KOLKATA:- The footballing record of 15 years has benn broke by a 15 year old brazilian prodigy. The record of Neymar Jr has been knocked up by a next Chelsea football player, He is a legendary player in the Brazilian football world.
However, it would not be wrong to say that injury and Neymar Jr. are synonymous. Maybe he could have sat in the same seat with Messi-Ronaldo if he had not been knocked out of the field due to injury for various reasons. However, after being out for a long time due to injury, he finally returned to the field.
However, even if he did not get success in the field after speculation; A record made by him has now been lost from the record book of the Brazilian star. 15 years ago today, this special record of Neymar was broken by his native Estêvão (Neymar record broken by Estêvão). Note that despite being a Brazilian, Esteva also considers Neymar’s teammate Lionel Messi as his idol.
Estevao Willian has scored the most goals in Brazilian Serie A this season. The 17-year-old winger has scored 10 goals and 8 assists in eight matches for Palmaros. He has contributed to 18 goals in total. And in this performance, the 17-year-old rising star of Brazil erased Neymar’s name from a page in the record book.
Never before has an under-17 player contributed so many goals in a season in the Brazilian Serie A. Neymar took the record 15 years ago in 2009 by contributing 16 goals for Santos.
🚨 Estevao has just scored again and broken Neymar’s record for the most G/A by an U-17 player in the Brasileirão this century. (@DataFutebol) #CFC 🇧🇷 pic.twitter.com/g5GIVZJQwF
— Pys (@CFCPys) October 20, 2024
However, Estevao’s identity is not entirely new even though he has come to the headlines playing in the Brazilian Serie A. Earlier, due to Neymar’s absence, he made his debut against Ecuador in the World Cup qualifying match. The young winger of Palmeiras immediately entered the history pages. He became the fifth youngest footballer to debut in Brazil’s jersey.
But after breaking his own record, Al Hilal’s Brazilian star Neymar congratulated his successor. At the same time, the former forward of Barcelona gave Estevao the motivation to play like this. Neymar, who returned to action last night after 369 days out from injury, posted a photo of Estevao’s goal celebration on his Instagram story, writing, ‘Congratulations (Estevao) for breaking the record. You spread light like this and charm everyone.’
However, despite receiving a message from Neymar, the Brazilian winger’s idol is Lionel Messi. He also posted the picture of this world-winning Argentine star on his Instagram post. He is also known as ‘Little Messi’ due to his skills in Palmeiras club in Brazil.
Incidentally, Estêvão will join Chelsea when he turns 18 next season (Neymar record broken by Estêvão). The rising star of Brazil has already signed a contract with the English Premier League club. His transfer fee could be 56 million pounds.
