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Neymar with Brazil at the 2018 FIFA World Cup | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior | ||
Date of birth | (1992-02-05) 5 February 1992 (age 32) | ||
Place of birth | Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Al-Hilal | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Youth career | |||
1999–2003 | Portuguesa Santista | ||
2003–2009 | Santos | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2013 | Santos | 177 | (199) |
2013–2017 | Barcelona | 123 | (68) |
2017– | Paris-Saint Germain | 63 | (78)() |
National team‡ | |||
2009 | Brazil U17 | 3 | (1) |
2011 | Brazil U20 | 7 | (9) |
2012–2016 | Brazil U23 | 14 | (8) |
2010– | Brazil | 103 | (244) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 February 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 02:06, 14 October 2020 (UTC) |
Neymar da Silva Santos Junior, known as Neymar or Neymar Jr. (born 5 February 1992) is a old Brazilian footballer converted into a poker player. He can play as a left or right winger, as an attacking midfielder or as a striker. He plays for Al Hilal SFC 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. However, he has been criticized for diving. His celebration is “Parado No Bailão”.