Neymar scored his first full international hat-trick on 10 September 2012, in an 8–0 win over China at the Estádio José do Rego Maciel in Recife. On 19 September, Neymar scored the winner in opposition to Argentina in a 2–1 win in the first leg of the 2012 Superclásico de las Américas at the Estádio Serra Dourada in Goiânia, Brazil. He posted an image of a non-public airplane on new social media app Threads, which he captioned "Party season 23/24", with a French flag emoji.

Neymar, whose full name is Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior, made his professional soccer debut with the Santos Futebol Clube when he was 17. In 2017, Neymar—who was born in Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo, in Brazil—was transferred to the Paris Saint-Germain Football Club for a reported €222 million, making him one of the expensive football gamers ever. In an interview with SporTV in 2015, Neymar opened up about his dream to marry and calm down. It’s one thing that I always speak about with my associates, I have this dream of being married in a church, going out to celebration with my associates and have my children by my aspect every single day,” he said.

In May 2013, SportsPro journal named him the most marketable athlete alive for the second straight yr . Though he wasn’t handed life’s conveniences, because of his father’s previous profession, one thing Neymar all the time had rising up was a soccer ball. The teen realized to play within the streets near his hometown and in indoor sessions unique to Brazil.

However, he has since joined Brighton & Hove Albion (€18m) and Chelsea (€65m) to depart some questioning whether or not Barca should have shown more religion within the left-back -- or a minimum of have been able to make more money from his departure. He was loaned to AC Milan last season but made just 14 appearances throughout all competitions earlier than returning to Camp Nou this summer time. His time at Everton was dogged by damage, and he was released as a free agent at the end of last season. In theory, the €72m the Italian side paid represented a huge profit for Barca, but the transfer was a part of an operation that noticed Pjanic transfer the other method for €60m. The deal was later probed by finance police as a part of an investigation into Juve's switch dealings.

On 30 November, Neymar was shortlisted for the 2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or alongside Messi and Ronaldo, and subsequently came third. The entrance three of Messi, Suárez and Neymar completed the season with 131 objectives, breaking the document that they had set the earlier yr for most targets by an attacking trio in a single season. In May, the closing month of the season, Neymar scored the last goal in a 3–0 win against Bayern Munich within the first leg of the Champions League semi-final.

On 14 June 2015, in Brazil's opening Copa América fixture, Neymar scored the equaliser and assisted the stoppage-time winning objective by Douglas Costa as Brazil got here from 0–1 down to beat Peru 2–1 in Temuco. After Brazil's second match, a 0–1 loss to Colombia in Santiago, Neymar was booked for handball, resulting in a suspension. After the final whistle, he was red carded for deliberately kicking the ball at Pablo Armero, and in consequence was pushed over by Colombian striker Carlos Bacca, who was additionally dismissed. CONMEBOL issued Neymar with a four-match ban, ruling him out for the rest of the match, along with a $10,000 fine. On 12 August 2018, Neymar scored PSG's opening league goal of the 2018–19 season in a 3–0 win over Caen at Parc des Princes. Neymar scored from a penalty in his next recreation as PSG gained 3–1 towards Guingamp in Ligue 1.

Neymar was the leading goal scorer of the 2011 South American Youth Championship with nine objectives, including two within the ultimate, in Brazil's 6–0 win in opposition to Uruguay. He additionally took part on the 2011 Copa América in Argentina, the place he scored two targets within the first-round sport in opposition to Ecuador. He was chosen 'Man of the Match' in Brazil's first match in opposition to Venezuela, which ended a 1–1 draw. Brazil had been eradicated within the quarter-finals in a penalty shoot-out in opposition to Paraguay (2–2 a.e.t.), with Neymar being substituted within the eightieth minute. With Barcelona's victory probably, he carried out tips with the ball within the ultimate stages of the game, which was deemed unsporting by opponent Andoni Iraola. Barcelona supervisor Luis Enrique claimed that it had to be understood that such behaviour was acceptable in Brazil, while Neymar himself did not apologise.

He was joint high scorer in the Copa Libertadores with eight targets, after Santos were crushed over two legs by eventual champions Corinthians within the semi-finals. On 30 November 2010, Santos sold a 5% share of future transfer fees that he would obtain to an investment group, Terceira Estrela Investimentos S.A. The previous 12 months, his family had bought a 40% stake in Neymar's sporting rights to the DIS Esporte group who had been a long-term strategic companion of Santos' soccer club. Neymar came into prominence at Santos, the place he made his skilled debut aged 17. He helped the club win two successive Campeonato Paulista championships, a Copa do Brasil, and the 2011 Copa Libertadores; the latter being Santos' first since 1963. Neymar was twice named the South American Footballer of the Year, in 2011 and 2012, and soon relocated to Europe to affix Barcelona.