Top 10 goals for Neymar Jr
Gifted all the way
Neymar Jr, whose real name is Neymar da Silva Santos Junior, is a Brazilian prodigy, born in 1992 in Mogi das Cruzes. Truly gifted, he started playing football very early, and quickly joined the Santos club in 2003, a team with which he won numerous titles, including the Copa Libertadores and the Brazilian Cup. In 2011, when he was only 19 years old, Neymar Jr won the South American championship (under 20) with the Brazilian team.
Number 10, with a style of play full of dribbling and punching, he won the 2016 Olympics, again with Brazil. For the record, he has the record for the fastest goal at the Olympics, when he scored after 14 seconds of play, against the Honduras team.
In 2013, he joined one of these idols, Lionel Messi, at Barça. In 4 years, he scored 105 goals and delivered 59 assists. In 2017, and for a check for 222 million Euros, thus becoming the most expensive player in history, he signed with PSG, who wanted to make him the next Ballon d’Or, and thus succeed Cristiano Ronaldo.
