Neymar Trivia
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49 free Neymar trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Sep 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 01Which small-sided game shaped young Neymar's skills?
Futsal
Futsal shaped his game alongside street football, until Santos spotted the 11-year-old and signed him to its youth academy.
Q 02Which penalty trick, a trademark of teenage Neymar, did football's lawmakers ban in 2010?
Pausing after the run-up
Pausing after the run-up, his 'little stop', became a bookable offence, although a feint while still running in stayed legal.
Q 03Who rejoined Neymar's Santos from Manchester City in 2010?
Robinho
Robinho's final game on loan won Santos the Copa do Brasil for the first time.
Q 04Aged 14, Neymar had a trial with the youth team of which European giant?
Real Madrid
Real Madrid gave him a trial in 2006, but he went back to Santos, and seven years later he signed for Madrid's great rivals Barcelona instead.
Q 05Which Santos coach was sacked in 2010 after trying to drop teenage Neymar for a derby?
Dorival Júnior
Dorival Júnior had punished Neymar for a row over who took a penalty, but when he moved to keep him out of the Corinthians derby, the board sacked the coach instead.
Q 06Which continental trophy did Neymar lead Santos to in 2011?
the Copa Libertadores
The Copa Libertadores was Santos's first since Pelé's side of the 1960s, and it sent them to the Club World Cup, where Barcelona beat them 4–0 in the final.
Q 07Which Uruguayan club did Santos beat in the 2011 continental final?
Peñarol
Peñarol lost the second leg 2–1 in São Paulo, where Neymar opened the scoring just after half-time and was booked for the second game running.
Q 08Neymar's 2011 Puskás-winning goal came in a 5–4 loss to which club, inspired by Ronaldinho?
Flamengo
Flamengo came back from 3–0 down at the Vila Belmiro to win 5–4, with Ronaldinho scoring a hat-trick against Santos.
Q 09How did Santos keep Neymar after Chelsea bid in 2010?
A pay rise and new contract
A pay rise and new contract kept him at Santos, where he stayed until joining Barcelona in 2013.
Q 10Taunted by Inter de Limeira's fans in 2025, how did Santos's Neymar score in reply?
Direct from a corner
Direct from a corner: the first time the home fans jeered him there he set up a goal, and the second time he decided to shoot himself.
Q 11Which magazine put Neymar on its February 2013 cover as 'The Next Pelé'?
Time
Time put him on its international cover, and in its interview he said he intended to stay at Santos, months before he joined Barcelona.
Q 12What did Barcelona president Sandro Rosell do amid a lawsuit over Neymar's transfer?
Resigned
Rosell resigned, insisting he had acted correctly, and vice-president Josep Maria Bartomeu took over.
Q 13Neymar's header earned a 1–1 draw at Atlético in the first leg of the 2013 Super Cup; how did Barcelona win it?
On away goals
On away goals, as the second leg finished goalless even though Barcelona hit the crossbar with an 89th-minute penalty.
Q 21What was the world-record fee PSG paid for Neymar in 2017?
€222 million
€222 million was paid in person at Barcelona's offices by his lawyers, after La Liga had refused to accept the money.
Q 22In 2017 La Liga's boss said PSG were caught peeing in the pool, with Neymar doing it from where?
The diving board
The diving board, said Javier Tebas, who accused PSG of 'financial doping' and wanted UEFA to investigate the club's spending.
Q 23Injured Neymar watched Manchester United knock PSG out in 2019, then earned a three-match European ban for what?
An Instagram rant at officials
Q 14Which striker made up Barcelona's 'MSN' attack beside Neymar?
Luis Suárez
Luis Suárez joined from Liverpool in 2014 while banned for biting an opponent at the World Cup, so his competitive Barcelona debut waited until late October.
Q 15Neymar scored in the 2015 Champions League final against which club?
Juventus
Juventus lost 3–1 in Berlin, where Neymar scored with the last kick of the game to seal Barcelona's second treble.
Q 16Which Neymar trick enraged Athletic Bilbao in the 2015 cup final?
Rainbow flick
His rainbow flick with Barcelona 3–1 up late on drew a shove from Bustinza and sparked a melee between the teams.
Q 17Which Borussia Dortmund winger did Barcelona sign weeks after Neymar left in 2017?
Ousmane Dembélé
Ousmane Dembélé cost Barcelona up to £135.5m, left for PSG for £43.5m in 2023 and won the Ballon d'Or two years later.
Q 18In Barcelona's 6–1 'Remontada' over PSG, what did Neymar do late on?
Two goals and an assist
Two goals and an assist: a free kick, a penalty, then the pass Sergi Roberto turned in to overturn a 4–0 first-leg loss.
Q 19The 2017 Copa del Rey final, with Neymar's last competitive Barcelona goal, was which coach's farewell?
Luis Enrique
Luis Enrique had won a treble in his three seasons, and in 2025 he won the Champions League again, this time with PSG.
Q 20Which Barcelona team-mate posted 'Se queda' with Neymar weeks before his PSG move?
Piqué
Piqué later said the post was nothing official, and within two weeks Neymar had left for PSG.
An Instagram rant at officials followed a late VAR penalty that sent United through on away goals, and it cost him three European games.
Q 24PSG fans booed Neymar in a 2018 rout of Dijon for taking a penalty instead of which record-chasing team-mate?
Cavani
Cavani had drawn level with Zlatan Ibrahimović's club record of 156 goals that day, and he broke it ten days later against Montpellier.
Q 25Neymar's first appearance of 2019–20, amid boos, ended with what kind of winning goal against Strasbourg?
a stoppage-time bicycle kick
A stoppage-time bicycle kick won it 1–0, after a summer in which he had tried and failed to force a move back to Barcelona.
Q 26Which club beat PSG 1–0 in the 2020 Champions League final?
Bayern Munich
Bayern Munich won with a header by Kingsley Coman, who grew up in Paris and had come through PSG's youth ranks.
Q 27Why did Neymar's 2020 hat-trick against Başakşehir come a day late?
A walk-off over racism
A walk-off over racism halted it, as both teams left after the fourth official was accused of a racist term towards assistant coach Pierre Webó.
Q 28In 2023, PSG fans gathered outside Neymar's Paris home to do what?
Demand he leave
They came to demand he leave, and PSG condemned the protest and raised security at the homes of its stars.
Q 29Which injury, suffered against Marseille in February 2018, kept Neymar out of PSG's Champions League last-16 second leg?
A broken foot bone
A broken foot bone, the fifth metatarsal, sidelined him, and without him PSG lost 2–1 at home to the European champions and went out.
Q 30How did Brazil fare at the 2019 Copa América, which Neymar missed injured?
Champions
Champions without him, Brazil beat Peru 3–1 in the final for their first Copa América title since 2007.