Neymar

**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 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.

### Paris Saint-Germain

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.

### Al-Hilal

In summer transfer window Neymar was transferred from Paris Saint-Germain to Al Hilal.

### 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

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|State league|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="6"|Santos|2009|Série A|33|10|12|3|3|1|—|—|—|48|14||||
|2010|Série A|31|17|19|14|8|11|—|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|18|12|4|1|—|—|—|23|13||||||
|rowspan="5"|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|||||
|rowspan="7"|Paris Saint-Germain|2017–18|Ligue 1|20|19|—|1|2|2|1|7|6|—|30|28|||
|2018–19|Ligue 1|17|15|—|3|2|1|1|6|5|1|0|28|23||||
|2019–20|Ligue 1|15|13|—|2|2|3|1|7|3|0|0|27|19||||
|2020–21|Ligue 1|18|9|—|3|1|—|9|6|1|1|31|17|||||
|2021–22|Ligue 1|22|13|—|0|0|—|6|0|0|0|28|13|||||
|2022–23|Ligue 1|20|13|—|2|1|—|6|2|1|2|29|18|||||
|rowspan="3"|Al-Hilal|2023–24|Saudi Pro League|3|0|—|0|0|—|2|1|0|0|5|1|||
|2024–25|Saudi Pro League|0|0|—|0|0|—|2|0|0|0|2|0|||||
|Santos|2025|Série A|20|8|7|3|1|0|—|—|—|28|11|||||

#### Santos

- Copa do Brasi<nowiki/>l: 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: 2017–18, 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

### 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

## Infobox (person)

- **embed**: yes
- **signature**: Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior signature.svg


## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Neymar
- **image**: Neymar Jr. with Al Hilal, 3 October 2023 - 03 (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Neymar with Al Hilal SFC, Al Hilal in 2023
- **full name**: Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior
- **birth place**: Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil
- **height**: 1.75 m
- **position**: Attacking midfielder, Forward (association football), forward
- **currentclub**: Santos FC, Santos
- **clubnumber**: 10
- **youthyears1**: 1999–2003
- **youthclubs1**: Associação Atlética Portuguesa (Santos), Portuguesa Santista
- **youthyears2**: 2003–2009
- **youthclubs2**: Santos FC (youth), Santos
- **years1**: 2009–2013
- **clubs1**: Santos FC, Santos
- **caps1**: 179
- **goals1**: 107
- **years2**: 2013–2017
- **clubs2**: FC Barcelona, Barcelona
- **caps2**: 123
- **goals2**: 68
- **years3**: 2017–2023
- **clubs3**: Paris Saint-Germain FC, Paris Saint-Germain
- **caps3**: 112
- **goals3**: 82
- **years4**: 2023–2025
- **clubs4**: Al Hilal SFC, Al Hilal
- **caps4**: 3
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 2025–
- **clubs5**: Santos FC, Santos
- **caps5**: 27
- **goals5**: 11
- **nationalyears1**: 2009
- **nationalteam1**: Brazil national under-17 football team, Brazil U17
- **nationalcaps1**: 3
- **nationalgoals1**: 1
- **nationalyears2**: 2011
- **nationalteam2**: Brazil national under-20 football team, Brazil U20
- **nationalcaps2**: 7
- **nationalgoals2**: 9
- **nationalyears3**: 2012–2016
- **nationalteam3**: Brazil national under-23 football team, Brazil U23
- **nationalcaps3**: 14
- **nationalgoals3**: 8
- **nationalyears4**: 2010–
- **nationalteam4**: Brazil national football team, Brazil
- **nationalcaps4**: 128
- **nationalgoals4**: List of international goals scored by Neymar, 79
- **club-update**: 21:12, 7 December 2025 (UTC)
- **nationalteam-update**: 04:10, 18 October 2023 (UTC)
- **upright**: 1