One of the best stars of modern football is the Brazilian poster boy "Neymar Jr". Neymar was born on February 5, 1992, in the city of Mozi Das Cruzes in Sao Paulo, Brazil. His full name is Neymar da Silva Jr. Neymar currently plays as a forward or winger for the French professional club Paris Saint-Germain and the Brazilian national team.
Neymar Jr. came to football by help of his father, who is a former footballer. He has very much interest in football since childhood. Neymar started playing football for the first time at a club called "Portuguese Santista". In a very short time, he came to the notice of the Santos Football Club authorities. According to this, Neymar began his career in 2003 by joining Brazilian club ‘Santos’. Ever since Neymar started showing his talent, his father has been working as one of his mentors. In childhood, Neymar has been performing outstandingly well for Santos in various age stage.
Neymar started playing professional football on March 6, 2009, when he was just 17 years old. Due to his extraordinary talent, he got a place in the main team of Santos in 2009 at a very young age. He scored the first goal of his career against the Brazilian club "Maggie Mirim". Within a few days, he was named the best young player in the Compenato Polista . After few days, he was called up to the Brazilian age group. In 2010, he scored 11 goals in the Copa do Brazil and became the top scorer.He has represented Brazil in the Under-17s, Under-20s and currently representing Brazil national team. On 31 December 2011, he was voted the best player in South America for the first time.
Neymar's career at one of the most popular clubs in the world Barcelona:
Neymar joined Barcelona from Brazilian club Santos on 28 May 2013 on a five-year deal for a transfer fee of around 80 million euro. A record 56,000 supporters comes at the New Camp to welcome the Brazilian. He made his La Liga debut against Levante in the 2013-14 season. He scored his first goal in a competitive match for Barcelona in the Super Copa de Cup against Atletico Madrid. He made his Champions League debut for Barcelona in the match against Ajax and he made a assist on this game.
Neymar’s statistics at Barcelona :
Total playing time for Barcelona: 15,342 minutes
Number of matches for Barcelona: 186
Number of his goals for Barcelona: 105
His assist number for Barcelona: 76
Total yellow card 43 and 1 red card
Neymar's career at one of the most popular clubs in the world Paris Saint Germain (PSG):
Currently Neymar Jr. plays for French club Paris Saint-Germain. In July 2017, he joined French club Paris Saint-Germain from Barcelona for a record 222million euro transfer fees. This was the highest transfer fee record for buying a player. Neymar's addition made Paris Saint-Germain more stronger club. Neymar was named best “Player of the Season” in his first season in League-1. He is currently one of the leading player at PSG. He leads the team from the front side.
Neymar’s statistics at Paris Saint Germain (PSG):
PSG's so far playing time: 10,273 minutes.
Total match played for PSG: 122
Number of goals for PSG: 6
PSG's total assist number: 54
Total yellow card 30 and 1 red card.
Neymar's performance for Brazil:
Neymar became the most successful player in Brazilian national team. Neymar now has the second highest number of goals for Brazil. he has been consistently performing for the national team for many years.
Total matches for the national team: 113
Total goals for the national team: 69
Total assist for national team: 46
Neymar has won a total of 24 major trophies at club and international level so far. He also won the Champions League for Barcelona. Neymar Jr. is currently the one of the best of the best. After Messi and Ronaldo, Neymar is considered to be the best footballer of present time.
As a Neymar fan, I hope to get better from Neymar Jr in the future. He should make his career more successful.
