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Neymar da Silva

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Neymar da Silva

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Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior (Portuguese pronunciation: [nejˈmaʁ dɐ ˈsiwvɐ ˈsɐətus ˈʒũɲoʁ]; February 5, 1992 -), commonly known as Neymar (Portuguese: Neymar), is a Brazilian male professional footballer who currently plays for the Brazilian Football League Santos. He mainly serves as a left winger and can also serve as an offensive midfielder. Neymar is one of the few Samba-style players in recent years (the more famous ones include Ronaldinho, Pele and Ronaldo, etc.). At his peak, he was one of the strongest left wingers in football, and occasionally played as a second forward or offensive midfielder. He has also played center forward in club games recently, and is a wing with organizational ability when active on the wing. Neymar is a right-footed player, but he has good reverse-foot ability. He is excellent in dribbling, creativity, passing, shooting and technical skills. He is fast and explosive. Whether on the left or right, Neymar can cut in and shoot or cross to tear apart the defense. Neymar is considered to be one of the best players of his generation. He is as famous as Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo and is known as the best third man in football. He has the strongest voice under Melo and is also regarded as the successor to Brazil's top No. 10 by football king Pele and legendary star Ronaldinho. He is known for his flamboyant style of play, passing ability and ability with both feet. Neymar has scored at least 100 goals for three different clubs, one of the few players to do so, and is the highest-scoring Brazilian player in Champions League history. Neymar won the title of South American Footballer of the Year in 2011 when he was 19 years old, and won this title again in 2012. In 2011, Neymar was nominated for the FIFA Ballon d'Or Award and was selected 10th. He also won the 2011 FIFA Puskas Award for the Best Goal of the Year. During his time at Barcelona, ​​Neymar formed the "MSN Combination" with Metz and Suarez, which was hailed as the strongest trident striker in the modern era. In the 2014-2015 season, the "MSN combination" scored a total of 122 goals. It is regarded as a historical strike combination and helped Barcelona become the first team in history to win two Triple Crowns. During the three-year cooperation period (2014~2017), the three scored a total of 302 goals, setting a historical record in football. In the summer transfer window of August 2017, Neymar transferred to Paris for 220 million euros

Category
Athletes
Nationality
Brazil
Born
1992-02-05
Wikidata
Q142794
Occupations football player
Aliases NeymarNeymar Jr.Neymar JuniorNeymar JuniorNeymar da Silva Santos JuniorNeymar da Silva Santos JúniorNeymarNeymar da SilvaNaymar da SilvaNima Dashwa

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