Sign up for the free FBref Mailing List and get curated stats, news, and updates about the FBref web site to your inbox daily. Paris Saint Germain is close to dropping its prime three stars in a span of two months. Lionel Messi was the first, who left Paris to affix David Beckham's Inter Miami in Major League Soccer, United States. Brazil and Croatia will open the World Cup quarterfinals on Friday. Croatia accomplished a shocking comeback, knocking out the tournament favourite in a penalty kick shoot-out.

He earned $70 million on the sphere and $25 million off the sphere, with endorsements that include Puma and Red Bull. Of the three athletes ahead of Neymar, two are fellow soccer stars. PSG teammate Lionel Messi leads the best way with earnings of $130 million and Cristiano Ronaldo is third, behind LeBron James ($121.2 million), at $115 million.

In 2012 and 2013, SportsPro named him the most marketable athlete in the world, and in 2016, ESPN cited him because the world's fourth-most famous athlete. The next year, Time included him in its list of the 100 most influential people on the earth. In 2019, Forbes listed Neymar as the world's third highest-paid athlete. Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior, known to the world as Neymar, is seen by many to be the way ahead for Brazilian football. Born in Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo and taking his name from his father, Neymar became a member of a loving family whose focus was to foster their child’s creativity on the soccer pitch . He used his love of futsal and avenue football to gasoline his ardour and finally made his debut in 2003 when he performed for the youth club Portugesa Santista in São Vicente .

Prior to the switch deadline in late August, Neymar agreed to stay at PSG after talks broke down over a return to Barcelona. During a 3–0 defeat of rivals Marseille on 25 February 2018, Neymar fractured the fifth metatarsal bone in his proper foot. He travelled to Belo Horizonte and underwent a successful operation on his foot.

A week later, he scored both the team's goals in a 3–2-second leg defeat at the Allianz Arena to ensure Barça would qualify for the 2015 UEFA Champions League Final. He additionally opened the scoring with a header in a 2–0 league win versus Real Sociedad, a outcome which gave Barça a four-point lead over Real Madrid with solely two matches remaining. In the two-legged last, Santos faced Uruguayan facet Peñarol and drew the first leg 0–0 in Montevideo. At home within the second leg, Neymar opened the scoring within the forty sixth minute as Santos held on for a 2–1 win and Neymar gained Man of the Match honours.

One of a quantity of gamers to reach to de-seat Jordi Alba at left-back and fail to do so. Firpo price an initial €18m however never seemed comfortable in a Barca shirt. Barca did not lose too much on the former Real Betis defender, though, with Leeds United paying €15m to take him to England in 2021. Was a half of the Leeds squad to be relegated from the Premier League last season. Another questionable swap deal whereby Barcelona signed goalkeeper Neto from Valencia for round €26m and Jasper Cillessen moved in the different direction for the same payment.

During the 2022 World Cup, Neymar suffered an ankle harm and was pressured to overlook a number of games. In the quarterfinal match against Croatia, he scored his 77th worldwide goal. Paris Saint-Germain for a then report €222 million ($263 million) transfer fee. The transfer also made Neymar the highest-paid participant on the earth on the time, with a €45 million ($53 million) annual salary. Neymar appeared in just 30 matches throughout his first season with PSG, scoring 28 goals for the club earlier than breaking a bone in his right foot, although PSG powered to the Ligue 1 title in the 2017–18 season as well as in 2018–19 and 2019–20. In 2021—the identical year that Messi signed with PSG—Neymar agreed to a contract extension that dedicated him to PSG until 2025.

In 2011, the flashy forward produced what would be voted the FIFA Goal of the Year and led Santos to its first Copa Libertadores championship in 48 years. However, he additionally started to expertise the backlash that accompanies fame. Neymar was criticized for his play during Brazil's quarterfinals loss in the 2011 Copa America tournament, and was scolded within the media for fathering a baby out of wedlock. In it, the club agreed to pay 10 million euros immediately to a company arrange by Neymar’s mother and father, and then 30 million more once Neymar signed with Barcelona on the finish of his Santos contract in 2013.