Sosthenes José Santos Salles (born 18 November 1987), known as Neto Berola, is a Brazilian

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who plays for Ituano as a

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Club career

Neto Berola was born in

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, and after impressing for an amateur side of

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, joined

'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

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, Neto Berola moved to fellow state team Vitória. He made his Série A debut on 4 July, replacing Elkeson in a 1–2 away loss against

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. 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

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. 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

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. An undisputed starter for the side, he was sidelined for three months due to a back injury in 2012. On 31 August 2012 Neto Berola renewed with Atlético, signing until the end of 2016. On 23 June 2014 he was loaned to Al Wasl, but returned to Brazil on 2 March of the following year after rescinding his contract early. On 19 May 2015 Neto Berola was loaned to

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. On 21 July of the following year, after his loan spell at Santos expired, he moved to

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after rescinding his contract with ''Galo''. On 1 January 2019 Neto Berola signed for Série B side America Mineiro on a one-year deal.

Career statistics

Honours

;Vitória *

: 2010 ;Atlético Mineiro *

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: 2012,

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;Santos *

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2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

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