Neymar (The Brazilian Star of Football)
Neymar
Neymar is a Brazilian professional football player
who plays as a forward for the Paris Saint Germain, which is a Ligue 1 club and
the Brazil National team. Neymar is also popularly known as Neymar Jr. Neymar
is one of the best players all over the world due to his great skills and
playing style. People love to watch him play football.
At the age of 17, Neymar made his professional debut
at Santos. In the club, Neymar helps them to win two successive Campeonato
Paulista Championship, a Copa do Brazil and also the 2011 Copa Libertadores.
Neymar is awarded by many awards like he is twice named as the South American
footballer of the 2011 and 2012, and after that, he goes to Spain to join
Barcelona.
After joining Barcelona, Neymar makes a partnership
with Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez and there he won the continental treble of
LaLiga, the Copa del Rey, and also the UEFA champions league. Neymar finished
the third spot for the FIFA Ballon d'Or in 2015 for his great performance.
After playing many matches with Barcelona, Neymar gets transferred to Paris
Saint Germain in 2017 with a price of €222 million which makes him the most
expensive player ever.
Neymar is playing well with the Paris Saint Germain,
where he won three league titles, a Coupe de France, and a Coupe de la Ligue.
He is also voted as the Ligue 1 player of the year in his debut season.
Although the second season of the Neymar was not so great as it contains lots
of injuries and surrounded by controversies.
At the age of 18, Neymar nake a debut for his
national team Brazil. He scored 61 goals in 101 matches which makes him the
third-highest goalscorer for his national team after Pele and Ronaldo. Neymar
was the key player in Brazil victories in the 2011 South American youth
championship. He finished as the leading goal scorer in the South American
youth championship.
In the 2013 FIFA confederation cup, where he won the
Golden Ball as player of the tournament. Neymar participate in the 2014 FIFA
World Cup and 2015 Copa America was very short due to his injury and a
suspension, but after all this thing's he captained Brazil to get their
first Olympic gold medal in the men's football in the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Neymar is one of the great players around the world.
He is named as the most marketable athlete in the world in 2012 and 2013 by
sports pro. He is also the fourth most famous athlete in 2016 according to
ESPN. Neymar was included in the list of 100 most influential people in the
world by Time in 2017. He is the world third highest-paid footballer in 2018 by
the France football.
Neymar mainly plays as either a central striker,
second striker, winger, or sometimes as an attacking midfielder. Many times
Neymar plays as a left-sided forward for his club and the country in the 4-3-3
formation. Neymar's energetic pace and playmaking skills help him to play and
shoot with his stronger foot or create many chances for teammates.
The dribbling skills, tricks, and playmaking ability
of Neymar makes it as a compatriot of Ronaldinho. Neymar main traits are his
vision, passing, finishing, creativity, dribbling, and technique. Neymar is
also described as "electric" and "explosive". Neymar is
naturally a right-footed but he is capable of scoring from both feet, as well
as very good with his head.
Neymar is very well known for his accurate free
kicks and penalty conversion. Neymar is inspired by many footballers like
Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Andres Iniesta, Xavi, and Wayne Rooney. Many
footballers like Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Xavi stated that Neymar is a very young
player and he is going to be one of the best footballers in the future and he
is a special footballer with lots of gifted skills.
Neymar is often compared with the Brazilian legend
Pele many times by the Media. Neymar also possesses similar attributes like Pele, as Pele also came from the Santos youth academy and turned heads with his
great skills. Neymar said that "Pele" is his role model and he never
likes to compare with him.
Neymar is also criticized many times due to his
diving in the field. As he does not make a good impact on the other players.
There are many controversies due to his acting in the field, for which he is
criticized many times. One of the football legend Pele stated that "
Neymar is a person of not taking so much hit". Many of the footballer said
that he is the acting king in the field. Neymar also stated that he cannot control
his frustration on the field which led to this thing happens in the field.
Conclusion: Neymar is one of the remarkable players
in football, his skills and talent make his fans crazy about him. He is one of
the most talented players in the world. At this young age, he is one of the
most famous athletes around the world, which makes him so much popular around
the people. I hope that in the future Neymar is going to show more exciting
skills and talent in the football field to his fans and make them happy by
watching him play.
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