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Neymar made Brazil's World Cup squad connected Monday (May 18, 2026), a enactment galore section analysts and erstwhile footballers deemed improbable lone days ago.
The 34-year-old Neymar is Brazil's all-time apical goal-scorer with 79, but has struggled to instrumentality to apical fittingness since helium tore his near ACL successful October 2023.
Coach Carlo Ancelotti's 26-man squad besides features, arsenic expected, Brazil's main players successful caller years, Vinicius Júnior and Raphinha.
The Italian manager who took implicit successful May 2025 had not summoned Neymar until Monday (May 18, 2026).
Ancelotti extended his declaration with the Brazilian Football Confederation past week to the 2030 World Cup but helium has had a troubled spell successful Brazil truthful acold with galore injured players retired of his World Cup squad; strikers Rodrygo and Estevao are the ones helium volition miss the astir successful North America.
Brazil team
Goalkeepers: Alisson (Liverpool), Ederson (Fenerbahce), Weverton (Gremio)
Defenders: Alex Sandro, Danilo, Leo Pereira (Flamengo), Bremer (Juventus), Ibanez (Al-Ahli), Wesley (Roma), Marquinhos (Paris Saint-Germain), Gabriel Magalhaes (Arsenal), Douglas Santos (Zenit St. Petersburg)
Midfielders: Bruno Guimaraes (Newcastle), Casemiro (Manchester United), Danilo Santos (Botafogo), Fabinho (Al-Ittihad), Lucas Paqueta (Flamengo)
Forwards: Endrick (Lyon), Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal), Igor Thiago (Brentford), Matheus Cunha (Manchester United), Raphinha (Barcelona), Vinicius Júnior (Real Madrid), Luiz Henrique (Zenit St. Petersburg), Neymar (Santos), Rayan (Bournemouth).
