With his suspension overturned by Brazil’s Superior Court of Sports Justice (STJD), Neymar is cleared to play for Santos in the final stretch of the Brasileirão and is targeting a fitness milestone he has not reached since joining Paris Saint-Germain.
If he plays at least 282 minutes over the final four rounds, the No. 10 will surpass 2,400 minutes of club football in a year (excluding appearances for Brazil)—a mark he last reached in the 2017/2018 season, when he logged 2,697 minutes in France.
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If he plays in all four remaining fixtures, the forward will also match the 31 appearances he made for PSG in 2020/2021.
The first step comes this Wednesday (18) at 7:30 p.m. (Brasília time), against Coritiba at Couto Pereira in the 35th round.
The match will be the star’s 28th in 2026, matching last year’s total, but with greater attacking productivity: he already has 10 goals and eight assists this season, compared with 11 goals and four assists in 2025.
His improved fitness helps explain the run of appearances.
After suffering nearly 30 injuries between 2013 and 2023 and being sidelined four times following his return to Vila Belmiro last year, Neymar has dealt with just two injuries in 2026—a right calf injury in May (which ruled him out of Brazil’s opening World Cup matches) and a right thigh injury in September—missing other games only to manage his workload.
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