| Rank | Event | Year | Location | |
| Copa America | ||||
| 5 | Senior | 2011 | Argentina | |
Hobbies
Playing pool. (istoe.com.br, 23 Jun 2011)
Occupation
Athlete
Family
Son Davi Lucca
Club name
Santos, Santos, BRA
Coach
Mano Menezes [national], Muricy Ramalho [club] (dailymail.co.uk, 11 May 2012; scoresway.com, 03 Jun 2012)
Position and style
Forward (dailymail.co.uk, 11 May 2012)
Debut
2010 [senior] for Brazil, against USA (cnn.com, 01 Mar 2012)
Additional information
Ambitions
To win the gold medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (thesun.co.uk, 23 May 2012)
Hero
Robinho (br.esportes.yahoo.com, 30 Apr 2012)
Awards
He won the 2011 FIFA Puskas Award for scoring the best goal of the year for his strike against Flamengo. (dailymail.co.uk, 10 Jan 2012)
General
PRIVATE LIFE
His salary increased to an estimated 550,000 USD a month in 2011 and he has had to learn how to deal with being a celebrity. "I understand what is happening to me now, I'm becoming accustomed to it. I'm the kind of person who loves to stick with my friends, close to my family. It doesn't matter how famous I become, how rich I get, I will never change." (independent.co.uk, 13 Dec 2011)
ACCIDENT
He escaped a car crash with only a cut to his forehead when he was four months old. His mother claims he could have died in the smash which left his father unable to walk for three months. (estadao.com.br, 26 Apr 2010)
INFLUENCE
He fell out with Santos manager Dorival Junior in 2010 in a disagreement that led to the manager leaving the club. The dispute began when Neymar was denied the chance to take a penalty when Junior insisted another player should take it. Neymar later said he regretted the incident. "It was the worst night of my life, I could not sleep at all. But that's where I grew up and learned a lot. I just know the wrong and stupid things I did. There are things in life you end up learning and this criticism also made me grow." (globo.com, 11 Dec 2011)
