Neymar da Silva Santos Junior is a young talent from Brazil. Neymar is a football player with outstanding skills, field vision, amazing speed and dribbling, which many forwards envy. Since 2013, advocates for the Spanish “Barcelona”, where he is a key player in the attack. “Santos”, where Neymar played before, received about 57 million euros for the transfer. Recently, the Brazilian extended the contract with the Catalan team until 2021.
Biography
On February 5, 1992, Neymar was born in the state of São Paulo. The footballer was born into a family of jewelry dealers. A little later, the daughter of Rafael appeared in the family, the younger sister Neymar fell in love. From an early age he began to get involved in the most popular game on the planet - football. “Santos”, where Neymar played since the age of 7, was a Brazilian grand and prepared a lot of stars. The debut in the main team was far, but the leading clubs in Europe in those years began to become interested in promising strikers. “Barcelona”, “Real Madrid” “Manchester City” were the main partners of “Santos”, where Neymar played and quickly progressed.
In the local youth championship, the player fired immediately. Fans began to call him “new Robinho” for his amazing dribbling and ability to beat an opponent. It is not surprising that at the age of 14 he left the house and moved to Madrid, where he continued his studies at the Real school. However, a year later, the media reported the return of the talent to their homeland. The reason was homesickness. According to some newspapers, the attacker was ready to stay in the club if management paid his father $ 60,000. The money was needed to build a new floor of the house so that grandparents could live there. “Real Madrid” refused, which, of course, regretted later. The Royal Club, where Neymar played only a year, will still meet with the star, only as part of his main opponent.
Santos
In 2008, Neymar signed his first professional-level contract with the club in which he was learning to play. Under the conditions, a huge amount of compensation was prescribed, and the contract was calculated until 2013. Increased value scared away many clubs, but not all. “Manchester United” and “Real” continued to fight for the player. Neymar made his debut in Santos in March 2009, coming on as a substitute. A few days later he scored the first goal. In the same month it became known that the strikers were interested in the capital “CSKA”, and later “Milan” also joined the race.
2010 year
In 2010, the future star, Neymar, began the ascent to fame at the heart of Santos. Brazil watched the amazing game of the young striker, and he managed to win the first cup in the professional arena. The state title went to Santos, and Neymar received the title of best football player in the championship. In the same year he scored 5 goals in the match of the 1/16 final of the Brazilian Cup. Later, this trophy also passed to the famous Brazilian team, and Neymar became the best sniper.
Summer was marked by new news about the interest in the player from the English clubs. For the transition, Chelsea was going to pay 26 million euros, but was refused. Neymar also entered into a new agreement with Santos for 5 years, making it clear that he was not chasing money. In the same season, he criticized the team’s chief mentor for not letting him realize a penalty kick. Later he publicly apologized, but received a fine and suspension from participation in matches. The coach was unsatisfied with the penalty of the striker, for which he was fired by the leadership.
“Santos” brilliantly performed in the Libertadores Cup, winning the trophy. Neymar, surprisingly, was again named the best player of the tournament.
In the summer of 2011 European grandees again began to fight for the player. Anji was also interested in the acquisition, which did not spare 45 million euros for a promising striker.
2011
In July, he took a double in a duel against Flamengo. Stunning feint Neymar allowed to score one of the goals, passing the entire defensive line of the opponent. Even Pele was delighted with the implementation, and the forward was awarded the Perekas Ferenc Prize.
In August, an offer came from Real Madrid, which was ready to shell out more than 55 million euros. In response to this, Santos signed a new contract with the striker, which was calculated until 2014. The amount of compensation for a football player at that time was already 75 million euros. The new contract also brought a large salary - 6.5 million euros per year. Dribbling, speed and Neymar feints did not leave indifferent any fan. In the season, he was named the best football player in Brazil. In addition, he was nominated for the Golden Ball.
year 2012
In February, scored another double, managed to reach the line of 100 goals scored in official meetings. Rumors circulated that Neymar, Barcelona and Santos management had agreed to transfer to the Catalan club. At the end of March, after another hat-trick, he reached the fourth line in the goals for “Santos”, ahead of even Robinho. Stunning performance allowed Neymar to receive the award for an outstanding game. By the way, only two Brazil players have this prize - Neymar and Pele. During the season, the striker scored 42 times, becoming the top scorer.
Transfer to Barcelona
May 26, 2013 Neymar last appeared on the field in a shirt “Santos”. On the same day, the site of the Catalan club announced the signing of a new striker from Brazil. The terms of the transfer were not disclosed, but one newspaper claimed that Barcelona paid around 50 million euros for the transition, and the footballer’s salary in the new club was supposed to be 7 million euros.
On June 5, the player’s performance took place at the team’s stadium, which was attended by more than 50 thousand spectators. It was officially announced that 57 million euros were paid for the player, and the compensation amount is 190 million. Neymar took second place in the list of the most expensive purchases of Barcelona, losing only to Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
2013/2014
The debut of the newcomer took place on June 30 in a friendly match against Lechia from Poland. The first official match was held on September 18, having replaced the game with “Levante”. Already in a duel for the Super Bowl of Spain against “Atletico” scored a debut goal. In the first season, he managed to score 15 times for the Catalan team and give 10 assists. I remember the hat-trick at the gate of “Celtic”, which I managed to complete in 14 minutes.
2014/2015
The forward began the new season very brightly, scoring almost every time he appeared on the field. May 17, 2015 “Barcelona” celebrated the victory in the championship of Spain, beating Madrid “Atletico”. Neymar became the third scorer in the tournament, distinguishing himself 22 times. Two weeks later, he helped the team defeat Athletic in the final of the Country Cup, scoring an important goal. He took a leading position in the fight for the title of the best sniper of the draw, distinguishing himself 7 times.
On June 6, together with the team, he beat the Juventus Turin in the Champions League final. Neymar participated in the scoring, and in the end of the meeting he distinguished himself personally. He became one of the top scorers in the European tournament with 10 goals (Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have the same score). He entered the symbolic team of the Champions League and broke several personal records and club ones.
In early July 2016, he extended the contract with the Catalan club until 2021. Under the new conditions, Neymar will receive a salary of 32.5 million euros per year. In August, he participated in the Olympic football tournament held in Rio de Janeiro. As a team leader, he helped the team win gold medals. In the final match, the German team was beaten.