{"id":491623,"date":"2026-06-14T01:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T01:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/491623\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T01:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T01:02:09","slug":"every-major-injury-neymar-suffered-at-the-fifa-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/491623\/","title":{"rendered":"Every Major Injury Neymar Suffered at the FIFA World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"

Neymar<\/a> is known to be one of the best technical players in world football, but one thing that has haunted his career over the years is his injury record.<\/p>\n

His injury record has been poor throughout his career, and many fans expected that Brazil<\/a> head coach Carlo Ancelotti would not take Neymar to the World Cup<\/a>. Ancelotti ultimately decided to call up Neymar to the Brazil World Cup roster.<\/p>\n

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However, Neymar does not arrive at the 2026 World Cup fully fit after suffering a muscle tear while playing for Santos FC a few weeks ago. This injury will cause Neymar to miss Brazil’s World Cup opening match against Morocco<\/a> today.<\/p>\n

Let’s take a look at other injuries Neymar has suffered during or around a World Cup.<\/p>\n

Neymar’s 2014 Injury vs Colombia<\/a><\/p>\n

One of the most heartbreaking injuries during a World Cup was Neymar fracturing his vertebra after taking a knee from Colombia player Juan Camilo Zuniga.<\/p>\n

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Brazil and Colombia played each other in the 2014 World Cup quarterfinals. Brazil won the match 2-1 and advanced to the semifinals, but the win was bittersweet as Neymar suffered an injury that ruled him out for the rest of the tournament.<\/p>\n

Neymar was the best player for Brazil in that tournament and missed Brazil’s semifinal match against Germany<\/a> and the third-place match against the Netherlands<\/a>; both matches ended in losses for Brazil.<\/p>\n

\"NeymarNeymar of Brazil lies injured during the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Quarter Final match between Brazil and Colombia at Estadio Castelao on July 4, 2014 in Fortaleza, Brazil<\/a>. (Photo by Lars Baron – FIFA\/FIFA via Getty Images)Photo by Lars Baron – FIFA&sol;FIFA via Getty ImagesNeymar’s 2014 thigh injury<\/p>\n

Neymar played in all three of Brazil’s group stage matches in the 2014 World Cup, but the toll of the games left to issues for the Brazilian star.<\/p>\n

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It was reported that Neymar suffered from severe thigh and knee bruising issue. Neymar managed to play through the pain, but the Brazilian star would then suffer a back fracture in the quarterfinals that ruled him out.<\/p>\n

Neymar’s 2018 Ankle Injury<\/p>\n

In the 2018 World Cup in Russia, Neymar did not seem normal during the matches as he had recently recovered from a fractured metatarsal and severe ankle sprain.<\/p>\n

Nyemar lacked full fitness throughout the tournament but played in all five matches, where he scored two goals and provided an assist.<\/p>\n

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Neymar played all 90 minutes of all five matches he played in for Brazil in the 2018 World Cup.<\/p>\n

Neymar’s 2022 Ankle Ligament Issue<\/p>\n

Neymar arrived at the 2022 World Cup fit, but in Brazil’s opening game against Serbia, the Brazilian star received a tackle that caused ligament damage to his right ankle.<\/p>\n

Neymar was taken off in the 80th minute and missed the rest of the group stage, which was against Switzerland<\/a> and Cameroon.<\/p>\n

Neymar returned for the knockout stage, where he played against South Korea<\/a> and Croatia<\/a>. Neymar scored two goals and provided an assist in the 2022 World Cup.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Jun 13, 2026, where it first appeared in the Soccer<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Neymar is known to be one of the best technical players in world football, but one thing that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":491624,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[54313,1083,4646,39244,170,85,46,29334,12512,77585,11471,105,3950,6866],"class_list":["post-491623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-2022-world-cup","tag-brazil","tag-colombia","tag-croatia","tag-germany","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-morocco","tag-netherlands","tag-neymar","tag-south-korea","tag-sports","tag-switzerland","tag-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=491623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491623\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/491624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}