Neymar Jr.
Brazilian footballer at Santos FC, sharing matchday life, family moments and projects beyond the pitch through his videos and social channels.
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UEFA Champions LeagueOverview
- Full name
- Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior
- Born
- 5 February 1992, Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo, Brazil
- Known as
- Neymar Jr.
- Breakout
- Santos first team in 2009; Copa Libertadores winner in 2011
- Off the pitch
- Videos, gaming and the Instituto Projeto Neymar Jr.
Mini bio
How it started.
Born in Mogi das Cruzes, Neymar joined Santos’s youth setup in 2003 and reached the first team in 2009. His early Santos years brought the 2010 Copa do Brasil and the 2011 Copa Libertadores, turning the young forward into a player fans far beyond Brazil followed.
Barcelona and beyond.
He joined Barcelona in 2013 and formed the MSN attack with Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez. He scored in the 2015 Champions League final and finished his Barcelona career with 105 goals in 186 official appearances. Paris Saint-Germain followed in 2017, then Al-Hilal in 2023, before his return to Santos in 2025.
Wearing Brazil’s number 10.
At Rio 2016, Neymar scored a free kick and the decisive shootout penalty against Germany as Brazil won its first Olympic football gold. In September 2023, two goals against Bolivia took him past Pelé’s total in official men’s international matches.
Letting fans in.
His online work includes matchday films, weekly videos and gaming. Netflix’s three-part Neymar: The Perfect Chaos follows his career and the people behind it. His family also created the Instituto Projeto Neymar Jr., introduced publicly in December 2014 in Praia Grande, with programs in education, culture, sport and health for children and families.
Creditschronological, newest first
Football
- 2025–presentSantos FCPlayer; returned to the club where his senior career began
- 2023Al-HilalJoined the Saudi club
- 2017–2023Paris Saint-GermainForward
- 2013–2017FC BarcelonaForward
- 2009–2013Santos FCForward; Copa Libertadores winner
Screen and online
- 2026NJr Week BrasilFeatured in weekly videos filmed by NR Sports
- 2022Neymar: The Perfect ChaosDocumentary subject and participant
Awards
Quotes
It was a unique moment, indescribable.Neymar Jr., FIFA’s Puskás Award retrospective
Looking back on his award-winning solo goal against Flamengo in 2011, in a match that also featured Ronaldinho.
Trivia
- His first Santos spell produced 138 goals in 230 matches.
- His 2011 Puskás Award goal came in a game Santos lost 5–4 to Flamengo.
- The institute stands in Jardim Glória, the Praia Grande neighborhood where Neymar and his family once lived.
- Gaming is a longstanding interest: his official site announced a Facebook Gaming livestream partnership in 2021.
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