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Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior
BRAZIL · BRA · FORWARD · #10
5 FEB 1992 · Santos · Barcelona · PSG · Al-Hilal
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BRAZIL · #10

🌎 WORLD CUP RECORD

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TITLES
13
MATCHES
8
GOALS
YEARHOSTAPPSGOALSRESULT
2014Brazil54 4TH PLACE
2018Russia52 QUARTER-FINAL
2022Qatar32 QUARTER-FINAL
█ ATTRIBUTES
PACE 76
SHOOTING 79
PASSING 85
DRIBBLING 88
DEFENDING 37
PHYSICAL 53

⚡ DEFINING MOMENTS

▲ 2014 · The goals before the tears
Four goals carried the hosts through the group and into the knockouts — until a fractured vertebra in the quarter-final ended his home World Cup, and Brazil’s with it.
▲ 2022 · One last quarter-final
Returned from injury to score against Croatia in extra time — only for Brazil to fall on penalties, his third World Cup to end at the last eight.
▲ 2023 · Past the King
Overtook Pelé to become Brazil’s all-time leading scorer — the record secured, even as the world title never came.

📜 CAREER TIMELINE

2009
Breaks through at Santos; lights up the Brazilian league as a teenager.
2013
Joins Barcelona; forms the "MSN" front three with Messi and Suárez.
2014
Home World Cup ends in tears — a back injury in the quarter-final.
2017
Moves to Paris Saint-Germain for a fee that still stands as a world record.
2023
Becomes Brazil’s all-time top scorer, passing Pelé.
2025
Returns home to Santos, where it began.
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█ THE ALMANAC SPEAKS
PROF. INKSWORTH:

The most gifted Brazilian of his generation, and the nation’s leading scorer of all time — yet three World Cups brought three quarter-final-or-worse exits. The Almanac files him under brilliance unrewarded by the one trophy that defines a Seleção career.

  • Brazil’s all-time leading scorer — ahead of Pelé.
  • Eight World Cup goals across three tournaments; no title.
  • The most expensive transfer in football history (2017).
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Zone: Historical