Neymar

CTL-E-5838 · Person · other · 1992–present

VERIFIED evidence grade — build store (JSON graph)

Combined Graph record U-07094 · provenance: build store (JSON graph), record CTL-E-5838.

Neymar, in full Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior, born 5 February 1992 in Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward or attacking midfielder. He debuted for Santos in 2009 and helped the club win the Copa Libertadores in 2011, then joined Barcelona in 2013, where the attacking trio he formed with Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez won the continental treble in 2014–15. In 2017 he moved to Paris Saint-Germain in a world-record transfer, won multiple Ligue 1 titles, and reached the 2020 Champions League final; after a spell with Al-Hilal he returned to Santos in January 2025. For Brazil, in official FIFA matches, he scored his 78th and 79th international goals against Bolivia in September 2023, passing Pelé's official tally of 77 to become the men's team's all-time top scorer.

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• Also known as: Neymar Jr., Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior

Notes

Staged 2026-10-16 under CTL-GOV-006 (Census Intake Wave 2 — 747 Program, Wave 8; 40-record packet). Gate A (2026-10-16): no Neymar entity in the live graph at 3,523 entities (exact / normalized / alias + token containment); ID CTL-E-5838 free. Supply: 747 Supply Ledger, Tier 3 — Famous Birthdays ABSENT census, readiness rank 968 (Soccer Players list). The census supplied the NAME ONLY; no fact in this record is sourced to it (CTL-GOV-004). SCOPE GATE: PASS — Brazilian football figure supplied on the Soccer Players census list, carried under the program's diaspora/global scope; no identity claim beyond the sourced biography is asserted. Vital status: LIVING — playing for Santos and Brazil in 2026 (Wikipedia, accessed 2026-10-16). CONFLICTS CARRIED: (1) the record framing — FIFA's official-match count gives Pelé 77 and Neymar 79 at the record match (September 2023), while Brazil's confederation (CBF) counts Pelé at 95 including friendlies against club sides; both framings are shown, neither blended. (2) Later tallies — biographical listings consulted in October 2026 report a higher running Brazil total than the 79 of September 2023; the dated record-match statistic is the one asserted here. STATISTICS (sourced, dated): 79 goals in 125 internationals in official FIFA matches, passing Pelé's official 77, set 8 September 2023 vs. Bolivia (ESPN/AP); CBF's broader count for Pelé is 95 — shown as a conflicting framing, not merged — accessed 2026-10-16. MEDIA: photo HELD (candidate: Wikimedia Commons match photography of this subject exists; no file page was read at file-page level in this pass, so no image is cleared — CTL-PHOTO-001; a CTL-created graphic is the standing alternative); chart FILLED (charts/chart-ctl-e-5838-neymar.svg); video HELD (the Shorts Link Map catalog was checked by name and variants — no matching-entity CTL Short exists for this subject); audio HELD (no CTL-owned or rights-cleared matching-entity audio). MEDIA LAYER (staged 2026-10-16; full per-asset PHOTO-001 records + embed specs in the packet's staged JSON, Drive packet folder): map = N/A (Person records carry no map slot under the media-layer rule; maps attach to places and institutions.) | visual_assets = HELD: | chart = FILLED (CTL-created SVG (black / deep red / gold) built only from this record's sourced facts) | video = HELD (No matching-entity CTL Short in the Shorts Link Map catalog (checked by name and variants), and no official/em) | audio = HELD (No CTL-owned or rights-cleared matching-entity audio at staging; the subject's own recordings/performances are)

Relationships

• Kylian Mbappé — collaborated with
  Neymar and Kylian Mbappé were Paris Saint-Germain teammates from 2017, playing together in the same attacking line; AFP-syndicated and sports-press coverage of Mbappé's 2024 departure records the two as PSG teammates alongside Lionel Messi.

Sources

• ESPN (ESPN News Services), "Neymar overtakes Pele to become Brazil all-time men's record scorer" (9 September 2023) — two goals vs. Bolivia took Neymar to 79 goals in 125 internationals, past Pelé's 77; Pelé Foundation wording specifies goals in official FIFA matches — https://www.espn.ph/football/story/_/id/38356889/neymar-overtakes-pele-become-brazil-all-men-record-scorer (primary source · build store)
• Associated Press, via WCIA, "Neymar scores 78th, 79th goals to surpass Pelé and break Brazil's all-time goal-scoring record" (September 2023) — record set in a 5-1 World Cup qualifying win over Bolivia in Belém — https://www.wcia.com/sports/ap-sports/ap-neymar-breaks-brazils-goal-scoring-record-in-5-1-win-in-south-american-world-cup-qualifying/amp/ (primary source · build store)
• Wikipedia, "Neymar" — born 5 February 1992, Mogi das Cruzes; Santos debut 2009 and Copa Libertadores 2011; Barcelona treble 2014–15; Paris Saint-Germain (2017), Al-Hilal, return to Santos (January 2025) — http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neymar (build store)

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