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Patrice Evra became the first player to play in four losing UEFA Champions League finals, having previously been a runner-up in 2004 (with Monaco), 2009 and 2011 (both with Manchester United). [66] Neymar's goal meant that three players shared the title of top scorer in the competition, alongside Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Neymar is one of the few players to have scored at least 100 goals for three different clubs. He is the highest-scoring Brazilian in the UEFA Champions League and is also Brazil's all-time top goalscorer. Neymar made his professional debut with Santos in 2009. In 2011, he helped them win their first Copa Libertadores in nearly 50 years. [9]
Neymar is also currently the sixth-highest active top scorer in men's international football. [5] Neymar has scored four international hat-tricks, and netted twice in a match (known as a brace) on nine occasions, with his first hat-trick coming in an 8–0 friendly win over China on 10 September 2012. [6]
With these two goals, Messi equalized the Raúl's record as the all-time top scorer in the UEFA Champions League. On 8 November, Barcelona visited Juegos Mediterráneos to play against Almería . Barcelona earned a hard-fought win thanks to late goals from Neymar and Jordi Alba as Thievy Bifouma gave Almería the lead after 37 minutes.
The winners of the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League were given an additional entry as title holders if they would not qualify for the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League through their domestic league (because of the restriction that no association can have more than four teams playing in the Champions League, if the title holders are from the top ...
Neymar Jr. became the latest in a long line of soccer players to make a move to the Middle East when he joined Saudi Pro League club Al Hilal from French giant Paris Saint-Germain.
Neymar is expected to miss two weeks with an injury, intensifying speculation over the Brazilian's future with Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal. Neymar made just his second club appearance following a ...
The 2014–15 UEFA Champions League knockout phase began on 17 February and concluded on 6 June 2015 with the final at Olympiastadion in Berlin, Germany to decide the champions of the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League. A total of 16 teams competed in the knockout phase. [1] Times are CET/CEST, [note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times are in ...