Neymar

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.

Club career

Santos FC 
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.

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

Paris Saint-Germain 
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.

International career

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.

Club statistics 

 As of match played 10 February 2021.

 ^ Includes Copa do Brasil, Copa del Rey, Coupe de France
 ^ Includes Campeonato Paulista
 ^ Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
 ^ Jump up to: a b Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
 ^ Jump up to: a b Appearance(s) in FIFA Club World Cup
 ^ Appearance(s) in Recopa Sudamericana
 ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
 ^ Appearance(s) in Supercopa de España
 ^ Jump up to: a b Appearance(s) in Coupe de la Ligue
 ^ One appearance and one goal in Coupe de la Ligue, one appearance in Trophée des Champions
 ^ Appearance in Trophée des Champions

International statistics 

 As of 14 October 2020

 ^ Appearance(s) in Copa América
 ^ Appearance(s) in FIFA Confederations Cup
 ^ Jump up to: a b Appearance(s) in FIFA World Cup
 ^ Two appearances and one goal in Copa América, two appearances in FIFA World Cup qualification
 ^ Jump up to: a b c Appearance(s) in FIFA World Cup qualification

Awards

Club

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

Barcelona 
 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

Paris Saint-Germain 

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

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

Individual 
 South American Footballer of the Year: 2011, 2012
 FIFA Puskás Award: 2011
 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

References 

Brazilian footballers
1992 births
Living people