Neymar Jr Biography, Family and Career

Last Updated on: 9th, April, 2024

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BIOGRAPHY

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Birth Name: Neymar Jr

Age: 32 years old

Net-worth: $250 million

Marital Status: Single

Date of Birth: 5th, February 1992

Children: 2

Agent: Neymar Santos Sr

Sponsors: Beats Electronics, DAZN, Electronic Arts, Gillette, Mastercard, Nike, Red Bull, TCL

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Neymar Jr Biography

Neymar da Silva Santos Jr is a Brazilian footballer who is known around the world as one of the most skillful, creative, and talented athletes in the sport.

He was born in Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil, on the 5th of February 1992. As a young boy. He began to play street and indoor football. With his father (a former professional footballer serving as his coach and mentor). Neymar joined a Sāo Vicente youth football team called Portuguesa Santista in 1999. By 2003, his family relocated to Santos.

Neymar at Santos

At Santos, Neymar who was already showing a lot of potential, joined the Santos FC’s Academy. By the time he was age 14. He had a successful trial test with Real Madrid. Forcing Santos to spend more money on his wages to keep him at the club as he was already a valuable asset to the team.

Neymar had his debut appearance for Santos in 2009. And in that season he managed to keep an average of 1 goal per match. Pushing the team to win the Libertadores Cup which is the most important of all South American Trophies in 2011. He also won the South American Footballer Of The Year award in 2011 and 2012.

Neymar Barcelona Career

In 2013, Spanish football giants Barcelona presented Santos FC with a transfer deal they could not afford to refuse. They offered to sign Neymar for €57M(one of the most expensive soccer transfers as of then). Two years after the transfer deal. Neymar was a major player in one of Barcelona’s most successful seasons ever. They won La Liga, Copa del Rey, and the UEFA Champions League title, a ‘treble’ win.

The former Barcelona star maintained his productivity. And scored a total of 105 goals in 186 appearances for Barça from 2013-2017. However, despite this great feat, he remained in the Shadow of his teammate. Lionel Messi (6-time Ballon d’Or winner). And this led him to depart the Spanish club to Italy where he joined PSG for a historical record of €222M. This transfer move also made Neymar become the highest-paid footballer in the world. He earned about €45M a year. In his debut season at Paris Saint Germain. Neymar could only make a total of 30 appearances with 28 goals, before breaking a bone in his right foot.

Neymar Jr International Career – Biography of Neymar

On the National side, Neymar jr made his first appearance for Brazil in August 2010. When he played against The U.S. in a friendly match scoring his first goal in the 2-0 Brazillian victory. He went on to score a total of 4 goals at the Confederations Cup. And bagged the tournament Golden Ball as well as the bronze boot.

The Brazilian also scored 4 goals in 5 appearances in the 2014 World Cup hosted by his country. He was however forced out after he fractured a vertebra in the quarter-final stage of the competition. And without one of their most valuable assets. Brazil was kicked out of the race after a humiliating semi-final 7-1 loss to Germany. Who went on the win the Cup. Neymar however managed to salvage a Bronze boot from the disappointing competition.

Neymar at the 2016 World Cup

However, he made up for the World Cup result in the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic games. When he fired the Brazilian male team to its first-ever Olympic Gold Medal. After he scored the winning Penalty in the extra time of the Final match against Germany. He also put up an impressive performance in the 2018 World Cup. But his efforts were marred by his behavior in the competition and he ended up being the most-fouled player in the Cup competition that year.

In recent times, while he is still one of the best footballers in the world. Neymar is yet to reach his full potential and hasn’t managed to achieve as much as Lionel Messi and is yet to win a single Ballon d’Or title since his departure from Barça.

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