Who is Neymar’s sister? Rafaella Santos and the ‘curse’ of her birthday

Paris Saint-Germain and Brazil star Neymar has had a peculiar behavior of being sidelined with harm in the course of the time of his sister Rafaella’s birthday.

Followers have been fast to select up on the curious sample, with the Brazil worldwide lacking matches round this time for the previous few years.

Rafaella’s birthday falls on March 11 and Neymar has been both injured or suspended for video games surrounding that sport because the 2014-15 season.

It’s no secret that the samba star is extremely near his sister, with the ex-Barcelona ahead even having a tattoo of her face on his arm.

Who’s Rafaella Santos?

Rafaella Santos is Neymar’s youthful sister born on March 11, 1996. Regardless of her brother being probably the most recognisable faces on the earth, Rafaella herself has develop into considerably of a method icon with a profitable modelling profession that has seen her acquire over 5.5 million followers on Instagram.

Rafaella has contributed quite a lot of her time to the charity Instituto Neymar. The Brazilian created the charity in 2014, which focuses on serving to deprived kids who stay in Praia Grande, Sao Paulo, positioned near the place the siblings have been raised.

When Rafaella was born, her surname was Da Silva Santos, however as quickly as she was sufficiently old she legally modified it to Beckran. Brazilian outlet Globo claim the change was to pay homage to England legend David Beckham, whom she has idolised since she was a baby.

Neymar’s sister had beforehand been in a relationship with Inter ahead Gabriel ‘Gabigol’ Barbosa however the couple reportedly broke up in 2018.

What’s the curse of Neymar’s sister’s birthday?

Neymar’s sister’s birthday seemingly carries a curse of unhealthy luck for the winger on the pitch. In 2018, the Brazil captain missed a sport for the fifth consecutive season across the time of her birthday.

In 2019, Neymar was injured for almost all of the second half of the season, together with the entire month of March.

And in 2020, Neymar was sidelined with a rib injury in February of that year, prompting more jokes about the ‘curse’, though he remained available for selection.

As soon as extra, in mid-February 2021, Neymar sustained an injury which ruled him out for a minimum of four weeks – that means his absence would coincide with Rafaella’s birthday, once more.

Many joke that Neymar is purposefully skipping video games round this time to spend time together with his sister, with Actual Madrid captain Sergio Ramos as soon as making gentle of the state of affairs.

“I prefer to play with the most effective and Neymar is one in every of them,” he stated, including with amusing: “What we must negotiate is his sister’s birthday.”

In 2015, the then-Barcelona star picked up his fifth reserving of the season in opposition to Granada on February 28, that means he was suspended for the match in opposition to Rayo Vallecano on March 8. Barca allowed him to journey to Brazil and he returned earlier than their subsequent sport on March 14.

The next season, he picked up one other suspension, this time in opposition to Rayo on March 3.

The Brazilian missed the match in opposition to Eibar on March 6 and headed again to Brazil as soon as once more to have a good time his sister’s Disney-themed celebration. He wanted to get permission from Luis Enrique and Barcelona’s captain Andres Iniesta, plus his three vice-captains – Lionel Messi, Sergio Busquets and Javier Mascherano.

Neymar clearly loves spending time together with his household, particularly surrounding his sister’s birthday, expressing this on Instagram after one of many occasions.

He wrote: “This photograph exhibits how completely satisfied I used to be yesterday. Watching my sister develop up and reconnecting with pals is priceless. I lengthy for yesterday, what a second.”