It is generally known that Neymar is one of the best football players today. Therefore, it is natural that there is great expectation regarding this title.

With more than 10 years of experience, the player began his career at just seventeen years old, playing for Santos in 2009.

At that moment, no one knew the success that awaited him. Neymar is a star, one of the highest paid players in the world, and has twenty-seven titles to his credit – so far.

After such a long journey, it is to be expected that the player did not always get it right. Therefore, read on to find out about the mistakes made by Neymar throughout his career. 

The famous saying goes, “nobody is perfect”, and that would be no different with Neymar. 

It is no surprise that, upon completing ten years of his career, the athlete used his Instagram to make his speech, highlighting that he made mistakes several times during his journey, but that he also learned a lot.

In addition to saying that he is not afraid of making mistakes, he stated that if mistakes occur, he will face it again, completing with “sorry, but it's my style of play“.

Neymar has always been controversial. The first big mess he got involved in occurred in 2010, when he was responsible for the dismissal of Santos coach, Dorival Júnior. 

The team was in a dispute against Atlético-GO, when the young man became enraged after a penalty kick was denied to him and awarded to Marcel, thus hurling insults at his coach.

After this attitude, Dorival decided to remove the player from a classic against Corinthians. The board did not agree with the decision and, for maintaining his position, the coach was fired for “insubordination”. 

Faced with this controversy, Renê Simões, until then coach of Atlético-Go, stated “we are creating a monster in Brazilian football“, referring to Neymar. 

In an interview with TNT Sports at the beginning of January 2022, the player said that this was the criticism that impacted him most during his career.

Playing for the Brazilian team, the star, who had the captain's belt, lost his head in a competition in Chile. 

After arguing with Enrique Osses, the Chilean referee, Neymar still had a disagreement with the Colombians at the end of the game, suspending him for four matches. 

It turns out that Brazil lost in its next game, being eliminated by Paraguay.

Neymar was the big star of the 2016 Olympics, where Brazil left the Olympic medal in its own home. 

Even at the beginning of the games, the Brazilian team achieved a 0-0 draw in a game against Iraq. The captain did not react well to the criticism he received and declared a “war” on the media, deciding that he would not give interviews.

In this episode, he was even criticized by the narrator Galvão Bueno, who stated that the attitude taken by Neymar was unprofessional.

Neymar's transition from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain is the subject of different opinions. There are those who say that the player made a good decision, but most arguments lean towards the other side. 

It is not known exactly what motivated the athlete to leave Barça. The star was in a great phase with the team, meshing very well with the famous “MSN” trio, made up of Messi, Suárez and the Brazilian.

Many believe in the idea that Neymar was seeking the much-desired European protagonism, something he did not achieve when competing on the Barcelona field with his teammate Messi, who is also a great football star.

Contrary to those who defended this idea, in the end Messi ended up migrating to PSG too and, to the surprise of many, the decision seemed to please the Brazilian. 

After all, in an interview with former Barça player, Hristo Stoichkov, on TUDN TV (USA), Messi stated “we are happy to be together”, referring to the unity of the attackers in Paris.

Still, doubts hover over Neymar's transition and whether this was the player's right decision. 

Because PSG is a weaker club compared to Barcelona, as well as being less competitive. So, what technical evolution is Neymar looking for when playing there? What challenges does he seek to face?

No one knows for sure. But the player's abandonment to his teammates was harshly criticized by fans, who stated that Neymar left the team “due to money”.

The criticism is not surprising, given that it was the most expensive player transition in the world, costing almost 500 million euros, and provided the Brazilian with the highest salary in Ligue 1, worth 4.08 million euros per month (which worth about R$ 22 million).

It's not just mistakes that make a player, because if it were, he wouldn't be considered one of the best in the world, right? 

Therefore, continue reading to see what the star's positive points are and understand why “MonstroNey” is acclaimed by football fanatics.

Nicknamed “Prince of Goal”, SofaScore data proves that the striker is the Brazilian player with the most goal contributions in the world in 2022.

In this year's record, he has played 26 games, with 24 goals and 12 assists, giving a lot of hope for this World Cup.

It is not today that the player makes history in world football. In his career, he has scored 429 official goals, in addition to having already received the award for the most beautiful goal of the year.

The Ferenc Puskás award, given by FIFA, was given to the player when he was just two years into his professional career, in 2011, scored in a game against Flamengo. 

He may not even score the goal, but many of the balls inside have the athlete's participation. Neymar has around 233 assists in his career, and several awards thanks to these passes. 

The athlete received the 2015–16 and 2016–17 UEFA Champions League Assists Leader award and, as an individual feat, he is the Brazilian player with the most goals and assists in the history of this competition, with 41 goals and 30 assists. . 

In addition, he also received the Ligue 1 Assist Leader Award: 2017–18.

To complete his brilliant record, Neymar is the player with the most assists, and the second highest scorer in the history of the Brazilian team, he was also the one who made the most decisive passes in Europe in 2016 and 2017 – it is no surprise that he was awarded.

It is with these mistakes and successes that Neymar has become an increasingly better player. The player has been having one of his best performances at PSG since recovering from his ankle injury. 

We don't know what other mistakes the star could make, but if there's anything Neymar can do to establish himself once and for all and bury his mistakes, it's to bring the six to Brazil.