[160], In the aftermath, Neymar hit back on social media, as the Spanish defender denied saying any racist comments during the match. "[272] After joining Barcelona, Neymar consequently established himself as one of the best players in world football. PSG said they supported Neymar "100 percent" over the incident. [328], Controversy erupted because of a cover by Brazilian football magazine Placar that depicted Neymar on a cross. However, La Liga rejected the paymentâciting violation of Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules by PSG, who are backed by money from Gulf state Qatar. [323][324] Neymar also features in EA Sports' FIFA video game series, with the trailer for FIFA 18 showing him in his PSG home jersey. [13], On 8 May 2013, Neymar was rated by SportsPro magazine as the most marketable athlete in the world, ahead of Lionel Messi (2nd) and Cristiano Ronaldo (8th). Afterwards he said: "I scored and made two assists so for me it was perfect". [271] Former Real Madrid sporting director Jorge Valdano has also praised Neymar, stating: "I like Neymar a lot. [50][51] On 25 February 2012 â he scored two goals, one of which was from 25-yards â and created two assists to help his side to a 6â1 win over Ponte Preta. [208][209], On 30 June, Neymar was involved in Fred's opening goal and then subsequently scored Brazil's second in the 3â0 final victory over Spain. [226], On 11 July, Neymar was named on the 10-man shortlist for FIFA's Golden Ball award for the tournament's best player. [101] This made Barcelona the first club in history to win the treble of domestic league, domestic cup and European Cup twice. The deal reportedly increased Neymar's wages by 50%, to the levels that top European clubs would be paying him. He did not stay in Madrid, however, as his father decided at the time that he preferred the young prodigy to keep growing up while playing at Santos. [313][314][315][316] By 2018, France Football ranked Neymar the third highest paid footballer in the world, earning â¬81.5m ($95m) for a calendar year in combined income from salaries, bonuses and endorsements deals. Tayshan Hayden-Smith trialled for academies all around the country growing up, before unexpectedly finding a new passion after the Grenfell Tower fire. [330], In May 2013, SportsPro magazine named Neymar as the most marketable athlete on the planet for the second consecutive year. [222] In the round of 16 against Chile, the match finished 1â1 after 120 minutes and was decided by a penalty shoot-out with Neymar scoring what proved to be the winning kick for Brazil. In 2012, he made cameo appearances in the music video for yet another sertanejo hit "Eu Quero Tchu, Eu Quero Tcha" by João Lucas & Marcelo. Brazil beat Germany 5â4 on penalties, and Neymar scored the winning penalty to bring Brazil its first Olympic gold medal in men's football. [103] Neymar ended the season with 39 goals in all competitions and 10 in the Champions League, making him joint highest scorer with Cristiano Ronaldo and teammate Lionel Messi in the latter competition. He is the best player in the world and I always get inspired when I watch good football. I'll leave when I want to. Off the pitch, Neymar ranks among the world's most prominent sportsmen; SportsPro named him the most marketable athlete in the world in 2012 and 2013, and ESPN cited him as the world's fourth-most famous athlete in 2016. [42][43] The win brought Santos their first Copa Libertadores triumph since 1963, when Brazilian legend Pelé was playing for the club. "[291] After his hat-trick in a 3â1 victory against Internacional in the Copa Libertadores and Messi's five goals scored in the Champions League, Neymar said: "I am a Messi fan. The payment, provided by an unknown source, made him the most expensive football player. [295], Neymar is a Christian,[296][297] and follows the Pentecostal branch of the religion. [67] Ahead of his last match for Santos, on 26 May against Flamengo, Neymar was in tears during the national anthem. [206] In their second match, Neymar scored after nine minutes and crossed for Jô's late goal to give Brazil a 2â0 win over Mexico. [273][274], âForbes on some of the traits associated with Neymar following a Champions League game for PSG against Borussia Dortmund, February 2020. He is very similar to Messi." [60] Neymar was voted the Best Player of the 2012 Recopa Sudamericana, with himself scoring in the second leg to win the title 2â0 on aggregate. [note 1] In France, Neymar won three league titles, two Coupe de France, and two Coupe de la Ligue, which included a domestic treble and being voted Ligue 1 Player of the Year in his debut season. The title read "A Crucificação de Neymar" (the Crucifixion of Neymar) and subtitled: "the Brazilian ace turns scapegoat in a sport where everyone plays dirty". The video in which Neymar dances in the Santos locker room dancing in front of teammates carrying his recorder making the round of the players and making them react to the tune of Michel Teló's hit "Ai se eu te pego!" PSG coach Thomas Tuchel responded: "It's not easy to climb the stairs after a defeat. The following day, Neymar announced he would sign with Barcelona on 27 May 2013 and join the team after playing in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup. [245] On 3 June 2018, he made his international comeback after a three-month absence from a foot injury and scored a goal in a 2â0 win over Croatia in a friendly match at Anfield. [305], On 2 September 2020, it was reported that Neymar, along with PSG teammates Ãngel Di MarÃa and Leandro Paredes, tested positive for COVID-19. The Premier Online Soccer Shop. [230][231] On 26 March 2015, Neymar scored Brazil's second goal in a 3â1 friendly win over France in Paris. It was a horror movie, not a drama, with a Camp Nou that I have seen very few times as a player or coach. On 25 August 2012, he scored a brace in the 2â1 away win at Palmeiras. Read about our approach to external linking. 1 As Hors concours [25] In the final, however, Santos suffered a 4â2 aggregate defeat to Corinthians. [212][213], On 2 June, Neymar was named in the Brazil squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. [317] In 2019, Forbes ranked Neymar the world's third highest-paid athlete (after Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo) with earnings of $105 million for the calendar year. But who makes your combined XI from their respective squads. [21], Neymar began playing football at an early age and he was soon spotted by Santos FC who offered him a contract in 2003, where he was inducted into their youth academy, which has, in the past, produced Brazilian internationals like Coutinho, Clodoaldo, Diego, Elano and Alex. [149], Neymar won his third league title after PSG were awarded Ligue 1 as the season finished early due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 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[177] He sustained a left adductor injury in a 1â0 cup win over Caen on 10 February, ruling him out for four weeks. [179], Following Neymar's performances for Santos in their successful early 2010 season, including winning the 2010 Copa do Brasil, in which Neymar was the top goalscorer, and the 2010 Campeonato Paulista, in which Neymar scored 14 goals, former Brazilian football players Pelé and Romário reportedly urged coach Dunga to take Neymar to the 2010 World Cup. [300] On 31 December 2011, he won the 2011 South American Footballer of the Year award for the first time, by a record margin, following in the footsteps of Diego Maradona, Romário, Pelé and Zico.[49]. [113][114] The front three of Messi, Suárez and Neymar finished the season with 131 goals, breaking the record they had set the previous year for most goals by an attacking trio in a single season. You can always improve". [131] He added two more goals to his tally in the next Ligue 1 fixture against Toulouse. [62] Four days later on 23 January 2013, Neymar scored again against Botafogo in a 3â0 win. Barcelona 29: 20: 5: 4: 68: 24: 44: 65: Won against ... Won against Kilmarnock Won against Dundee Utd Won against Livingston Won against St Mirren Drew with Celtic. Brazil were eliminated in the quarter-finals in a penalty shoot-out against Paraguay (2â2 a.e.t. [246] The following week, he became Brazil's joint-third highest goalscorer alongside Romário when he scored his 55th international goal in a 3â0 friendly win over Austria. [58] On 3 November 2012, in the Brasileiro Série A away fixture at Cruzeiro, Neymar scored a hat-trick and assisted Felipe Anderson's goal, to help his side to a 4â0 win. [120][121] On 27 May, Neymar scored in the 2017 Copa del Rey Final, his 105th goal for the club, as Barcelona defeated Alavés 3â1 at the Vicente Calderón in Madrid. [228], With captain Thiago Silva ruled out through injury, new coach Dunga decided to make Neymar captain and confirmed on 5 September that the forward would stay on as skipper on a permanent basis. [132] Forming a prolific attacking trio alongside teenage French prodigy Kylian Mbappé and Uruguayan striker Edinson Cavani, Neymar scored one each in PSG's two opening games of the 2017â18 UEFA Champions League group stage, with the team winning 5â0 at Celtic and 3â0 at home over Bayern Munich respectively. [96] A week later, he scored both the team's goals in a 3â2-second leg defeat at the Allianz Arena to ensure Barça would qualify for the 2015 UEFA Champions League Final. [336], To mark the World Cup commencing in Brazil, in June 2014, Neymar appeared with supermodel Gisele Bündchen on the front cover of Vogue's Brazilian edition. [64] on 18 March 2013, Neymar told that he had a "dream of playing in Europe, for a big club like Barcelona, Real Madrid and Chelsea." Their quality of family life improved, as at age 15, Neymar was earning 10,000 reais per month and at 16, 125,000 reais per month. [250] After the Mexico game, BBC Sport wrote that despite Neymar's "good performances" coming up top in several statistics at the World Cup, "there is still a sense that he remains widely unpopular among neutrals" due to his "petulance and the play-acting". [104] He was the first player apart from those two to top the competition's scoring list, since compatriot Kaká in 2006â07. [187] During the match against Scotland, a banana was thrown onto the pitch after he scored from the penalty spot, which led Neymar to complain about 'constant jeering and an atmosphere of racism', implying that Scottish fans exhibited racism. Predict the final standings of the 2020-21 Scottish Premiership table and share with friends. [94] On 21 April, Neymar took his tally to 30 goals for the season by scoring twice in Barcelona's 2â0 Champions League quarter-final win over Paris Saint-Germain. [217] Many critics agreed that Neymar's punishment was too lenient and that he should have been issued a red card. They claimed they are owed money that Neymar received as part of a renewal bonus when he signed a new contract in 2016. Founded 1969 Address 40 Ryk Tulbach Street, Bayswater 9301 Bloemfontein, FS Country South Africa Phone +27 (51) 433 1387 Fax +27 (51) 433 1658 E-mail [20] With the success of his youth career and added income, the family bought their first property, a house next to Vila Belmiro, Santos' home stadium. The French sports newspaper L'Ãquipe said that the three players reportedly went on vacation in Ibiza. Many of his individual actions result in a goal and often it's a move that only seems to be happening with him on the pitch. [36] The previous year, his family had sold a 40% stake in Neymar's sporting rights to the DIS Esporte group who had been a long-term strategic partner of Santos' football club. [91], On 24 January 2015, Neymar scored twice and assisted two more goals in a 6â0 win at Elche. In the next two or three seasons he will become the best player. [115], â Neymar after the 4â0 loss against PSGon 15 February 2017[116], In Barcelona's 6â1 victory over Paris Saint-Germain in the 2016â17 UEFA Champions League round of 16, Neymar scored two goals and assisted the decisive goal of Sergi Roberto during the closing seven-minute sequence. [332][333] He has over 140 million Instagram followers, the third highest for a sportsperson (after Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi), and inside the top 10 most followed people. ", "While there is a 1% chance, we will have, Neymar prepares to take a free kick during Brazil's opening match of the, "And so, circus Neymar arrived in Dortmund. The Brazilianâs moods, histrionics, petulance, and goalscoring prowess were on view in every fascinating and exasperating detail. [75] The documents submitted to the authorities on request contained contradictory information. ", â : Golden Boot award winner (when goals scored are tied), 2014â15: The treble and individual success, 2017â18: Debut season and domestic treble, 2019â20: Suspended season, European final, 2020â21: Controversy, goals, and injuries, 2011 South American Youth Championship and Copa América. Celtic completed 2016-17 unbeaten. [204], Neymar was selected as part of Luiz Felipe Scolari's Brazil squad for the 2013 Confederations Cup on home soil. [171] Four days later, on 2 December, he scored two goals in a 3â1 Champions League victory against Manchester United at Old Trafford. Everything you need to know about following football with BBC Sport Scotland. [207] He scored in his third consecutive match, with a powerful free kick from the edge of the penalty area, as Brazil beat Italy 4â2, and received his third consecutive man-of-the-match award. [215] One week prior to the team's opening match, Neymar scored once and made two assists in a 4â0 friendly win over Panama. [122], On 3 August 2017, Barcelona announced that Neymar's legal representatives made a payment of â¬222 million[123] to the club, equal to the release clause of his contract, which constituted the most expensive transfer ever. [37], Despite his first two seasons being highly successful, having ended the 2010 season with an impressive 42 goals in 60 games, problems had been identified, namely Neymar's apparent taste for diving when tackled, rather than attempting to continue his run, and his attitude. [176] His return proved to be exactly one month after his injury, on 13 January 2021, in a 2â1 win over rivals Marseille in the Trophée des Champions, with Neymar scoring the winning goal from a penalty. BBC Scotland pundit Leanne Crichton says Hearts have done what was asked of them this season by winning the Championship. Official in-depth guide to every UEFA Champions League and European Cup season, including results, stats and video highlights. [19] Then, later in 2003, they moved to Santos, where Neymar joined Santos FC. 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At 17, he signed his first full professional contract, was upgraded to the Santos first team, and began signing his first sponsorship deals. [100], On 6 June 2015, Neymar scored the third goal for Barça in the 3â1 Champions League Final defeat of Italian champions Juventus at Berlin's Olympiastadion, ensuring the club won its fifth European Cup. [310] Still in March 2011, Panasonic paid US$2.4 million to secure Neymar's services for two years. [251] On 6 July, Brazil were eliminated after losing 2â1 against Belgium in the quarter-finals, with Neymar denied an injury time equaliser by a finger-tip save from Belgium goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois. A hospital scan revealed that Neymar had suffered a fractured vertebra in his spine and he missed the rest of the World Cup. [275], However, Neymar also has been known and criticised for his excessive diving[276][277][278][279] when tackled by another player for which Pelé has said, "[h]e is a player with a body that can't take a lot of hits. Although Barcelona did not classify Neymar's â¬222 million buyout clause as a transfer fee, it was functionally identical to a transfer fee, since it cancelled his then-current contract with Barcelona (as in a typical transfer). [218][219][220] He equalised before half-time with a shot from outside the box and gave Brazil the lead in the second half with a penalty kick, following a controversial decision by the referee, in an eventual 3â1 win. at the Rajamangala National Stadium[84]. Neymar reportedly also tithes (10%) his income to his church and has named Kaká as his religious role model. [71] Club vice-president Josep Maria Bartomeu initially said Neymar's transfer fee was â¬57.1 million and his release clause set at â¬190 million. [309] Neymar has since signed with German sportswear company Puma. [23][24], Neymar made his professional debut on 7 March 2009, despite being only 17 years old; he was brought on for the last thirty minutes, in a 2â1 win against Oeste. [170], On 28 November, Neymar scored his 50th goal in Ligue 1, converting a penalty in PSG's 2â2 draw against Bordeaux. He finished the 2012 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A with 14 goals and being voted the Best forward. "The 18-year-old is a magnificent prospect. [168] He made his return to action as a substitute in a 3â2 loss against Monaco on 20 November,[169] and scored his first goal after recovering from his injury in a 1â0 win against RB Leipzig in the UEFA Champions League on 24 November. [27], Neymar continued his ascendancy in 2010, and, on 15 April 2010, he scored five goals for Santos in an 8â1 rout of Guarani in the qualifying stages of the Brazilian Cup. [192][193], Neymar was the leading goal scorer of the 2011 South American Youth Championship with nine goals, including two in the final, in Brazil's 6â0 win against Uruguay. [280] During the 2018 World Cup, Neymar's antics inspired on social media the Neymar Challenge for dramatic dives. [99] With Barcelona's victory likely, he performed tricks with the ball in the final stages of the game, which was deemed unsporting by opponent Andoni Iraola. In the second leg, Neymar's side defeated Dortmund and made a comeback of their own in the Champions League, winning the match 2â0 (3â2 on aggregate). Scottish champions Rangers drew 1-1 with arch-rivals Celtic in the Old Firm derby on Sunday after their Colombian striker Alfredo Morelos cancelled out Mohamed Elyounoussi's opener. [261] Neymar's dribbling skills, tricks and playmaking ability are reminiscent of compatriot Ronaldinho. [80][81] In the aftermath, Barcelona and Bartomeu were charged with tax fraud. [139], On 3 October 2018, Neymar scored a hattrick in a 6â1 win over Red Star Belgrade in a Champions League group stage fixture. In March 2011, he signed an 11-year contract with American sportswear company Nike,[308] which ended in August 2020. As a result, they were quarantined for one week, and the rest of the players and working staff were scheduled to take a coronavirus test within the same week. In Brazil's first warm-up match on 20 July 2012, against the host nation Great Britain at Riverside Stadium, Neymar was involved in both goals of a 2â0 win, first making an assist with a free-kick into the six-yard box for Sandro's header, before converting a penalty.
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