On 5 February 2012, when he turned 20, Neymar scored his a hundredth goal as an expert soccer player, in opposition to Palmeiras in the Campeonato Paulista. On 25 February 2012 – he scored two targets, certainly one of which was from 25-yards – and created two assists to help his facet to a 6–1 win over Ponte Preta. On 7 March 2012, Neymar netted a hat-trick as Santos saw off Brazilian rivals Internacional 3–1 within the Copa Libertadores Group stage match. On 29 March, he scored a brace towards Guaratinguetá in a 5–0 victory. In the fixture in opposition to São Paulo on 29 April 2012, Neymar scored a hat-trick with the match ending 3–1. Thereafter, he went on to score twice within the first and second legs in the 2012 Campeonato Paulista Finals towards Guarani, which ended 7–2 on mixture.

Without the team’s most necessary participant, Brazil lost by a surprising 7–1 margin to eventual-champion Germany in the semifinals. Despite his early exit from the event, Neymar received the Bronze Boot. At the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games, he led the Brazilian men’s facet to its first Olympic gold medal, scoring the successful penalty in further time of the ultimate match against Germany.

You have all my respect and honor babe,” she captioned the picture. Neymar and Natalia dated for a quantity of months earlier than their break up in late 2020. In a response to an Instagram follower in September 2021, Natalia responded to a fan who requested if she misses any of her exes.

The listing measures the financial worth, the age, the force in home markets, the charisma and their market potential in the next three years. In March 2015, Neymar had the fourth highest social media rank on the planet among sportspeople, behind Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and David Beckham, with fifty two million Facebook fans. He has over 200 million Instagram followers, the third highest for a sportsperson , and inside the highest 20 most adopted people. In ESPN's list of energetic sportspeople in 2016, Neymar was ranked the fourth most well-known athlete in the world. In April 2017, Neymar was included within the Time 100, Time magazine's list of essentially the most influential individuals on the planet.

Due to having the mumps, Neymar was anticipated to miss the 2015 UEFA Super Cup and the 2015 Supercopa de España. On 17 October, Neymar scored four targets in Barcelona's 5–2 residence win over Rayo Vallecano in La Liga, taking his complete to eight goals for the season. On 21 November, Neymar scored one and supplied a again heel assist for Andrés Iniesta in Barcelona's 4–0 away win in opposition to Real Madrid. He scored twice in a 4–0 residence win over Real Sociedad on 28 November, taking his La Liga complete to 14 goals in 12 video games.

Neymar enjoying against Spain's Gerard Piqué in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup FinalNeymar was chosen as a part of Luiz Felipe Scolari's Brazil squad for the 2013 Confederations Cup on house soil. For the match he was assigned the number 10 shirt, having previously worn eleven. Neymar scored his first full international hat-trick on 10 September 2012, in an 8–0 win over China on the Estádio José do Rego Maciel in Recife.

This led to Neymar missing PSG's second leg of their Champions League round of 16 tie against Bayern Munich, in which PSG ended up being eliminated. Another group of people went to Neymar's home, demanding him to depart the membership. Neymar taking a penalty towards Lille throughout a Ligue 1 match in 2020In July 2019, Neymar was absent from training with PSG, with the club talking disciplinary action. Prior to the transfer deadline in late August, Neymar agreed to stay at PSG after talks broke down over a return to Barcelona. During a 3–0 defeat of rivals Marseille on 25 February 2018, Neymar fractured the fifth metatarsal bone in his right foot. He travelled to Belo Horizonte and underwent a profitable operation on his foot.

Overcoming the 4–0 loss to PSG in the first leg from 14 February 2017, this second leg match turned the most important comeback in Champions League historical past. Neymar scored all 4 goals, had another disallowed and hit the post as Santos beat União Barbarense 4–0 in the Paulista on thirteen April. On 25 April 2013, his agent and father revealed that Neymar supposed to depart for Europe earlier than the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Ahead of his last match for Santos, on 26 May against Flamengo, Neymar was in tears during the national anthem.