Neymar

Neymar da Silva Santos Junior, known as Neymar or Neymar Jr. (born 5 February 1992) is a Brazilian footballer. He can play as a left or right winger, as an attacking midfielder or as a striker. He plays for Al Hilal SFC 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 playing for Al Hilal in 2023
Personal information
Full name Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior[1]
Date of birth (1992-02-05) 5 February 1992[1]
Place of birth Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil[2]
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, winger
Club information
Current team
 Al Hilal
Number 10
Youth career
1999–2003 Portuguesa Santista
2003–2009 Santos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2013 Santos 177 (107)
2013–2017 Barcelona 123 (68)
2017–2023 Paris Saint-Germain 112 (82)
2023– Al Hilal 3 (0)
National team‡
2009 Brazil U17 3 (1)
2011 Brazil U20 7 (9)
2012–2016 Brazil U23 14 (8)
2010– Brazil 128 (79)
Honours
Men's Football
Representing  Brazil
FIFA Confederations Cup
Winner2013 Brazil
Copa América
Runner-up2021 Brazil
Summer Olympics
Gold medal – first place2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
Silver medal – second place2012 LondonTeam
U-20 South American Championship
Winner2011 Peru
Signature
* 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. However, he has been criticized for diving. His celebration is “Parado No Bailão”.

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

In summer transfer window Neymar was transferred from PSG to Al- Hilal.

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

Brazil

After Neymar's performances for Brazil's U-17 team at the 2009 U-17 World Cup, on 26 July 2010, Neymar was selected in the squad for the Brazil national team by new head coach Mano Menezes for a friendly match against USA on 10 August 2010. He scored on his debut, in a 2–0 win for Brazil. On 27 March 2011, he scored twice in a 2–0 win against Scotland at the Emirates Stadium.

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 3 October 2023[5][6]
Club Season League State league[lower-alpha 1] National cup[lower-alpha 2] League cup[lower-alpha 3] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Santos 2009 Série A 331012331———4814
2010 Série A 31171914811—2[lower-alpha 4]0—6042
2011 Série A 2113114——13[lower-alpha 5]62[lower-alpha 6]14724
2012 Série A 17141620——12[lower-alpha 5]82[lower-alpha 7]14743
2013 Série A 10181241———2313
Total 1025475531513—271442225136
Barcelona 2013–14 La Liga 269—31—10[lower-alpha 8]42[lower-alpha 9]14115
2014–15 La Liga 3322—67—12[lower-alpha 8]10—5139
2015–16 La Liga 3424—54—9[lower-alpha 8]31[lower-alpha 6]04931
2016–17 La Liga 3013—63—9[lower-alpha 8]4004520
Total 12368—2015—402131186105
Paris Saint-Germain 2017–18 Ligue 1 2019—12217[lower-alpha 8]6—3028
2018–19 Ligue 1 1715—32116[lower-alpha 8]51[lower-alpha 10]02823
2019–20 Ligue 1 1513—22317[lower-alpha 8]3—2719
2020–21 Ligue 1 189—31—9[lower-alpha 8]61[lower-alpha 10]13117
2021–22 Ligue 1 2213—00—6[lower-alpha 8]0002813
2022–23 Ligue 1 2013—21—6[lower-alpha 8]21[lower-alpha 10]22918
Total 11282—11863412233173118
Al Hilal 2023–24 Saudi Pro League 30—00—2[lower-alpha 11]1—51
Career total 340204765446366310958106589360
  1. Includes Campeonato Paulista
  2. Includes Copa do Brasil, Copa del Rey, Coupe de France
  3. Includes Coupe de la Ligue
  4. Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
  5. Appearances in Copa Libertadores
  6. Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
  7. Appearances in Recopa Sudamericana
  8. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  9. Appearances in Supercopa de España
  10. Appearance in Trophée des Champions
  11. Appearances in AFC Champions League

International
Neymar against Croatia at 2014 FIFA World Cup. He scored two goals in the match.
As of match played 17 October 2023[7]
National teamYearCompetitiveFriendlyTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Brazil 2010002121
20114[lower-alpha 1]295137
201200129129
20135[lower-alpha 2]41461910
20145[lower-alpha 3]49111415
20154[lower-alpha 4]15394
20166[lower-alpha 5]40064
20176[lower-alpha 5]22183
20185[lower-alpha 6]285137
2019005151
20202[lower-alpha 7]30023
202113[lower-alpha 8]600136
20224[lower-alpha 9]34487
20234[lower-alpha 10]20042
Total 5833704612879
  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. 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[8]

Paris Saint-Germain

Brazil

Individual
  • South American Footballer of the Year: 2011, 2012
  • FIFA Puskás Award: 2011[9]
  • 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[10]

References
    1. "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". BBC Sport. 3 June 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
    4. Laurens, Julien (4 August 2017). "Neymar: how the record-breaking €222m move to PSG unfolded". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
    5. Neymar at Soccerway. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
    6. "Neymar Stats, News, Bio". ESPN. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
    7. "Neymar". National Football Teams. Archived from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
    8. "Neymar Honours". FCBarcelona.com. Archived from the original on 12 August 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
    9. "Brazil and Santos star Neymar wins 2011 FIFA Puskas award | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
    10. UEFA.com (28 August 2020). "UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season". Retrieved 2 March 2021.
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