Neymar da Silva Santos Junior (born 5 February 1992), known as Neymar, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and the Brazil national team. A prolific goalscorer and renowned playmaker, he is regarded as one of the best players in the world. Neymar has scored at least 100 goals for three different clubs, making him one of three players to achieve this.
Neymar came into prominence at Santos, where he made his professional debut aged 17. He helped the club win two successive Campeonato Paulista championships, a Copa do Brasil, and the 2011 Copa Libertadores; the latter being Santos' first since 1963. Neymar was twice named the South American Footballer of the Year, in 2011 and 2012, and soon relocated to Europe to join Barcelona. As part of Barcelona's attacking trio with Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez, dubbed MSN, he won the continental treble of La Liga, the Copa del Rey, and the UEFA Champions League. He then attained a domestic double in the 2015–16 season. Motivated to be a talisman at club level, Neymar transferred to PSG in 2017 in a move worth €222 million, making him the most expensive player ever. In France, he won four league titles, among other honours, and was voted Ligue 1 Player of the Year in his debut season. Notably, he helped PSG attain a domestic quadruple in the 2019–20 season, and led the club to its first ever Champions League Final.
With 75 goals in 121 matches for Brazil since debuting at age 18, Neymar is the second highest goalscorer for his national team, trailing Pele. At his youth stage for Brazil, he was a key player in the victory at the 2011 South American Youth Championship, where he finished as leading goalscorer, and also attained a silver medal in men's football at the 2012 Summer Olympics. The following year, he won the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, winning the Golden Ball. His participation in the 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2015 Copa America was cut short by injury and a suspension, respectively, before captaining Brazil to their first Olympic gold medal in men's football at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Having renounced the captaincy, he featured at the 2018 World Cup, and after missing the 2019 Copa America through injury, helped Brazil to a runner-up finish at the 2021 tournament.
Neymar finished third for the FIFA Ballon d'Or in 2015 and 2017, has been awarded the FIFA Puskás Award, has been named in the FIFA FIFPro World11 twice, the UEFA Team of the Year twice, and the UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season three times. Off the pitch, he ranks among the world's most prominent sportsmen. SportsPro named him the most marketable athlete in the world in 2012 and 2013, and ESPN cited him as the world's fourth-most famous athlete in 2016. In 2017, Time included him in its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. In 2018, France Football ranked Neymar the world's third highest-paid footballer. The following year, Forbes ranked him the world's third highest-paid athlete, dropping a spot to fourth in 2020.<\/P>","165A9E64AAEECF036C1B6B6A72794204F7BF560594F29F16":"1","519F480A5D95AABEE231AFCBBAB20A94":"\u20ac90.00m","A3B3C821F4815DD2":"79519","F14A25307A7B90F34DF7D46459F247E0":"1992-2-5","1CD1A53514962B6A":"1","CDD05FD46E6F78B9FEABD05EFFA7F762":"
CLUB<\/U><\/STRONG>
Santos
<\/STRONG>Campeonato Paulista: 2010, 2011, 2012
Copa do Brasil: 2010
Copa Libertadores: 2011
Recopa Sudamericana: 2012
Barcelona<\/STRONG>
La Liga: 2014–15, 2015–16
Copa del Rey: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17
Supercopa de Espana: 2013
UEFA Champions League: 2014–15
FIFA Club World Cup: 2015
Paris Saint-Germain
<\/STRONG>Ligue 1: 2017–18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2021–22
Coupe de France: 2017–18, 2019-20, 2021–22
Coupe de la Ligue: 2017–18, 2019-20
Trophee des Champions: 2018, 2020, 2022
INTERNATIONAL<\/U><\/STRONG>
Brazil U20<\/STRONG>
South American U-20 Championship: 2011
Brazil U23
<\/STRONG>Summer Olympics: 2016; runner-up: 2012
Brazil<\/STRONG>
FIFA Confederations Cup: 2013
Copa America runner-up: 2021
INDIVIDUAL<\/U><\/STRONG>
Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A Team of the Year:
<\/STRONG>2010, 2011, 2012
Chuteira de Ouro:
<\/STRONG>2010, 2011, 2012
Bola de Prata:
<\/STRONG>2010, 2011
Bola de Ouro:
<\/STRONG>2011
Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A Best Player:
<\/STRONG>2011
World Soccer Young Player of the Year:
<\/STRONG>2011
Copa Libertadores Most Valuable Player:<\/STRONG>
2011
FIFA Club World Cup Bronze Ball:
<\/STRONG>2011
South American Footballer of the Year:
<\/STRONG>2011, 2012
FIFA Puskas Award:
<\/STRONG>2011
Bola de Ouro Hors Concours:
<\/STRONG>2012
FIFA Confederations Cup Golden Ball:
<\/STRONG>2013
FIFA Confederations Cup Bronze Shoe:<\/STRONG>
2013
FIFA Confederations Cup Dream Team:
<\/STRONG>2013
FIFA World Cup Bronze Boot:
<\/STRONG>2014
FIFA World Cup Dream Team:
<\/STRONG>2014
Samba Gold:
<\/STRONG>2014, 2015, 2017
UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season:<\/STRONG>
2014–15, 2019-20, 2020-21
La Liga Best World Player:
<\/STRONG>2014–15
La Liga Player of the Month:
<\/STRONG>November 2015
UNFP Ligue 1 Player of the Year:
<\/STRONG>2017–18
UNFP Ligue 1 Team of the Year:
<\/STRONG>2017–18, 2018-19, 2020-21
UNFP Ligue 1 Player of the Month:
<\/STRONG>December 2017, January 2020, August 2022
UEFA Team of the Year:
<\/STRONG>2015, 2020
FIFA FIFPro World XI:
<\/STRONG>2015, 2017
FIFA FIFPro World XI 2nd team:
<\/STRONG>2013, 2014, 2016, 2018
IFFHS World's Best Playmaker Bronze award:<\/STRONG>
2017
IFFHS Men's World Team:
<\/STRONG>2017
Copa America Team of the Tournament:
<\/STRONG>2021<\/P>","D91FA56861637784":"Al-Hilal SFC","05B90AE4F21571952008D48326AE77E3":"10","e_index":3};