 April 2019.