Neymar’s Special Record After Scoring the Decisive Goal of Brasil to Uruguay

DBasia.news – The friendly match between two South American countries, Brasil and Uruguay national team, ended 1-0 for Brasil at Wembley, Saturday (17/11). Neymar scored the decisive goal for Brasil from the penalty area.

For Neymar, this is his 95th match with Brasil national team. He has surpassed the statistic of Brasil legendary goalkeeper, Gilmar, who played 94 caps from 1953 to 1969. Gilmar was the prominent goalkeeper when Brasil won the 1958 and 1962 World Cup.

With this statistic, Neymar is in the 10th rank of Brasil players with most caps of all time. Neymar still has the chance to have a better position. Currently, the 9th rank is for Ronaldinho with 97 caps. In front of Ronaldinho, there are Djalma Santos (98 caps), Robinho (100), and Claudio Taffarel (105).

Meanwhile, to be Brasil’s player with the most caps throughout the history, Neymar is still very far. The predicate is on Cafu with 142 caps. But, considering that he is still 26, Neymar has the chance to pass it.

Talking about the record, currently, Neymar is chasing the 62 goalscoring record of Brasil national team by Ronaldo da Lima. Yes, Neymar’s goal to Uruguay is the 60th goal with Samba team. Ronaldo is the second top-scorer in Brasil. Meanwhile, the player with the most goalscoring record of all time is Pele with 77 goals.