![]() ![]() He won the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, winning the Golden Ball. ĭebuting for Brazil aged 18, Neymar is the all-time top goalscorer for his national team with 79 goals in 125 matches. Despite recurring injuries and consequential limited game time in Paris, he was voted Ligue 1 Player of the Year in his debut season, helped PSG attain an historic domestic quadruple and reach its first ever Champions League final in the 2019–20 season, and established himself as the highest scoring Brazilian player in Champions League history. Motivated to be the focal player at club level, Neymar unexpectedly transferred to Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) in 2017 for €222 million, which made him the most expensive player ever. In his second season, as part of Barcelona's attacking trio with Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez, dubbed MSN, he won the continental treble of La Liga, the Copa del Rey, and the UEFA Champions League. He was named the South American Footballer of the Year in 20, and relocated to Europe to join Barcelona in 2013. Soon becoming the Brazilian's league star player, he won the 2011 Copa Libertadores with Santos, being their first since 1963. Neymar came into prominence at Santos, where he made his professional debut aged 17. Neymar has scored at least 100 goals for three different clubs, making him one of the few players to achieve this feat. A prolific goalscorer and playmaker, he is widely regarded as one of the best players in the world and one of the best Brazilian players of all time. Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior (born 5 February 1992), known as Neymar Júnior or mononymously as Neymar, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Saudi Pro League club Al Hilal and the Brazil national team. ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:10, 9 December 2022 *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:46, 19 February 2023 (UTC)
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