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Artful, goalscorer, charismatic. From the moment
he took off as the promise of the basis categories
at Santos Futebol Clube, Neymar Jr was already
showing all those qualities that were proved when he
arrived at the professional team of Vila Belmiro in 2009, at only 17.
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NEYMAR DA SILVA SANTOS JÚNIOR
* Mogi das Cruzes (State of São Paulo),
February 05, 1992
In the next three seasons, he achieved the three times championship of São Paulo,
besides the Brazil Cup, Libertadores and Recopa Sulamericana [Winner’s Cup]. At the Brazilian
Soccer Team, the forward helped Brazil to conquest the 2013 Confederation Cup. Hired in June
2013 by FC Barcelona, Neymar Jr promises a great spectacle in European soccer.
Santos, Guarujá and São Paulo are the most visited cities of the state by Neymar.
Santos certainly remains playing a special role in the life of the star, because it is where he
spent a good part of his childhood and teenage years. “I used to play ball on the beach all the
time with my friends, go to the movies, restaurants,” he says.
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The star has good memories of Mogi das Cruzes, where he was born. “I remember
some things of the time I used to go to the trainings with my father and to the games of União
Mogi, when he used to play for that team,” he remembers.
Photo courtesy of the player