Neymar Profile, Age, Height, Family, Affairs, Wiki, Biography & More

Neymar da Silva Santos Junior (born 5 February 1992), known as Neymar, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and the Brazil national team. A prolific goalscorer and renowned playmaker, he is considered one of the best players in the world. Neymar has scored at least 100 goals for three different clubs, making him one of only three players to achieve this.

Neymar rose to 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 South American Footballer of the Year, in 2011 and 2012, and soon moved to Europe to join Barcelona. As part of Barcelona’s attacking trio of Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez, nicknamed MSN, he won the continental La Liga treble, the Copa del Rey and the UEFA Champions League.

With 77 goals in 124 appearances for Brazil since his debut at 18, his national team’s co-top scorer alongside Pele. During his youth phase for Brazil, he was a key player in winning the 2011 South American Youth Championship, where he finished top scorer, and also won a silver medal in men’s football at the Games. 2012 Summer Olympics. The following year, he won the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, winning the Ballon d’Or. His participation in the 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2015 Copa América were cut short by injury and suspension, respectively, before guiding Brazil to their first Olympic gold medal in men’s football at the Olympic Games in summer of 2016.

Neymar finished third in the FIFA Ballon d’Or in 2015 and 2017, was awarded the FIFA Puskás Award, twice named in the FIFA FIFPro World11, twice UEFA Team of the Year and UEFA Champions League Team of the Season. thrice. Off the field, he ranks among the most prominent sportsmen in the world. SportsPro named him the world’s most marketable athlete in 2012 and 2013, and ESPN named him the world’s fourth most famous athlete in 2016. In 2017, Time included him in its annual 100 list. most influential people in the world. In 2018, France Football ranked Neymar as the third highest paid footballer in the world. The following year, Forbes ranked him the third highest paid athlete in the world, rising to fourth in 2020.

Neymar has a son, Davi Lucca, who was born on August 13, 2011, with his former girlfriend Carolina Dantas. He has a very close brotherly relationship with his sister Rafaella Beckran and honored her by tattooing her face on his arm, while Beckran tattooed his brother’s eyes on his arm.

Neymar is a Christian and follows the Pentecostal branch of the religion. He spoke about his faith saying, “Life only has meaning when our highest ideal is to serve Christ!” Additionally, he sometimes wore a headband with the words “100% Jesus.” Neymar is also said to have given tithes (10%) of his earnings to his church and named Kaká as his religious role model. Every year, Neymar organizes a charity match with fellow Brazilian footballer Nenê in Nenê’s hometown of Jundiaí, with the aim of raising food for families in need. Besides his native Portuguese, He also speaks Spanish.

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