Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior (conceived 5 February 1992), referred to as Neymar Júnior or mononymously as Neymar, is a Brazilian expert footballer who plays as a forward for Saudi Master Association club Al Hilal and the Brazil public group. Broadly viewed as one of the best players of his age, he is eminent for his flashy style of play, abilities to pass and two-footedness. He completed third for the FIFA Ballon d'Or in 2015 and 2017 and is a beneficiary of the FIFA Puskás Grant. Neymar has scored something like 100 objectives for three distinct clubs, making him one of only a handful of exceptional players to accomplish this feat.
Neymar became a force to be reckoned with at Santos, where he made his expert presentation matured 17. Before long turning into the Brazilian association's headliner, he assisted Santos with winning their most memorable Copa Libertadores in almost 50 years. In 2013, he moved to Europe to join Barcelona where he turned out to be essential for Barcelona's going after triplet with Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez, named MSN. Winning the mainland high pitch of La Liga, the Copa del Rey, and the UEFA Champions Association in the threesome's most memorable season together, Neymar was the tied top scorer of the Bosses Association crusade, as well as the top scorer in the Copa del Rey.
Persuaded to be the central player at club level, Neymar joined Paris Holy person Germain (PSG) in 2017. The exchange cost €222 million, making him the most costly player ever. In his presentation season, he was casted a ballot Ligue 1 Player of the Year and won his first of five Ligue 1 titles. Headed to lead PSG to their most memorable Heroes Association title, Neymar was fundamental to PSG being sprinters up in the 2019-20 Bosses Association. In the accompanying season, he turned into the most noteworthy scoring Brazilian player in Champions Association history. Repeating wounds perplexed Neymar's playing time; in 2023 he left PSG as one of their top goalscorers ever, getting paperwork done for Al Hilal in a worthwhile arrangement. Appearing for Brazil matured 18, Neymar is the record-breaking top goalscorer for his public group with 79 objectives in 128 matches. He won the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, winning the Brilliant Ball. In his most memorable FIFA World Cup, the 2014 release, he was named in the Fantasy Group. He captained Brazil to their first Olympic gold decoration in quite a while's football at the 2016 Summer Olympics, having previously accomplishing a silver decoration at the 2012 release. Helping Brazil to a second place finish at the 2021 Copa América, he won the joint Best Player grant close by Messi. In the 2022 World Cup, he joined Pelé and Ronaldo as the main Brazilians to score in three World Cups. Neymar has won a record six Samba Gold honors, given to the best Brazilian player in Europe.
Neymar has been named in the FIFA FIFPro World11 and the UEFA Group of the Year two times, and the UEFA Champions Association Crew of the Time multiple times. SportsPro named him the most attractive competitor on the planet in 2012 and 2013, and ESPN refered to him as the world's fourth-most-renowned competitor in 2016. In 2017, Time remembered him for its yearly rundown of the 100 most persuasive individuals in the world.[8] France Football positioned Neymar the world's third-most generously compensated footballer of 2018. Forbes positioned him the world's third-most generously compensated competitor of 2019, dropping a spot to fourth in 2020.