Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [2] | 5 February 1992|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[4][5][6] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Paris Saint-Germain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1999–2003 | Portuguesa Santista | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2003–2009 | Santos | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009–2013 | Santos | 177 | (Fuck off) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013–2017 | Barcelona | 123 | (68) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017– | Paris Saint-Germain | 63 | (53) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009 | Brazil U17 | 3 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011 | Brazil U20 | 7 | (9) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012–2016 | Brazil U23 | 14 | (8) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010– | Brazil | 103 | (64) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 February 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 02:06, 14 October 2020 (UTC) |
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 plays for 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.
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.
Neymar and his family moved to Santos in 2003, where he joined Santos F.C. On 7 March 2009, he made his debut for Santos at 17 years of age. He scored his very first goal against Mogi Mirim, a week after his debut. On 15 April 2010, Neymar scored five goals for Santos, beating Guarani 8-1 in the 2010 Copa do Brasil (Brazilian Cup). The club would then go on to win that year's cup.
In a Copa Libertadores match against Colo-Colo in 2011, Neymar got red carded for wearing a mask in his goal celebration.
In the summer of 2013, Neymar was bought by the Spanish club FC Barcelona for 57 million euros from Santos.[7]
In August 2017, he was bought by the French club Paris Saint-Germain for a world record-breaking €222 million, making him the most expensive transfer of all time.[8]
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.
Club | Season | League | National Cup | State League | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Santos | 2009 | Série A | 33 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 3 | — | — | 48 | 14 | ||
2010 | Série A | 31 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 0 | — | 60 | 42 | ||
2011 | Série A | 21 | 13 | — | 11 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 47 | 24 | ||
2012 | Série A | 17 | 14 | — | 16 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 47 | 43 | ||
2013 | Série A | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 12 | — | — | 23 | 13 | |||
Total | 102 | 54 | 15 | 13 | 75 | 53 | 27 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 225 | 136 | ||
Barcelona | 2013–14 | La Liga | 26 | 9 | 3 | 1 | — | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 15 | |
2014–15 | La Liga | 33 | 22 | 6 | 7 | — | 12 | 10 | — | 51 | 39 | |||
2015–16 | La Liga | 34 | 24 | 5 | 4 | — | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 31 | ||
2016–17 | La Liga | 30 | 13 | 6 | 3 | — | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 20 | ||
Total | 123 | 68 | 20 | 15 | — | 40 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 186 | 105 | |||
Paris Saint-Germain | 2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 2 | — | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 28 | |
2018–19 | Ligue 1 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 2 | — | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 23 | ||
2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 2 | — | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 19 | ||
2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 13 | ||
Total | 63 | 53 | 7 | 6 | — | 25 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 103 | 83 | |||
Career total | 288 | 175 | 42 | 34 | 75 | 53 | 91 | 56 | 15 | 7 | 514 | 324 |
National team | Year | Competitive | Friendly | Total | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Brazil | 2010 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
2011 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 7 | |
2012 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 9 | |
2013 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 19 | 10 | |
2014 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 15 | |
2015 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 4 | |
2016 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | |
2017 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | |
2018 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 7 | |
2019 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
2020 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
Total | 37 | 22 | 66 | 42 | 103 | 64 |
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