Neymar

Neymar

Neymar in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior
Date of birth	(1992-02-05) 5 February 1992 (age 25)
Place of birth	Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current team	Barcelona
Number	11
Youth career
1999–2003	Portuguesa Santista
2003–2009	Santos
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2013	Santos	103	(54)
2013–	Barcelona	112	(61)
National team‡
2009	Brazil U17	3	(1)
2011	Brazil U20	7	(9)
2012–2016	Brazil U23	14	(8)
2010–	Brazil	75	(50)
Honours  Brazil Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team 2012 London Team U-20 South American Championship 2011 Peru FIFA Confederations Cup Winner 2013 Brazil
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:00, 19 February 2017(UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2016

Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior (Portuguese pronunciation: [nejˈmaʁ dɐ ˈsiwvɐ ˈsɐ̃tus ˈʒũɲoʁ]; born 5 February 1992), commonly known as Neymar or Neymar Jr., is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club FC Barcelona and the Brazil national team.

Neymar came into prominence at an early age at Santos, where he made his professional debut aged 17. He helped the club win two successive Campeonato Paulista championships, a Copa do Brasil, and the 2011 Copa Libertadores, Santos' first continental title since 1963. Neymar was twice named the South American Footballer of the Year, in 2011 and 2012, before relocating to Europe to join Barcelona. As part of Barça's attacking trio with Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez, he won the continental treble of La Liga, the Copa del Rey, and the UEFA Champions League in the 2014–15 season, followed the next year by the domestic double. He came third for the FIFA Ballon d'Or in 2015.