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Neymar

Neymar da Silva Santos Junior (born 5 February 1992), also known as Neymar Júnior or simply Neymar, is a Brazilian footballer. He can play as a left or right winger, as an attacking midfielder or as a striker. He plays for Santos and the Brazil national team. He is the most expensive footballer of all time with a transfer fee of 222 million euros from FC Barcelona to PSG in August 2017.

Neymar
Neymar Jr. with Al Hilal, 3 October 2023 - 03 (cropped).jpg
Neymar with Al Hilal in 2023
Personal information
Full nameNeymar da Silva Santos Júnior[1]
Date of birth5 February 1992 
     (aged 33)
[1]
Place of birthMogi das Cruzes, Brazil[2]
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Playing positionAttacking midfielder, winger
Club information
Current team
Santos
Number10
Youth career
1998–2003Portuguesa Santista
2003–2009Santos
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2013Santos230(136)
2013–2017Barcelona186(105)
2017–2023Paris Saint-Germain173(118)
2023–2025Al Hilal7(1)
2025-Santos6(3)
National team‡
2009Brazil U173(1)
2011Brazil U207(9)
2012–2016Brazil U2314(8)
2010–Brazil128(79)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 September 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 04:10, 18 October 2023

He has been compared to former Barcelona teammate Lionel Messi and also to Cristiano Ronaldo and Ronaldinho, because of his dribbling skills, free-kicks, and goal scoring abilities.

Club career

Neymar da Silva Santos Junior, known as Neymar or Neymar Jr. (born 5 February 1992) is a professional Brazilian footballer that can play as a left or right Winger or as a Striker. He played for french club Paris-Saint Germain and the Brazil national team. He is the most expensive footballer of all time with a transfer fee of 222 million euros from FC Barcelona to PSG in August 2017 and he now he plays for Al Hilal after going from PSG in 2023

He has been compared to former Barcelona teammate Lionel Messi and also to Cristiano Ronaldo and Pelé, because of his dribbling skills, free-kicks, and goal scoring abilities. However, he has been criticized for diving

FC Barcelona

In the summer of 2013, Neymar was bought by the Spanish club FC Barcelona for 57 million euros from Santos.[3]

Paris Saint-German

In August 2017, he was bought by the French club Paris Saint-Germain for a record-breaking €222 million, making him the most expensive transfer of all time.[4]

Al-Hilal

Neymar with Al Hilal in 2023

In summer transfer window Neymar was transferred from Paris Saint-Germain to Al Hilal.

International career

Neymar against Croatia at 2014 FIFA World Cup. He scored two goals in the match.

Brazil

Career statistics

Club

International

Neymar against Croatia at 2014 FIFA World Cup. He scored two goals in the match.
See also: List of international goals scored by Neymar
As of match played 17 October 2023[5]
National team Year Competitive Friendly Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brazil 2010 0 0 2 1 2 1
2011 4[a] 2 9 5 13 7
2012 0 0 12 9 12 9
2013 5[b] 4 14 6 19 10
2014 5[c] 4 9 11 14 15
2015 4[d] 1 5 3 9 4
2016 6[e] 4 0 0 6 4
2017 6[e] 2 2 1 8 3
2018 5[f] 2 8 5 13 7
2019 0 0 5 1 5 1
2020 2[g] 3 0 0 2 3
2021 13[h] 6 0 0 13 6
2022 4[i] 3 4 4 8 7
2023 4[j] 2 0 0 4 2
Total 58 33 79 46 128 79
  1. ↑ Appearances in 2011 Copa América
  2. ↑ Appearances in 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup
  3. ↑ Appearances in 2014 FIFA World Cup
  4. ↑ Two appearances and one goal in 2015 Copa América, two appearances in 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Appearance(s) in 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
  6. ↑ Appearances in 2018 FIFA World Cup
  7. ↑ Appearance(s) in 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
  8. ↑ Six appearances and two goals in 2021 Copa América, seven appearances and three goals in 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
  9. ↑ One appearance and one goal in 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification, three appearances and two goals in 2022 FIFA World Cup
  10. ↑ Four appearances and two goals in 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Awards

Santos

Barcelona[6]

Paris Saint-Germain

Individual

  • South American Footballer of the Year: 2011, 2012
  • FIFA Puskás Award: 2011[7]
  • UEFA Team of the Year: 2015
  • La Liga Player of the Month: November 2015
  • UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 2014–15, 2019–20[8]

Neymar Media

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™: List of Players: Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 29 November 2022. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 November 2022.
  2. ↑ "Player Profile – Neymar Jr". Sportycious. Archived from the original on 21 June 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  3. ↑ "Neymar: Barcelona complete £49m signing of Brazil striker" (in en-GB). BBC Sport. 2013-06-03. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/22760770. Retrieved 2020-05-15. 
  4. ↑ Laurens, Julien (2017-08-04). "Neymar: how the record-breaking €222m move to PSG unfolded" (in en-GB). The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077 . https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/aug/04/neymar-how-record-breaking-move-to-psg-unfolded. Retrieved 2019-12-17. 
  5. ↑ "Neymar". National Football Teams. Archived from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "Neymar Honours". FCBarcelona.com. Archived from the original on 12 August 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  7. ↑ "Brazil and Santos star Neymar wins 2011 FIFA Puskas award | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  8. ↑ UEFA.com (28 August 2020). "UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season". Retrieved 2 March 2021.

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