Neymar Jr. (association football)

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Brazil international footballer association football player human

Neymar Jr. is a Brazilian professional footballer widely regarded for his flair, dribbling, and goal-scoring ability, starring for clubs like Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain as well as the Brazil national team.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Neymar	10
Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior	2
Neymar Jr.	1
Neymar Jr. (association football) canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1140473 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Neymar Jr. (association football)
Context triple: [Puma, sponsorsAthlete, Neymar Jr. (association football)]

A. Lionel Messi
Lionel Messi is an Argentine professional footballer widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, known for his extraordinary dribbling, playmaking, and goal-scoring records for club and country.
B. Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo is a Portuguese professional footballer widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, known for his prolific goal-scoring, athleticism, and success with clubs and country.
C. Ricardo Nunes
Ricardo Nunes is a Brazilian politician who serves as the mayor of São Paulo, one of the largest cities in the world.
D. Pele
Pele is the Hawaiian goddess of volcanoes and fire, revered as the powerful creator and destroyer of land in Hawaiian mythology.
E. Obafemi Martins
Obafemi Martins is a Nigerian professional footballer known for his explosive pace, acrobatic goal celebrations, and prolific scoring spells in Europe and Major League Soccer.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Neymar Jr. (association football)
Target entity description: Neymar Jr. is a Brazilian professional footballer widely regarded for his flair, dribbling, and goal-scoring ability, starring for clubs like Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain as well as the Brazil national team.

A. Lionel Messi
Lionel Messi is an Argentine professional footballer widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, known for his extraordinary dribbling, playmaking, and goal-scoring records for club and country.
B. Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo is a Portuguese professional footballer widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, known for his prolific goal-scoring, athleticism, and success with clubs and country.
C. Ricardo Nunes
Ricardo Nunes is a Brazilian politician who serves as the mayor of São Paulo, one of the largest cities in the world.
D. Pele
Pele is the Hawaiian goddess of volcanoes and fire, revered as the powerful creator and destroyer of land in Hawaiian mythology.
E. Obafemi Martins
Obafemi Martins is a Nigerian professional footballer known for his explosive pace, acrobatic goal celebrations, and prolific scoring spells in Europe and Major League Soccer.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Brazil international footballer ⓘ association football player ⓘ human ⓘ
clubDebutYearForAlHilal	2023 ⓘ
clubDebutYearForBarcelona	2013 ⓘ
clubDebutYearForParisSaintGermain	2017 ⓘ
clubDebutYearForSantos	2009 ⓘ
countryOfBirth	Brazil ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Brazil ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1992-02-05 ⓘ
familyName	da Silva Santos ⓘ
fullName	Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior ⓘ linked to: Neymar Jr. (association football)
givenName	Neymar ⓘ linked to: Neymar Jr. (association football)
hasAchievement	one of Brazil’s all-time leading goal scorers ⓘ
hasPlayedFor	Al Hilal SFC ⓘ Brazil national football team ⓘ FC Barcelona ⓘ Paris Saint-Germain F.C. ⓘ Santos FC ⓘ
height	approximately 1.75 m ⓘ
knownFor	dribbling ability ⓘ flair ⓘ goal-scoring ability ⓘ
nationalTeamDebutYear	2010 ⓘ
participatedIn	2012 Summer Olympics football tournament ⓘ linked to: Men's Olympic Football Tournament 2014 FIFA World Cup ⓘ 2016 Summer Olympics football tournament ⓘ linked to: Men's Olympic Football Tournament 2018 FIFA World Cup ⓘ 2022 FIFA World Cup ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Mogi das Cruzes ⓘ
positionPlayed	forward ⓘ winger ⓘ
seniorDebutFor	Santos FC ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
shirtNumberAtBrazilNationalTeam	10 ⓘ
shirtNumberAtParisSaintGermain	10 ⓘ
sport	association football ⓘ
styleOfPlay	prolific goal scorer ⓘ skilful dribbler ⓘ technical and creative attacker ⓘ
transfer	moved from FC Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain in 2017 ⓘ moved from Santos FC to FC Barcelona in 2013 ⓘ
transferFeeRecord	world-record transfer fee in 2017 move to Paris Saint-Germain ⓘ
won	2011 Copa Libertadores ⓘ linked to: Copa Libertadores 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup ⓘ 2014-15 La Liga ⓘ linked to: La Liga 2015 UEFA Champions League ⓘ linked to: UEFA Champions League 2014–15 2016 Olympic gold medal in men’s football ⓘ multiple Ligue 1 titles with Paris Saint-Germain ⓘ
youthClub	Portuguesa Santista ⓘ Santos FC ⓘ

How these facts were elicited