Brazilian star Neymar entered the world of fame when he moved to Barcelona in 2013, breaking all records after moving to Paris Saint-Germain in the summer of 2017.

Writer Sourav Dash said in a report published by the American Sports website that the whole world knows the value of Neymar's transfer deal and is currently following his performance in the French capital team, but there are other facts about this Brazilian star that many followers may not know.

1- Neymar played only in Santos before moving to Barcelona:
Although Neymar showed his football prowess from an early age, he continued to play for his parent team for many years after he had joined Santos Academy in 2003 at the age of 11.

2- Score the 100th goal on his 20th birthday:
On February 5, 2012, Neymar celebrated his twentieth birthday, and scored his 100th goal in football in a spectacular and beautiful way, in a match against the Brazilian team Belmeras, and it was clear from this achievement that Neymar was on the verge of a football career.

3- He almost joined Real Madrid at the age of 11:
The press has followed the interest of Real Madrid in bringing Neymar in recent years since his failure to join the royal team in the summer of 2011, but many do not know that Neymar would have joined the Spanish capital team at a young age, and he traveled to Madrid and passed all tests, but before completing the contract Santos decided to pay a large sum of money to keep their spoiled player.

4- West Ham is the first team to make a presentation to Neymar:
Neymar could have become a player in the English club West Ham if things had gone as the management of this club craved many years ago, as the hammers team was the first to notice Neymar's talent and unique skills, and made a bid of 12 million pounds (about $ 15.5 million) ), But was declined.

This attempt brought attention to the rising Brazilian star, and the London Chelsea team entered the line in order to win their services, before other teams joined and tried to sign it.

5- He would have played in the 2010 World Cup:
Despite his outstanding talent to all the followers, coach Dunga did not choose the name Neymar in the list of the Brazilian team traveling to South Africa in the 2010 World Cup, and Dunga stuck to his decision despite the fact that some historical stars such as Pele and Romario demanded his inclusion, and 14,000 fans signed a petition demanding that .

6- He became a father at the age of 19:
If there is something in which Neymar surpassed Lionel Messi by a large margin, it is that the Brazilian star became the father of the child David Luca at the age of 19, and Neymar had kept the news and did not reveal the mother's name, in order to protect her and protect his son.

7- The ninth most expensive player in Barcelona and the most expensive player in the history of Paris:
There are many rumors and stories that revolve around the transfer of Neymar to Barcelona, ​​then the Paris Saint-Germain team, and the value of the deal is enough to make this news receive great attention, as the Catalan team paid about $ 100 million to bring Neymar from Santos in 2013, then he paid the capital team French has $ 263 million to bring in 2017.

8- The only Brazilian athlete to appear in the cover of Time Magazine:
Although Brazil is a country known for football legends, Neymar is the only athlete whose photo appeared in the cover of the famous Time Magazine, and this is very interesting considering that the cover of the magazine appeared in it only before Brazilian politicians.

9- Very small and very rich:
Last February, Neymar was 28 years old, which makes him one of the youngest wealthy. The Brazilian player, upon his move to Barcelona, ​​received $ 74 million over five years, and was ranked in 2012 as the seventh richest player in the world, while magazine ranked him Forbes is the third highest paid athlete for those under the age of 25.

10- Marketing Machine:
In 2012 and 2013 Neymar was considered the most prominent athlete in the world, and his image became effective in selling products, and it spread in all magazines, TV shows and marketing flashes in a phenomenon called "Nimarketing".