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Neymar

Neymar

Personal information
Full name	Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior
Date of birth	5 February 1992 (1992-02-05) (age 19)
Place of birth	Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) [1]
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Santos
Number	11
Youth career
2003–2009	Santos
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2009–	Santos	85	(40)
National team‡
2009	Brazil U17	3	(1)
2011	Brazil U20	7	(9)
2010–	Brazil	15	(8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 December 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 October 2011

Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior (born 5 February 1992), commonly known simply as Neymar (Portuguese pronunciation: [nejˈmaʁ]) or Neymar Jr., is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for Santos and the Brazilian national football team. He won the 2011 FIFA Puskás Award for scoring the best goal of the season in the Brazileirão in a 5–4 loss to Flamengo.

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Club career

Born in Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo, Neymar joined Santos in 2003^[2] and eventually made his first-team debut six years later aged 17 on 7 March 2009 in a 2–1 win against Oeste. He made another appearance the following week against Mogi Mirim, during which he scored his first goal for Santos. On 11 April, 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.^[3] In the final however Santos suffered a 4–2 aggregate defeat to Corinthians.^[4]