Extreme childhood
Neymar’s full name is Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior, born February 5, 1992 in Brazil. A player currently playing as a striker for Barcelona club and the Brazilian national team.
Before joining Santos in 2003 (at the age of 17), few people expected that the small boy would have to follow his father to work as a porter at docks and bus stations to make a living. Neymar once shared in a Rede TV show that he grew up in a destitute, poor family.
Since he was young, Neymar has had a special passion for the ball. However, due to his family’s poverty, he did not dare to dream of receiving formal training or playing football at local fields. Neymar just wanders around playing outside the football field hoping to catch the “eyes” of scouts.
Shoes picked up from the landfill
If teammate Lionel Messi always wished to be given a soccer ball on his birthday, since childhood Neymar has always hoped that his father would buy him a pair of soccer shoes. However, the first pair of shoes of the Brazilian football prodigy was brought back from the landfill. It was also from those torn shoes that Neymar began to nurture his love of football.
11 years old – started his career at Santos youth club, 13 years old – started to be considered a promising “young kid” and 17 years old – Neymar had a good performance in his first match in the club’s shirt Santos. In Santos’ shirt, Neymar showed an extremely impressive performance. No one dares to imagine a young man in his twenties being compared to top famous Brazilian players like Robinho or Pelé.
Don’t want to be away from family
Along with his sublimation on the field, Neymar began to receive the attention of many big names in Europe such as Real Madrid, Juventus, Chelsea or MU. However, few people know that the first club to “pay money” to Santos to get this superstar was West Ham. This team wanted to recruit Neymar for 12 million pounds – a number that Neymar had never thought of at that time. However, because he did not want to leave his family and only wanted to play in his home country of Brazil, Neymar definitely refused.
Later, when asked why he did not join the European “arena” soon, Neymar revealed that he followed Pelé’s advice. The Brazilian football legend advised Neymar to stick with Santos for a while longer. And so, Neymar turned down every big and small club in Europe last summer.
Earn 20.4 million USD/year
Compared to a Neymar who only knew about football and was happy just being on the field, the Neymar of the present time has changed a lot. In 2011, after signing a new contract to stay at Santos until 2014, Neymar received a salary of 1.73 million USD/month, equivalent to about 20.4 million USD/year.
According to statistics from Forbes magazine, this salary is only half that of the best earning players in the world at that time such as Beckham (40 million USD/year), Ronaldo (38 million USD/year). However, that salary is only less than the salary of Ronaldinho – the highest paid player in Brazil – which is more than 3 million USD/year.
With a sky-high salary and income after Santos sold 5% of Neymar’s future transfer fee rights to investment group Terceira Estrela Investimentos SA (TEISA) equivalent to 1.5 million euros, Neymar started know how to spend money on fun things.
“Transform” into a real player
Once loved by Brazilian fans, there were times when Neymar and his family had to endure criticism from the public because the prodigy “spoiled” early.
Only 19 years old, but Neymar is already attached to a series of hot models from the land of Samba. The paparazzi also caught him having sensitive actions with a hot girl on a yacht. At that time, fans could not determine who his real “muse” was.
In August 2011, the Brazilian football prodigy stunned fans when he announced that he officially became a father at the age of 19. Neymar’s son was born in a hospital in Sao Paolo, weighing 2.8 kg and was named Davi Lucca
The boy is the result of a quick love affair between Neymar and 17-year-old beauty Carolina Dantas. Because he no longer had feelings for Carolina, right after his eldest son Luccas was born, Neymar studied with senior Cristiano Ronaldo, becoming a “single father”.
Beautiful girls, luxury yachts
Currently, Neymar is continuing his love adventure with his teenage girlfriend Bruna Marquezine. However, the scandals still haven’t let him go. Immediately after announcing their love story in February, Neymar was accused of being “the So Khanh guy” for constantly “cuckolding” his girlfriend. If he refuses to “wash his hands and hang up his sword”, Barcelona’s new rookie will soon join the list of football’s infamous Don Juans.
Not only did he show his playboy qualities when he changed his lover like changing his shirt, the Brazilian striker also showed his playfulness by spending 6.2 million euros (nearly 170 billion VND) to buy a yacht made in Italy. This is one of the most modern yachts in the world with a length of 25m, 4 rooms with comfortable and luxurious equipment.
“King” in the future?
According to sources close to Barcelona, after joining “Giant” Barcelona, Neymar will receive the club’s 6th highest salary, after Messi, Xavi, Iniesta, Villa and Pique. Along with the money he earns as the face representing many different brands around the world such as Panasonic, Red Bull, Nike…. Neymar will continue to have “full pockets” and it is completely possible. Enjoy life like a “king” in the near future.
