Neymar

By Edward Choi and Eric Lemieux

Neymar

Neymar, Jr. is a professional soccer player who plays for Brazil as team captain. He also plays for club team FC Barcelona.

Neymar was born in Mogi Das Cruzes,Sao Paulo, Brazil.

His Sister is Rafaella Bakran and his Parents are  Nadine Santos, Neymar Da Silva Sr.  His  Wife was Caroline Dantes and now Neymar is not married to Caroline Dantes anymore.

Neymar started his career playing on a club called Santos FC at age 11. He was on Santos for 13 years then he transferred to a Spanish club called FC Barcelona.

he son of a former professional soccer player, Neymar followed in his father's footsteps by playing street games and futsal, an indoor version of the game.

His competition is Ter Stegen, Jordi Alba, Mascherano, Piqué, Daniel Alves, Rakitic, Busquets, Iniesta, Neymar, Lionel Messi, Suárez who are all soccer players.

Neymar receives 8.8 million euros for his salary per year and The Brazilian star is the ninth-most expensive purchase for the club at €57 million. This either means that Barcelona has been. He is also the 10th in all time.  

Neymar is the only Brazilian soccer player to have been  the cover of TIME magazine. The only other Brazilians to be on the cover have been political leaders.

Neymar is one of the most popular soccer players ever according to his fans.

Neymar’s performance in the 2014 World Cup on his home turf of Brazil but was cut before the finals. On July 4, 2014, minutes before Brazil won the Quarterfinals of the World Cup against Columbia he got terribly tackled and broke his back and the Brazil fans where very sad that they lost Neymar.

Neymar was obtained by Barcelona to play with the club   and he did not do well in his first few games while he was very young.             

The Brazilian star is the ninth-most expensive purchase for the club at €57 million. This either means that Barcelona has been on an expensive shopping spree for the past few decades or the club pulled off an amazing deal for Neymar. The reality is a mixture of both actually.

Neymar’s Son Davi Lucca da Silva is 3 years old and he was born on August 24, 2011.

Neymar became a Father when he was 19 when he had Davi

Lucca da Silva

Neymar’s dad played soccer too and he was pretty good according to his fans.Neymars dad was very good for the clubs he played for.

Neymar even has his own cleats and his own ball and his own hat.