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Wolves forward Pedro Neto: 'It felt amazing to break Cristiano Ronaldo record'

Neto: 'It felt amazing to break Ronaldo record'
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Wolverhampton Wanderers forward Pedro Neto admits that it felt 'amazing' to break a goalscoring record held by Cristiano Ronaldo during his time with Braga.

Wolverhampton Wanderers forward Pedro Neto has admitted that it felt 'amazing' to break a long-scoring record held by Cristiano Ronaldo during his time in Portuguese football.

During his early days in the senior ranks at Braga, Neto netted his first goal at the age of 17 years and 67 days, becoming the youngest goalscorer in the history of Portugal's top flight.

Ronaldo had previously held the record having scored for Sporting Lisbon when he was half-a-year older, and Neto has acknowledged that he is proud to have got the better of his nation's greatest-ever player.

The versatile attacker told The Sun: "I scored my first goal for Braga on my senior debut against Nacional, nine minutes after coming on as a substitute.

"It was an amazing feeling because Braga were a club that had helped me so much. So to score for them on my debut was special, but I didn't just become the youngest goalscorer in Braga's history, I also broke the Portuguese record, taking it off Cristiano Ronaldo

"It was such a good feeling to take that record from such a famous player — one which had stood for 15 years."

Neto - now 19 years of age - has scored once from three starts and six substitute outings since joining Wolves earlier in the summer.

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