5 Things You Didn't Know About Neymar

#3 He scored his 100th professional goal on his 20th birthday

Neymar began his professional career at Santos.

Most players would struggling to make the first team of their clubs at the age of 20. Neymar Jr. is quite clearly not like most players though. In fact, the Brazilian scored his 100th professional goal on his 20th birthday.

On February 2012, Neymar marked his 20th birthday in a way that most footballers can only dream of. The fact that he had already scored 100 goals as a professional footballer at such a tender age is just mind-boggling.

Surprisingly, the goal did not come from one of those mazy runs that Neymar is famous for. Instead it came from a weapon that he rarely uses to put the ball into the net: his head.