eymar da Silva Santos Júnior signed for Barça on June 3rd 2013 after an agreement between the Club and FC Santos. The then 21-year-old was Barça’s first signing of the 2013/14 season.
Born on February 5th 1992 at Mogi das Cruzes, in Brazil, Neymar began his footballing career at Santos in 2003 when he was only 11 years old and he quickly began to stand out in the club’s lower teams before making his debut with the first team in 2009 – soon becoming a fixture in the side and wining the Young Player of the Year in the Campeonato Paulista.