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50 free Neymar trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior was earning 125,000 reais a month at 16, made his Santos debut at 17, won the Copa Libertadores at 19 and was on the cover of Time as 'The Next Pelé' at 21. Then came Barcelona and the MSN trio, a treble, 105 goals in four seasons, the Remontada against PSG, and in 2017 the €222 million move to Paris that remains the most expensive transfer ever made. This quiz follows the whole career: the Real Madrid trial at 14, the Puskás goal against Flamengo, the Camp Nou unveiling and the transfer investigation, the 2015 Champions League final, the PSG injuries and records, the short Al Hilal spell, the emotional return to Santos in a number 10 shirt, and the Brazil story from a debut goal against the USA through the 2014 back injury, Olympic gold in 2016, the Confederations Cup Golden Ball and the 80 goals that took him past Pelé. Fifty questions, four options each, with a short explanation after every answer. Play in sets of ten or print it for a football quiz night.
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Q 01In which year was Neymar born?
1992
He made his professional debut a month after turning 17, in March 2009.
Q 02In which São Paulo city was Neymar born?
Mogi das Cruzes
The family moved to São Vicente and then Santos in 2003, buying a house next to the Vila Belmiro.
Q 03Which Brazilian player did Neymar call his 'idol' growing up?
Robinho
Robinho, like Neymar, came through the Santos academy and wore number 10 there.
Q 04Aged 14, Neymar had a trial with the youth team of which European giant?
Real Madrid
His father decided the boy should keep growing up at Santos.
Q 05Neymar made his professional debut for Santos in 2009 against which club?
Oeste
It was a 2–1 win in the Campeonato Paulista, one month after his 17th birthday.
Q 06Which continental trophy did Neymar lead Santos to in 2011?
the Copa Libertadores
It was the club's first since the Pelé era of the 1960s; he was named the tournament's best player.
Q 07Which Uruguayan club did Santos beat in the 2011 continental final?
Peñarol
Neymar opened the scoring in the 2–1 second leg.
Q 08Neymar's 2011 FIFA Puskás Award-winning solo goal came in a 5–4 loss to which club?
Flamengo
Ronaldinho was on the other side in that nine-goal thriller.
Q 09Which two Premier League clubs bid for Neymar in the summer of 2010?
Chelsea and West Ham United
Chelsea's bid was reported at around £20 million; he stayed in Brazil.
Q 10Neymar took the 2011 Club World Cup Bronze Ball behind Messi and which other player?
Xavi
Santos lost the final 4–0 to Barcelona, the club Neymar joined 18 months later.
Q 11Which magazine put Neymar on its cover in February 2013 as 'The Next Pelé'?
Time
He was the first Brazilian athlete on its cover.
Q 12What did Barcelona reveal Neymar's transfer had really cost after a 2014 investigation?
€86.2 million
President Sandro Rosell resigned the day before the figure was released.
Q 13Whom did Neymar replace for his Barcelona debut in a 7–0 win over Levante?
Alexis Sánchez
He came on in the 63rd minute of the 2013–14 opener.
Q 14What did the media call the Messi, Suárez and Neymar front three?
Q 21How many goals did Neymar score in 186 Barcelona appearances?
105
He added 76 assists in four seasons.
Q 22What was the world-record fee PSG paid for Neymar in 2017?
€222 million
His lawyers paid it directly to Barcelona after La Liga refused to accept the money.
Q 23Which PSG midfielder handed Neymar the number 10 shirt as a 'welcome gift'?
Javier Pastore
The Eiffel Tower lit up in red and blue to mark his arrival.
Q 24Against which club did Neymar make his PSG debut, scoring and assisting in a 3–0 win?
MSN
They scored 122 goals in 2014–15 and 131 the next season, both Spanish records.
Q 15Neymar scored in the 2015 Champions League final against which club?
Juventus
Barcelona won 3–1 in Berlin to become the first club to win the treble twice.
Q 16Where did Neymar finish in the 2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or?
third
He took 7.86 percent of the vote behind Messi and Ronaldo.
Q 17Against which club did Neymar score four goals in a 5–2 win during Messi's 2015 injury absence?
Rayo Vallecano
He hit 13 goals and 9 assists in just 8 games in that stretch.
Q 18What was Neymar's initial buy-out clause in the Barcelona contract he signed in July 2016?
€200 million
It rose to €222 million in year two, the figure PSG eventually paid.
Q 19Barcelona's 6–1 'Remontada' over PSG in 2017 overturned what first-leg score?
a 4–0 loss
Neymar scored twice and assisted the 95th-minute winner in the final seven minutes.
Q 20Neymar's final Barcelona goal came in the 2017 Copa del Rey final against which club?
Alavés
It made him the first since Ferenc Puskás to score in three straight Copa del Rey finals.
Guingamp
Guingamp defender Lucas Deaux said he had 'never seen a player like this before'.
Q 25In January 2018 Neymar scored four and assisted two in an 8–0 rout of which club?
Dijon
L'Équipe gave him a rare 10 rating for the performance.
Q 26Neymar's first appearance of 2019–20, amid boos, ended with what kind of winning goal against Strasbourg?
a stoppage-time bicycle kick
He had spent the summer pushing for a return to Barcelona.
Q 27Which club beat PSG 1–0 in the 2020 Champions League final?
Bayern Munich
It was PSG's first final; Neymar was visibly distraught at full time.
Q 28Against which club did Neymar score a Champions League hat-trick in a 5–1 win in 2020?
İstanbul Başakşehir
It made him the first player to reach 20 Champions League goals for two different clubs.
Q 29What nickname did the media give the Mbappé, Neymar and Messi trio at PSG?
MNM
Messi and Sergio Ramos arrived in 2021 to make PSG favourites.
Q 30Neymar scored his 100th PSG goal in a 5–0 win over which club?
Metz
It made him one of the few to score 100 for three different clubs.