From bald to blonde - How Neymar has changed over the years

At just 24 years old, Neymar has already enjoyed a bright career. Having been seen as a world class talent from a young age, the Brazilian has enjoyed immense success at both club and international level. Here, Goal takes a look at how the Barcelona and Brazil hero has changed over the years.

At the age of just 13 the attacker was already doing television interviews.

He has been mixing with greatness from a very young age, even being embraced by footballing icon Diego Maradona

Baby faced and thin, Neymar burst into the Santos first team in 2009.

In his first season, Santos reached the Campeonato Paulista final, only to suffer a 4-2 defeat to Corinthians, with Neymar coming up against Brazil icon Ronaldo.

His personal style soon started to change, as he became as flashy off the field as he is on it.

In 2010, he made his debut for the Selecao, scoring after 28 minutes in a win over the United States.

Then came the famous Mohawk hairstyle.

He continued to shine in the national team, looking right at home alongside the more experienced stars.

He impressed at the 2011 Copa America too, scoring two against Ecuador, though his side crashed out at the quarter-final stage.

That year ended in disappointment, however, with Santos losing in the Club World Cup final to Barcelona.

The hairstyles grew more flamboyant as the international acclaim grew - he won the Puskas Award for 2011.

Cool, stylish and talented, his hairstyle became a bit of a trademark after a while.

By the time the 2014 World Cup came around, Neymar was seen as the man to lead his country to glory.

Even during the World Cup he was changing his hairstyle.

And a year later, lining up against France in a friendly, he made another slight alteration to it.

Come the Copa America in Chile, it was not much different.

And as the 2015-16 campaign kicked off, there was nothing surprising in his look, until...

He went back to his original shaved head look in September 2015.

Then in November, as his hair grew back a bit, he brought out the hairband.

The lack of a Mohawk did not hinder him at all, as he found out in November when he was named as a finalist for the Ballon d'Or.

His hair was looking fairly normal but cool come the awards ceremony.

He kept it fairly simple as Barca returned to action after the winter break.

Even off the pitch he continued to look flashy - a real trendsetter.

Then after a while he opted for the standard swept over look that is rather popular among his generation.

But then he decided to mix it up a bit slightly.

After a while, though, he went back to the simple look.

He did not covet a lot of attention through his hair as he buckled down for the Olympics in Rio, a competition Brazil had never won before.

After scoring the winning penalty in the Olympics final, gold medalist Neymar quickly turned blonde, just like his Barca team-mate Lionel Messi.

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