Having renounced the captaincy, he featured at the 2018 World Cup, and after missing the 2019 Copa América through injury, helped Brazil to a runner-up finish at the 2021 tournament. His participation in the 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2015 Copa América was cut short by injury and a suspension, respectively, before captaining Brazil to their first Olympic gold medal in men's football at the 2016 Summer Olympics. The following year, he won the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, winning the Golden Ball. At his youth stage for Brazil, he was a key player in the victory at the 2011 South American Youth Championship, where he finished as leading goalscorer, and also attained a silver medal in men's football at the 2012 Summer Olympics. With 77 goals in 124 matches for Brazil since debuting at age 18, Neymar is the joint-top goalscorer for his national team alongside Pelé. Notably, he helped PSG attain a domestic quadruple in the 2019–20 season, and led the club to its first ever Champions League Final. In France, he won four league titles, among other honours, and was voted Ligue 1 Player of the Year in his debut season. Motivated to be a talisman at club level, Neymar transferred to PSG in 2017 in a move worth €222 million, making him the most expensive player ever. He then attained a domestic double in the 2015–16 season. As part of Barcelona's attacking trio with Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez, dubbed MSN, he won the continental treble of La Liga, the Copa del Rey, and the UEFA Champions League. Neymar was twice named the South American Footballer of the Year, in 20, and soon relocated to Europe to join Barcelona. He helped the club win two successive Campeonato Paulista championships, a Copa do Brasil, and the 2011 Copa Libertadores the latter being Santos' first since 1963. Neymar came into prominence at Santos, where he made his professional debut aged 17. Neymar has scored at least 100 goals for three different clubs, making him one of three players to achieve this. A prolific goalscorer and renowned playmaker, he is regarded as one of the best players in the world, as well as one of the greatest Brazilian footballers of all time. Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior (born 5 February 1992), known as Neymar, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and the Brazil national team. ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:10, 9 December 2022 *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:21, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
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