On 21 April, Neymar took his tally to 30 objectives for the season by scoring twice in Barcelona's 2–0 Champions League quarter-final win over Paris Saint-Germain . Neymar started the 2013 Campeonato Paulista scoring twice within the first match, which ended a 3–1 win over São Bernardo on 19 January 2013. Four days afterward 23 January 2013, Neymar scored once more towards Botafogo in a 3–0 win. On 3 February 2013, within the Paulista fixture against São Paulo, the place Santos received 3–1, with Neymar scoring and making two assists. On 18 March 2013, Neymar advised that he had a "dream of taking half in in Europe, for a giant club like Barcelona, Real Madrid and Chelsea." But he went on to say, "There's no point in speculating once I'll leave Santos. I'll go away once I need to." On 25 August 2012, he scored a brace in the 2–1 away win at Palmeiras.

On 21 November, Neymar scored one and offered a back heel assist for Andrés Iniesta in Barcelona's 4–0 away win in opposition to Real Madrid. He scored twice in a 4–0 house win over Real Sociedad on 28 November, taking his La Liga complete to 14 targets in 12 games. On 30 November, Neymar was shortlisted for the 2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or alongside Messi and Ronaldo, and subsequently got here third. The entrance three of Messi, Suárez and Neymar finished the season with 131 targets, breaking the document they had set the earlier year for many goals by an attacking trio in a single season. In May, the closing month of the season, Neymar scored the final objective in a 3–0 win towards Bayern Munich in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final. A week later, he scored each the team's targets in a 3–2-second leg defeat at the Allianz Arena to make sure Barça would qualify for the 2015 UEFA Champions League Final.

There had been a number of causes behind Neymar's decision to contemplate a future elsewhere, but one major moment that sparked this sequence of occasions was when Lionel Messi signed a model new contract at Barca to increase his keep till 2021. One factor that puzzled nearly everybody, although, was why the player would come to such a choice. He gave interviews across 20 countries and struggled to entry his social media due to the sudden consideration. Within hours, the story had spread around the globe, and everyone in football was taking an interest.

On 5 June, however, he suffered an ankle harm in a 2–0 friendly win over Qatar and was ruled out of the event, with Neymar anticipated to miss four weeks because of the harm. In Brazil's quarter-final conflict with Colombia on thirteen August, Neymar scored Brazil's first goal of the match, from a direct free kick, and also set up his nation's second goal in an eventual 2–0 win. In Brazil's semi-final clash with Honduras on 18 August, Neymar scored twice, Brazil's first and final goals of the match, in a 6–0 win. In the quarter-final win over Colombia, whereas difficult for the ball, Neymar was kneed within the again by Juan Camilo Zúñiga and had to be removed from the pitch on a stretcher. A hospital scan revealed that Neymar had suffered a fractured vertebra in his spine and he missed the the rest of the World Cup. Earlier in the match, Neymar assisted Thiago Silva's opening goal with a cross from a nook kick.

Neymar began enjoying soccer as a boy in São Vicente, under the guidance of his father, a former skilled footballer who remained a close adviser and mentor all through his son’s profession. Having played avenue and indoor five-a-side football, Neymar joined Portuguesa Santista’s youth group in São Vicente, and in 2003 he and his family moved to Santos. There Neymar, who was already an impressive participant, joined the youth academy of Santos FC (the same membership for which Brazilian soccer legend Pelé starred over the vast majority of his home career).

The worst part was Leganes were not allowed to sign anyone to take his place. Over €300m was invested in Philippe Coutinho, Antoine Griezmann and Ousmane Dembele in the quick aftermath of Neymar's departure. Only Dembele stays on the membership, with the other two players moved on at an enormous loss.

French newspaper L’Equipe on Monday reported that Neymar reprimanded team-mates Vitinha and Hugo Ekitike for failing to move him the ball in the course of the Ligue 1 defeat. The media outlet also claimed Campos — unhappy with the team’s ‘lack of... In May 2019, Neymar was included in Brazil's 23-man squad for the 2019 Copa América on home soil.

In the final against Germany at the Maracanã in Rio on 20 August, Neymar opened the scoring with a free-kick after 27 minutes. The game completed 1–1 after Max Meyer equalised in the second-half. Brazil beat Germany 5–4 on penalties, and Neymar scored the successful penalty to deliver Brazil its first Olympic gold medal in males's football. Both during and prior to the tournament, he had been subjected to criticism over his conduct on and off the pitch, with several former Brazil players suggesting that he was not fit to captain the national team. Neymar subsequently renounced the captaincy following their Olympic victory. On 6 June 2015, Neymar scored the third goal for Barça within the 3–1 Champions League Final defeat of Italian champions Juventus at Berlin's Olympiastadion, guaranteeing the membership received its fifth European Cup.