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Neymar
File:Neymar da Silva.jpg
Personal information
Full name Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker / Winger
Team information
Current team
 Santos FC
Number 11
Youth career
2003–2008 Santos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009- Santos FC 40 (13)
International career‡
2009 Brazil U-17 3 (1)
Brazil 1 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of May 16, 2010
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of May 9, 2010

Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior or simply Neymar (born 5 February 1992 in Mogi das Cruzes,Brazil) is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for Brazil club Santos FC.

Club career

Santos

After joining the squad in 2003,[2] Neymar eventually made his Santos debut against Oeste on 7 March 2009 in a 2-1 win at the age of 17, Neymar's next appearance was against Mogi Mirim a week later, during which he scored his first goal for Santos. He is considered to be one of the most exciting young talents ever to come out of South America. [3] On 11 April 2009, in the 2009 Campeonato Paulista semi-final first leg against Palmeiras, Neymar scored the decisive goal in a 2-1 win at Estádio Vila Belmiro. [4] In the final however, Neymar failed to perform to his full ability, and Santos crashed out to Corinthians in a 4-2 aggregate loss. [5]

Neymar's performances for Santos and his likeliness to Brazilian idols such as Robinho and Pelé,[6] the former who he currently plays alongside at Santos, began to attract interest from many clubs such as Manchester City,[7] Internazionale,[6] Real Madrid,[6] and Chelsea, [8] with Real Madrid even going as far as to claim that they had signed a pre-contract agreement with Neymar's agent, Wagner Ribeiro,[3] which Santos fervently denied.[9] Following this, Santos slapped an asking price of €30 million on the player's head,[3] and tied Neymar down to a new contract lasting until December 2014.[10] Neymar himself said he didn't think it was time to leave Santos, and that he was only focused on the club.[11]

On 15 April 2010, Neymar scored 5 goals for Santos in a 8-1 routing of Guarani in the round of 16 of the Brazilian Cup.[12] Following the 2010 Campeonato Paulista in which Neymar scored 14 goals in 19 games,[2] the club were crowned champions after a 5-5 aggregate win over Santo André in the finals.[13] Neymar was given the award for the best player, due to his brilliant performances in the competition.[14].

International career

2010 World Cup

Following Neymar's performances for Brazil's U-17 team at the 2009 U-17 World Cup, in which he scored a goal in the opening match against Japan[15] and Brazil crashed out in the group stage,[16] former Brazilian football players Pelé and Romário reportedly urged coach Dunga to take Neymar to the 2010 World Cup,[11][17] and Neymar himself even referred to being selected for the World Cup squad as a "dream".[17]

"The dream is not over. Every player wants to be in the national team. I’m glad to have so many people wanting me to be in the national team. I’ll keep playing hard; hopefully there’s a spot left for me."

–Neymar on going to the 2010 World Cup[17]

Although the widespread opinion that Neymar deserved a place in Dunga's squad went as far as a 14,000 signature petition,[11][18] and despite the huge pressure on Dunga to pick Neymar,[19] he was omitted from both the squad of 23,[20][21] and the stand-by list.[22]

Reaction to omission

Formula One driver Felipe Massa publicly slammed Dunga for the exclusion of Neymar from the squad, saying "You have to take the best players to a World Cup, and that’s not what Dunga does", going on to add that he didn't think most Brazilians would like Dunga's squad either.[23]Brazil boss Dunga claimed that both Neymar and Santos team-mate Ganso are 'extremely talented', but haven't been tested sufficiently on the international level to earn a World Cup spot, [24] adding that the duo failed to impress enough while on international duty. [25]

After the World Cup

On July, 26, Neymar was selected for the Seleção by new head coach Mano Menezes for a friendly match against the USA on August 10.

Statistics

As of 29 July 2010.[2]

Club Season Brasileirão Copa do Brasil Paulista Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Santos 2009 33 10 3 1 12 3 48 14
2010 7 3 7 11 19 14 32 27
Total 40 13 10 12 31 17 77 41

Honours

Club

Santos

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Player Profile: Neymar". SouthAmericanFutbol.com.
  2. ^ a b c "Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior - Atacante" (in Portuguese). Santos Futebol Clube.
  3. ^ a b c "Who is Neymar Da Silva – new wunderkind from Brazil?". Soccerpie.com. 17 March 2009.
  4. ^ "Neymar dá vantagem ao Santos no duelo com Palmeiras" (in Portuguese). Terra. 11 April 2009.
  5. ^ "Invicto, Corinthians segura Santos e é campeão paulista" (in Portuguese). Terra. 3 May 2009.
  6. ^ a b c "Sky Sports Scout - Neymar". Sky Sports. 8 April 2010.
  7. ^ "Man Utd want Neymar". EyeFootball. 19 January 2008.
  8. ^ "Neymar da Silva Scouting Report". Mirror Football. 21 March 2010.
  9. ^ "Chelsea to beat Manchester City to signing of Santos starlet Neymar - report". Goal.com. 21 March 2010.
  10. ^ "Agent denies Neymar approach". Sky Sports. 20 March 2010.
  11. ^ a b c "Brazilians want young striker Neymar in World Cup". Taiwan News. 15 April 2010.
  12. ^ "Neymar scores 5 goals, Robinho 2 in Santos' win". Taiwan News. 15 April 2010.
  13. ^ "Santos take the Paulista – but only just!". Pitaco do Gringo. 3 May 2010.
  14. ^ "Meninos da Vila comandam a festa de encerramento do Paulistão 2010" (in Portuguese). GloboEsporte.com. 4 May 2010.
  15. ^ "Brazil edge unlucky Japan". FIFA.com.
  16. ^ "Perfect Swiss stun Brazil". FIFA.com.
  17. ^ a b c "Scouts flock to see Brazil's Neymar". Miami Herald. 18 April 2010.
  18. ^ "World Cup watch ... 37 days to go". Guardian.co.uk. 4 May 2010.
  19. ^ "Brazil coach Dunga faces World Cup selection challenge". BBC Sport. 7 May 2010.
  20. ^ "Ronaldinho left out of Brazil World Cup squad". BBC Sport. 11 May 2010.
  21. ^ "Brazil's Dunga unfazed by critics". CNN. 18 May 2010.
  22. ^ "Tottenham Hotspur's Sandro Ranieri on Brazil's World Cup2010 reserve list". Picato do Gringo. 11 May 2010.
  23. ^ "Massa slams Dunga over World Cup squad". The Hindu. 13 May 2010.
  24. ^ "Manchester City dilemma as Real Madrid enter race for Santos's brilliant Brazilian Paulo Henrique Ganso". Mail Online. 17 May 2010.
  25. ^ "Ronaldinho misses Brazil cut". ESPN Soccernet. 11 May 2010.
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