The Dhaka Times Desk Neymar de Silva Santos Jr is one of the few players who will be in the limelight at this World Cup. Brazil and Barcelona striker Neymar is one of the most expensive players in the world today. At just 21 years of age, he won the Confederations Cup, one of the best cups in the world of football, and caught the attention of the whole world. Let's know some unknown facts about this player.
1. Neymar was elected the best footballer in Brazil in 2011 when he was only 19 years old. During his service he won the treble for his club Santos. Neymar reached the 100th goal milestone at the age of 20.
2. Among the European clubs, Real Madrid was the first to come forward to capture Neymar. They offered Santos the highest price at the time, but Santos kept Neymar at a higher price than that. But it was not possible for Santos to fight with this European club's strategy. A few years later, Barcelona bought Neymar.
3. Neymar chose Barca over Manchester United, Real Madrid and Barcelona in central Europe despite being outbid by everyone else. But Neymar chose Barca over Messi, he was more interested in playing with Messi. Everyone knows about Neymar's friendship with Messi.
4. Neymar is the only Brazilian player whose picture has appeared on the cover of the famous Time magazine. According to Forbes magazine, Neymar is currently the fourth most expensive player in the world.
5. Argentines also have a good image of Neymar, they call him Neymar. Named after Neymar and Maradona.
6. Santos is the Brazilian club that Neymar used to play for. Manik Pele, the black man of football, once played for this club. Santos won the treble when he played for Santos. Interestingly, Santos also won the Treble during Neymar's time at Santos.
7. Neymar scored a hat-trick on his debut in Brazil. This was the turning point in Neymar's life. Barcelona bought Neymar from Santos for 57 million US dollars.
8. Neymar is very popular in Bolivia. There, 20 out of every 100 children are named Neymar. If this continues, in the next 17 years most people will be named Neymar.
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