{"id":13438,"date":"2025-06-30T10:32:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T14:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/neymar-i-will-play-until-my-body-cant-anymore-reveals-his-passion\/"},"modified":"2025-06-30T10:32:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T14:32:00","slug":"neymar-i-will-play-until-my-body-cant-anymore-reveals-his-passion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/soccer\/neymar-i-will-play-until-my-body-cant-anymore-reveals-his-passion\/","title":{"rendered":"Neymar: “I will play until my body can’t anymore”, reveals his passion."},"content":{"rendered":"The Brazilian star Neymar has expressed his firm intention to continue his football career until his physical performance no longer allows him to.\n\nRecently, the 33-year-old player renewed his contract with Santos, extending it until the end of this year, with the possibility of extending it until the 2026 World Cup.\n\n

The Passion for Football: Neymar’s Engine<\/h2>\n\nIn an interview conducted by family and friends, Neymar revealed the reasons that drive him to continue playing professionally.\n\n

What drives me is the love I feel for football. The desire to play, to be on the field, that’s what motivates me every day; to wake up, to train. The love I feel for football will never end. It will be with me for the rest of my life.<\/p>Neymar<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nThe footballer emphasized that his passion for the sport is inexhaustible and that he will continue playing as long as he feels that desire and can perform at the level it demands.\n\nNeymar returned to Santos at the beginning of this year, after ending his contract with Al Hilal.\n\nDuring his time in the Saudi Professional League, injuries kept him off the field, including an anterior cruciate ligament injury suffered in October 2023 while playing with the Brazilian national team.\n\nThis year, recurring muscle injuries have limited Neymar to three goals and three assists in 15 matches with Santos, preventing him from returning to the national team.\n\n

Reviews and Perspectives: Neymar’s Vision<\/h2>\n\nNeymar has been the subject of criticism for his lifestyle. The former Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain player addressed these criticisms.\n\n

I can’t control what others think. It’s hard to respond to people who don’t understand anything about our lives… Judging is easy, but understanding what’s behind it is difficult… I’ve spent my whole career a little sad about this, about people who don’t know me talking about me and not just about football.<\/p>Neymar<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n

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Neymar recientemente firm\u00f3 una extensi\u00f3n de contrato con el Santos.\nRuano Carneiro\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\nThe Brazilian soccer player expressed his desire to be valued more for his performance on the field.\n\nNeymar reflected on the impact of the internet and social media, highlighting the difficulty for athletes to be judged solely on their sporting performance.\n\nDespite the criticism, Neymar stated that he remains mentally strong and that his legacy in football will endure.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Brazilian star Neymar has expressed his firm intention to continue his football career until his physical performance no longer allows him to. Recently, the 33-year-old player renewed his contract with Santos, extending it until the end of this year, with the possibility of extending it until the 2026 World Cup. The Passion for Football: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[65,2123,613,80],"class_list":{"0":"post-13438","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-contract","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-neymar","11":"tag-saints"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}