When we talk about the most entertaining footballer on the planet, who’s name pops up in the head of almost every other football fanatic? It is of course, none other than Neymar da Silva Santos Junior. Currently playing as a forward for French giants Paris Saint Germain, Neymar is undoubtedly one of the best football players the world has ever seen.
The about to be 30-year old Brazilian attacker was born on 5th February 1992 in Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil. Neymar is the definition of a player who possesses the ability to mesmerize the audiences with his magical dribbling skills, creativity, exceptional chance creation prowess, his extraordinary body feints, all of which prove to be the major factors behind leaving every other defender that goes up against him on their knees.
The underlying reason why Neymar is a natural when it comes to playing football is because the Brazilian’s father was himself a professional player. So it comes as no surprise that the 29-year old adopted many of his father’s quintessential Brazilian football traits, ultimately ending up as a master of the beautiful game that is football.
Santos FC: Neymar Jr. made his club debut on 7th March, 2009 with the youth side of Portuguese team Santos FC when he was 11. His debut season with the club saw him find the back of the net 14 times in a total of 48 appearances, which resulted in him bagging the “Best Young Player Award”.
International debut: Neymar made it to the Brazil U-17 squad at the 2009 Under-17 FIFA World Cup. His international debut came on 10th August 2010 in a friendly fixture against England when he was 18. He was included in the starting 11 and donned the 11 numbered jersey for Brazil.
Career Stats
Appearances | 429 |
Goals | 263 |
Assists | 111 |
Yellows | 106 |
Reds | 3 |
National Stats
Appearances | 116 |
Goals | 70 |
Assists | 52 |
Yellows | 27 |
Reds | 1 |
As of 2022, Neymar is valued at a whopping $200 million, given his expensive transfers (222 million Euros transfer from Barcelona to PSG), bulky wages, along with several brand deals.
10 for PSG and the Brazilian National Team.
· Puma
· Red Bull
· Turma da Monica
· Fan the Flame Comics
· REPLAY Jeans
· GaGa Milano
· Diesel Fragrances
· Qatar Airways
· Qatar National Bank
· Dazn
· Triller
· PokerStars
· NR Sports
· Superdry
· Epic Games
· Above Cosmeticos
· Konami
· Digible
· Altice Portugal
· Nike
· Gillette
· Mastercard
· Beats by Dre
· TCL
Neymar was in a relationship with Brazilian actress Bruna Marquezine but the couple split back in 2018, owing to a number of reasons, from cheat allegations to politics.
The Brazilian has a son named Davi Lucca with Brazilian social media personality Carolina Dantas.
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Ligue 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 826 | 10 | 2.4 | 53 | 2021-2022 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
Champions Lg | 0 | 1 | 0 | 360 | 4 | 0.9 | 11 | 2021-2022 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
Statistics
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Per 90
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Percentile
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Tackles | 0.76 | 20 |
Tackles Won | 0.45 | 20 |
Tackles (Def 3rd) | 0.15 | 11 |
Tackles (Mid 3rd) | 0.30 | 19 |
Tackles (Att 3rd) | 0.30 | 71 |
Dribblers Tackled | 0.35 | 57 |
Dribbles Contested | 1.36 | 46 |
% of dribblers tackled | 25.9 | 55 |
Dribbled Past | 1.01 | 52 |
Pressures | 9.37 | 2 |
Successful Pressures | 2.67 | 10 |
Successful Pressure % | 28.5 | 82 |
Pressures (Def 3rd) | 0.60 | 1 |
Pressures (Mid 3rd) | 4.43 | 4 |
Pressures (Att 3rd) | 4.33 | 51 |
Blocks | 0.50 | 6 |
Shots Blocked | 0.00 | 13 |
Shots Saved | 0.00 | 48 |
Passes Blocked | 0.50 | 7 |
Interceptions | 0.15 | 2 |
Tkl+Int | 0.91 | 8 |
Clearances | 0.00 | 3 |
Errors | 0.00 | 55 |
Statistics
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Per 90
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Percentile
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Shot-Creating Actions | 8.82 | 99 |
SCA (PassLive) | 5.29 | 99 |
SCA (PassDead) | 0.86 | 84 |
SCA (Drib) | 1.16 | 99 |
SCA (Sh) | 0.45 | 96 |
SCA (Fld) | 0.91 | 99 |
SCA (Def) | 0.15 | 90 |
Goal-Creating Actions | 1.66 | 99 |
GCA (PassLive) | 1.06 | 99 |
GCA (PassDead) | 0.10 | 90 |
GCA (Drib) | 0.20 | 99 |
GCA (Sh) | 0.15 | 98 |
GCA (Fld) | 0.15 | 97 |
GCA (Def) | 0.00 | 43 |
Statistics
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Per 90
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Percentile
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Yellow Cards | 0.25 | 15 |
Red Cards | 0.05 | 7 |
Second Yellow Card | 0.05 | 4 |
Fouls Committed | 1.16 | 61 |
Fouls Drawn | 5.54 | 99 |
Offsides | 0.50 | 21 |
Crosses | 2.92 | 76 |
Interceptions | 0.15 | 2 |
Tackles Won | 0.45 | 20 |
Penalty Kicks Won | 0.10 | 95 |
Penalty Kicks Conceded | 0.00 | 54 |
Own Goals | 0.00 | 51 |
Ball Recoveries | 5.54 | 27 |
Aerials won | 0.10 | 12 |
Aerials lost | 0.10 | 97 |
% of Aerials Won | 50.0 | 83 |
Statistics
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Per 90
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Percentile
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Passes Attempted | 71.10 | 98 |
Live-ball passes | 64.75 | 97 |
Dead-ball passes | 6.35 | 92 |
Passes from Free Kicks | 1.97 | 91 |
Through Balls | 0.55 | 99 |
Passes Under Pressure | 15.17 | 98 |
Switches | 1.46 | 62 |
Crosses | 2.92 | 76 |
Corner Kicks | 3.43 | 94 |
Inswinging Corner Kicks | 0.00 | 50 |
Outswinging Corner Kicks | 0.00 | 50 |
Straight Corner Kicks | 0.00 | 50 |
Ground passes | 55.99 | 98 |
Low Passes | 3.43 | 62 |
High Passes | 11.69 | 84 |
Passes Attempted (Left) | 8.92 | 65 |
Passes Attempted (Right) | 60.52 | 98 |
Passes Attempted (Head) | 0.66 | 7 |
Throw-Ins taken | 0.91 | 88 |
Passes Attempted (Other) | 0.05 | 13 |
Passes Completed | 54.02 | 97 |
Passes Offside | 0.45 | 5 |
Passes Out of Bounds | 1.11 | 27 |
Passes Intercepted | 2.42 | 1 |
Passes Blocked | 2.77 | 1 |
Statistics
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Per 90
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Percentile
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Passes Completed | 54.02 | 97 |
Passes Attempted | 71.10 | 98 |
Pass Completion % | 76.0 | 65 |
Total Passing Distance | 852.43 | 94 |
Progressive Passing Distance | 318.23 | 95 |
Passes Completed (Short) | 30.44 | 98 |
Passes Attempted (Short) | 35.22 | 99 |
Pass Completion % (Short) | 86.4 | 79 |
Passes Completed (Medium) | 17.08 | 87 |
Passes Attempted (Medium) | 22.73 | 95 |
Pass Completion % (Medium) | 75.2 | 44 |
Passes Completed (Long) | 4.79 | 75 |
Passes Attempted (Long) | 9.68 | 87 |
Pass Completion % (Long) | 49.5 | 39 |
Assists | 0.66 | 99 |
xA | 0.59 | 99 |
Key Passes | 3.73 | 99 |
Passes into Final Third | 6.55 | 98 |
Passes into Penalty Area | 4.18 | 99 |
Crosses into Penalty Area | 0.20 | 37 |
Progressive Passes | 9.98 | 99 |
Statistics
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Per 90
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Percentile
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Touches | 90.35 | 99 |
Touches (Def Pen) | 0.00 | 1 |
Touches (Def 3rd) | 4.84 | 15 |
Touches (Mid 3rd) | 43.94 | 96 |
Touches (Att 3rd) | 53.11 | 99 |
Touches (Att Pen) | 8.01 | 99 |
Touches (Live-Ball) | 84.46 | 99 |
Dribbles Completed | 5.95 | 99 |
Dribbles Attempted | 9.52 | 99 |
Successful Dribble % | 62.4 | 65 |
Players Dribbled Past | 6.40 | 99 |
Nutmegs | 0.60 | 99 |
Carries | 77.70 | 99 |
Total Carrying Distance | 512.89 | 99 |
Progressive Carrying Distance | 273.98 | 99 |
Progressive Carries | 16.13 | 99 |
Carries into Final Third | 5.19 | 99 |
Carries into Penalty Area | 1.81 | 96 |
Miscontrols | 3.23 | 9 |
Dispossessed | 2.92 | 9 |
Pass Targets | 83.35 | 99 |
Passes Received | 73.82 | 99 |
Passes Received % | 88.6 | 88 |
Progressive Passes Rec | 13.96 | 99 |
Statistics
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Per 90
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Percentile
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Goals | 0.96 | 99 |
Shots Total | 4.38 | 99 |
Shots on target | 1.91 | 99 |
Shots on target % | 43.7 | 91 |
Goals/Shot | 0.17 | 93 |
Goals/Shot on target | 0.39 | 84 |
Average Shot Distance | 17.70 | 67 |
Shots from free kicks | 0.76 | 98 |
Penalty Kicks Made | 0.20 | 99 |
Penalty Kicks Attempted | 0.20 | 99 |
xG | 0.78 | 99 |
npxG | 0.62 | 99 |
npxG/Sh | 0.15 | 94 |
Goals - xG | 0.23 | 99 |
Non-Penalty Goals - npxG | 0.18 | 93 |
Statistics
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Per 90
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Percentile
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Goals | 0.96 | 99 |
Assists | 0.66 | 99 |
Non-Penalty Goals | 0.76 | 99 |
Penalty Kicks Made | 0.20 | 99 |
Penalty Kicks Attempted | 0.20 | 99 |
Yellow Cards | 0.25 | 15 |
Red Cards | 0.05 | 7 |
xG | 0.78 | 99 |
npxG | 0.62 | 99 |
xA | 0.59 | 99 |
npxG+xA | 1.22 | 99 |
season
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2021-2022 | 29 | Paris S-G | - | 1. Champions Lg | 4 | 4 | 360 | 4.0 |
2021-2022 | 29 | Paris S-G | 1. Ligue 1 | 10 | 10 | 826 | 9.2 |
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2013-2014 | 21 | Barcelona | 1. La Liga | 26 | 1,734 | 9 | 8 | |
2014-2015 | 22 | Barcelona | 1. La Liga | 33 | 2,562 | 22 | 7 | |
2015-2016 | 23 | Barcelona | 1. La Liga | 34 | 3,055 | 24 | 12 | |
2016-2017 | 24 | Barcelona | 1. La Liga | 30 | 2,649 | 13 | 10 | |
2017-2018 | 25 | Paris S-G | 1. Ligue 1 | 20 | 1,797 | 19 | 13 | |
2018-2019 | 26 | Paris S-G | 1. Ligue 1 | 17 | 1,439 | 15 | 7 | |
2019-2020 | 27 | Paris S-G | 1. Ligue 1 | 15 | 1,318 | 13 | 6 | |
2020-2021 | 28 | Paris S-G | 1. Ligue 1 | 18 | 1,415 | 9 | 5 | |
2021-2022 | 29 | Paris S-G | 1. Ligue 1 | 10 | 826 | 3 | 3 |
Global Awards |
2011 FIFA Pusk�s Award 2015 FIFA FIFPro World XI 2017 FIFA FIFPro World XI |
Continental Awards |
2011 South American Footballer of the Year 2012 South American Footballer of the Year 2015 UEFA Team of the Year |
National Awards |
2011 Brazil Golden Ball |
Competition Awards |
2011 Brazil Player of Year 2017-2018 Ligue 1 Male Player of the Year 2017-2018 Ligue 1 Team of the Year 2018-2019 Ligue 1 Team of the Year |
Goals |
2014-2015 La Liga 22 (3rd) 2015-2016 La Liga 24 (4th) 2016-2017 La Liga 13 (9th) 2017-2018 Ligue 1 19 (3rd) 2018-2019 Ligue 1 15 (5th) 2019-2020 Ligue 1 13 (4th) |
Goals/90 |
2014-2015 La Liga 0.77 (4th) 2015-2016 La Liga 0.71 (7th) 2017-2018 Ligue 1 0.95 (2nd) 2018-2019 Ligue 1 0.94 (3rd) 2019-2020 Ligue 1 0.89 (2nd) 2020-2021 Ligue 1 0.57 (8th) |
Assists |
2015-2016 La Liga 12 (4th) 2016-2017 La Liga 10 (3rd) 2017-2018 Ligue 1 13 (1st) 2019-2020 Ligue 1 6 (4th) |
Assists/90 |
2013-2014 La Liga 0.42 (6th) 2015-2016 La Liga 0.35 (10th) 2017-2018 Ligue 1 0.65 (1st) 2018-2019 Ligue 1 0.44 (2nd) 2019-2020 Ligue 1 0.41 (6th) 2020-2021 Ligue 1 0.32 (5th) |
Goals + Assists |
2014-2015 La Liga 29 (3rd) 2015-2016 La Liga 36 (4th) 2016-2017 La Liga 23 (4th) 2017-2018 Ligue 1 32 (3rd) 2018-2019 Ligue 1 22 (6th) 2019-2020 Ligue 1 19 (4th) |
Goals + Assists/90 |
2013-2014 La Liga 0.88 (7th) 2014-2015 La Liga 1.02 (6th) 2015-2016 La Liga 1.06 (6th) 2017-2018 Ligue 1 1.60 (1st) 2018-2019 Ligue 1 1.38 (2nd) 2019-2020 Ligue 1 1.30 (2nd) 2020-2021 Ligue 1 0.89 (5th) |
Penalty Kicks Made |
2015-2016 La Liga 5 (3rd) 2017-2018 Ligue 1 4 (3rd) 2018-2019 Ligue 1 5 (2nd) 2019-2020 Ligue 1 4 (2nd) 2020-2021 Ligue 1 5 (6th) |
Non-Penalty Goals |
2014-2015 La Liga 21 (4th) 2015-2016 La Liga 19 (6th) 2016-2017 La Liga 12 (9th) 2017-2018 Ligue 1 15 (5th) 2019-2020 Ligue 1 9 (10th) |
Non-Penalty Goals/90 |
2014-2015 La Liga 0.74 (4th) 2015-2016 La Liga 0.56 (10th) 2017-2018 Ligue 1 0.75 (2nd) 2018-2019 Ligue 1 0.63 (5th) 2019-2020 Ligue 1 0.61 (7th) |
Non-Penalty Goals + Assists/90 |
2013-2014 La Liga 0.83 (6th) 2014-2015 La Liga 0.98 (6th) 2015-2016 La Liga 0.91 (7th) 2017-2018 Ligue 1 1.40 (1st) 2018-2019 Ligue 1 1.06 (2nd) 2019-2020 Ligue 1 1.02 (3rd) |
xG |
2017-2018 Ligue 1 15.4 (5th) 2019-2020 Ligue 1 12.7 (4th) 2020-2021 Ligue 1 12.3 (10th) |
xG/90 |
2017-2018 Ligue 1 0.78 (2nd) 2018-2019 Ligue 1 0.70 (4th) 2019-2020 Ligue 1 0.87 (2nd) 2020-2021 Ligue 1 0.78 (2nd) |
npxG |
2017-2018 Ligue 1 12.4 (6th) 2019-2020 Ligue 1 8.9 (8th) |
npxG/90 |
2017-2018 Ligue 1 0.62 (2nd) 2018-2019 Ligue 1 0.46 (7th) 2019-2020 Ligue 1 0.61 (4th) 2020-2021 Ligue 1 0.49 (5th) |
xA |
2017-2018 Ligue 1 11.8 (2nd) 2019-2020 Ligue 1 5.9 (5th) 2020-2021 Ligue 1 7.2 (5th) |
xA/90 |
2017-2018 Ligue 1 0.59 (1st) 2018-2019 Ligue 1 0.33 (4th) 2019-2020 Ligue 1 0.40 (3rd) 2020-2021 Ligue 1 0.46 (2nd) 2021-2022 Ligue 1 0.35 (5th) |
Shots Total |
2016-2017 La Liga 105 (5th) 2019-2020 Ligue 1 64 (8th) |
Shots Total/90 |
2016-2017 La Liga 3.57 (10th) 2017-2018 Ligue 1 4.36 (1st) 2019-2020 Ligue 1 4.37 (2nd) 2020-2021 Ligue 1 4.07 (1st) |
Shots on target |
2014-2015 La Liga 47 (4th) 2015-2016 La Liga 62 (4th) 2016-2017 La Liga 42 (5th) 2019-2020 Ligue 1 31 (5th) |
Shots on target/90 |
2013-2014 La Liga 1.76 (5th) 2014-2015 La Liga 1.65 (4th) 2015-2016 La Liga 1.83 (6th) 2017-2018 Ligue 1 1.90 (1st) 2018-2019 Ligue 1 1.31 (10th) 2019-2020 Ligue 1 2.12 (2nd) |
Goals/Shot |
2018-2019 Ligue 1 0.20 (10th) |
Goals - xG |
2018-2019 Ligue 1 3.9 (7th) |
Key Passes |
2017-2018 Ligue 1 74 (6th) |
Passes into Final Third |
2019-2020 Ligue 1 110 (10th) |
Passes into Penalty Area |
2017-2018 Ligue 1 83 (1st) 2018-2019 Ligue 1 67 (1st) 2019-2020 Ligue 1 71 (2nd) 2020-2021 Ligue 1 58 (3rd) |
Progressive Passes |
2017-2018 Ligue 1 198 (4th) 2019-2020 Ligue 1 149 (3rd) |
Through Balls |
2017-2018 Ligue 1 11 (2nd) 2018-2019 Ligue 1 21 (3rd) 2019-2020 Ligue 1 17 (1st) 2020-2021 Ligue 1 13 (3rd) 2021-2022 Ligue 1 5 (9th) |
Crosses |
2016-2017 La Liga 202 (4th) |
Shot-Creating Actions |
2017-2018 Ligue 1 175 (2nd) 2019-2020 Ligue 1 95 (3rd) 2020-2021 Ligue 1 130 (4th) |
SCA90 |
2017-2018 Ligue 1 8.82 (1st) 2018-2019 Ligue 1 6.00 (3rd) 2019-2020 Ligue 1 6.49 (1st) 2020-2021 Ligue 1 8.27 (1st) 2021-2022 Ligue 1 5.77 (3rd) |
Goal-Creating Actions |
2017-2018 Ligue 1 33 (1st) 2018-2019 Ligue 1 23 (2nd) 2019-2020 Ligue 1 16 (2nd) 2020-2021 Ligue 1 16 (6th) |
GCA90 |
2017-2018 Ligue 1 1.66 (1st) 2018-2019 Ligue 1 1.44 (1st) 2019-2020 Ligue 1 1.09 (1st) 2020-2021 Ligue 1 1.02 (2nd) 2021-2022 Ligue 1 0.65 (9th) |
Players Dribbled Past |
2017-2018 Ligue 1 127 (1st) 2019-2020 Ligue 1 94 (2nd) 2020-2021 Ligue 1 107 (1st) |
Nutmegs |
2017-2018 Ligue 1 12 (1st) 2018-2019 Ligue 1 8 (4th) 2019-2020 Ligue 1 5 (7th) 2020-2021 Ligue 1 18 (1st) 2021-2022 Ligue 1 5 (9th) |
Progressive Carrying Distance |
2017-2018 Ligue 1 5437 (9th) 2019-2020 Ligue 1 3735 (9th) |
Progressive Carries |
2017-2018 Ligue 1 320 (2nd) 2019-2020 Ligue 1 224 (1st) 2020-2021 Ligue 1 217 (10th) |
Carries into Final Third |
2017-2018 Ligue 1 103 (4th) 2019-2020 Ligue 1 70 (3rd) |
Carries into Penalty Area |
2017-2018 Ligue 1 36 (7th) |
Points per Match |
2017-2018 Ligue 1 2.75 (1st) 2018-2019 Ligue 1 2.59 (3rd) 2019-2020 Ligue 1 2.67 (1st) 2021-2022 Ligue 1 2.50 (5th) |
+/- |
2014-2015 La Liga 70 (6th) 2015-2016 La Liga 77 (1st) 2016-2017 La Liga 61 (4th) 2017-2018 Ligue 1 52 (5th) 2019-2020 Ligue 1 29 (10th) |
+/-90 |
2014-2015 La Liga 2.46 (4th) 2015-2016 La Liga 2.27 (5th) 2016-2017 La Liga 2.07 (7th) 2017-2018 Ligue 1 2.60 (1st) 2018-2019 Ligue 1 2.25 (4th) 2019-2020 Ligue 1 1.98 (5th) |
xG+/- |
2017-2018 Ligue 1 38.1 (5th) 2019-2020 Ligue 1 25.5 (10th) |
xG+/-90 |
2017-2018 Ligue 1 1.92 (1st) 2019-2020 Ligue 1 1.74 (9th) 2020-2021 Ligue 1 1.50 (2nd) |
Red Cards |
2016-2017 La Liga 1 (8th) 2017-2018 Ligue 1 2 (7th) 2019-2020 Ligue 1 1 (8th) 2020-2021 Ligue 1 2 (2nd) |
Fouls Drawn |
2016-2017 La Liga 126 (1st) 2017-2018 Ligue 1 110 (1st) 2019-2020 Ligue 1 66 (4th) 2020-2021 Ligue 1 78 (4th) |