Neymar’s football career from childhood

Neymar da Silva Santos Junior, commonly referred to as Neymar, is a famous Brazilian professional footballer. He is a renowned playmaker and prolific goal scorer. Although, Neymar first caught the eyes of the world and people placed bet on him using joker123 slot, when he transferred to Barcelona in 2013 at the age of 21, with about $100 million worth of transfer deals, he started his football career at a very young age. In 2017, he joined Paris Saint-Germain with a transfer fee of $222 million. His father, a former football player, was been his advisor as his talent started to grow. Below is Neymar’s football career journey from childhood.

Youth Career

Portuguesa SantistaNeymar started his football career at Portuguesa Santista when his family moved to Sao Vicente. 

Santos (Junior Academy)

Later in 2003, their family moved to Santos, where he joined Santos youth academy at the age of 11 years. Neymar played for Santos Junior Academy for 6 years. This is where his career developed and he was recognized and given a chance in the Santos first team. 

Senior career

• Santos

Neymar signed his first full professional contract when he was only 17 years old in 2009 when he was upgraded from Santos Junior Academy to Santos First Team. Neymar grabbed the opportunity and performed his best by scoring several goals for Santos, giving them several wins. After winning several awards, many football teams and clubs started eyeing him. In May 2013, Santos announced that Neymar had received two offers to leave in which, a week later, he joined Barcelona.

• Barcelona

In 2013, when Neymar was 21 years old, he was transferred from Santos to Barcelona with a transfer fee of almost $100 million. The first goal for Neymar to score for Barcelona was on 7 August at the Rajamangala National Stadium. He was known for scoring several goals for Barcelona, which gave Barcelona wins League titles and many to bet on him using http://iienetwork.org/login-joker123-motobola/. In his 177th appearance for Barcelona on 2 April 2017, Neymar scored his 100th goal for the club.

Barcelona announced on 3 August 2017 that a payment of $222 million was made to the club by Neymar’s legal representative. Meaning that Neymar was to leave Barcelona for Paris Saint-Germain.

• Paris Saint-Germain

Neymar’s contract with PSG was to last for 5 years, that is from 2017 to 2022. He has been playing for Paris Saint-Germain since 2017. Although his contract with PSG was to end in 2022, he extended his contract to 2025. Paris Saint-Germain announced on 6 March 2023 that Neymar would undergo surgery in Doha and for the remainder of the season, he would be ruled out. He has not been seen playing recently since he is currently nursing an injury. 

Following his recent disappearance from the club, which is due to injuries, rumors have it that he wants to leave PSG, although the contract was renewed till 2025. Since he still has 2 pending years until the expiration of his contract, it means that any team interested in him will have to negotiate with Paris Saint-Germain. However, it is believed that only Chelsea have an interest in him at the moment.

Sources: britannica.com / usatoday.com