Neymar

Neymar
	; Neymar with Al Hilal in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior
Date of birth	5 February 1992 (aged 34)
Place of birth	Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Attacking midfielder, forward
Club information
Current team	Santos
Number	10
Youth career
1999–2003	Portuguesa Santista
2003–2009	Santos
Senior career*
National team‡
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:12, 7 December 2025 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 04:10, 18 October 2023 (UTC)

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.

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 Santos after leaving Al Hilal in Saudi Arabia in 2025

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-Germain

Ligue 1: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20,2021–22,2022–23
Coupe de France: 2017–18, 2019–20,2020–21
Coupe de la Ligue: 2017–18, 2019–20
Trophee des Champions: 2018, 2020
UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2019–20

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

South American Youth Championship: 2011
FIFA Confederations Cup: 2013
Olympic Silver Medal: 2012
Olympic Gold Medal: 2016

Career statistics

Club

Awards

Santos

Copa do Brasil: 2010
Campeonato Paulista: 2010, 2011, 2012
Copa Libertadores: 2011
Recopa Sudamericana: 2012

Barcelona^[4]

UEFA Champions League: 2014-15
La Liga: 2014-15, 2015-16
Copa del Rey: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17
FIFA Club World Cup: 2015
Supercopa de España: 2013

Individual

South American Footballer of the Year: 2011, 2012
FIFA Puskás Award: 2011^[5]
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^[6]

Neymar Media

Neymar with former Portuguese footballer Eusébio in 2010
Neymar vs Peñarol (cropped) 2
Neymar on the ball against Barcelona during the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup final
Neymar (pictured in 2012) was awarded the South American Footballer of the Year for the second consecutive time.
Neymar playing against Almería in March 2014
Neymar playing against Villarreal in February 2015
Neymar (centre) celebrating the 2014–15 Champions League triumph against Juventus in May 2015
Neymar training with Brazil under-23 in August 2016, a month after his contract extension with Barcelona.
Neymar celebrating after Barcelona's sixth goal against PSG in the Champions League second leg win in February 2017
Neymar posing with his PSG number 10 jersey with club president Nasser Al-Khelaifi in August 2017

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ – Squad List: Brazil (BRA) (18 December 2022)FIFA. p. 4. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
↑ Player Profile – Neymar Jr.. Sportycious. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
↑ "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.
↑ Neymar Honours. FCBarcelona.com. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
↑ Brazil and Santos star Neymar wins 2011 FIFA Puskas award | Goal.com. www.goal.com. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
↑ UEFA.com. UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season (in en) (2020-08-28). Retrieved 2021-03-02.

Other websites

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Neymar on Twitter
Neymar on Instagram
Neymar on Facebook
Neymar – FIFA competition record

[NameBirthHeight-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ – Squad List: Brazil (BRA) (18 December 2022)FIFA. p. 4. Retrieved 20 October 2024.

[2] Player Profile – Neymar Jr.. Sportycious. 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] Neymar Honours. FCBarcelona.com. Retrieved 2 March 2021.

[5] Brazil and Santos star Neymar wins 2011 FIFA Puskas award | Goal.com. www.goal.com. Retrieved 2020-06-02.

[6] UEFA.com. UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season (in en) (2020-08-28). Retrieved 2021-03-02.

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Personal information
Neymar with Al Hilal in 2023
Full name	Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior^[1]
Date of birth	5 February 1992 (aged 34) ^[1]
Place of birth	Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil^[2]
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)^[1]
Playing position	Attacking midfielder, forward
Club information
Current team	Santos
Number	10
Youth career
1999–2003	Portuguesa Santista
2003–2009	Santos
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2013	Santos	179	(107)
2013–2017	Barcelona	123	(68)
2017–2023	Paris Saint-Germain	112	(82)
2023–2025	Al Hilal	3	(0)
2025–	Santos	27	(11)
National team^‡
2009	Brazil U17	3	(1)
2011	Brazil U20	7	(9)
2012–2016	Brazil U23	14	(8)
2010–	Brazil	128	(79)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:12, 7 December 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 04:10, 18 October 2023 (UTC)