Neymar was injured while playing with Al Hilal against Esteghlal Tehran, Iran, in the fourth round of the West Group in the AFC Champions League.

Following the match, which ended with Al Hilal winning 3-0, Portuguese Jorge Jesus, the Saudi team’s coach, predicted that Neymar had suffered a muscle injury, expecting him to be absent for at least two weeks.

In numbers

  • Neymar came to Al Hilal on August 16, 2023, carrying an old injury from his experience with Paris Saint-Germain , and because of it he remained absent from his new team until September 3, 2023, for 18 days, according to what was reported by the official website of the Saudi newspaper “Al-Riyadhiyah”, quoting data from the “Transfer Market” website.
  • About two months after joining the Blues, he suffered a horrific injury while playing with the Brazilian national team against its Uruguayan counterpart on October 18, 2023, and was absent from the stadiums for 366 days.
  • If Jesus’ prediction is correct , Neymar’s total absence from Al Hilal due to injuries will reach 398 days out of 460.
  • The percentage of absence days will be about 87 percent of his period with the Saudi League title holder, according to the “Al-Riyadhiyah” website.
  • The same website estimates the periods in which Saint-Germain missed him due to injury at 729 days over 6 years.
  • As for Barcelona, ​​injuries deprived them of the Brazilian star for 147 days in 4 years.
  • Since Neymar moved to Barcelona in the summer of 2013 for a then-record €222 million, Neymar has been sidelined for 1,265 days due to injury, or about three and a half years.