Nélson Macedo Monte (born 30 July 1995) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Málaga CF as a right-back or a central defender.
Brought up at Rio Ave, he made 134 Primeira Liga appearances for that club as well as Chaves, in addition to spells in Ukraine and Spain.
[3] On 12 April 2014, while still a junior, Monte made his professional − and Primeira Liga − debut, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1−2 home loss against S.C.
[6] In 2017–18, after the losses of Roderick Miranda and Marcelo to the back line, he played the majority of games for the first time; the following season ended for him in March due to surgery on his left ankle.
[10] On 24 February 2022, after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, he was evacuated from the city of Dnipro;[11] he drove into Romania and took a flight back to his home country.