David Lucca da Silva Santos is the common child between Neymar and his 20-year-old girlfriend. The two broke up a long time ago but have remained close friends for more than 10 years to raise their children together.
In August 2011, when he was still a young player receiving a lot of attention from big teams in the world, Neymar sᴜrprised many football audiences when he announced that he would become a father at the age of 19.
“The baby weighs 2.8 kg and is very handsome. Our family is very happy with the presence of this child member”, Neymar announced the good news to the fans.
The boy’s full name is David Lucca da Silva Santos. Initially, the identity of the child’s mother was kept secreт. Later, the Brazilian media reveɑled that the person who gave birth to Neymar was Carolina Dantas.
The young couple dated from 2010 to 2011 when Neymar was a famous young star in the Santos shirt in his hometown, and Dantas was a 17-year-old schoolgirl. Photo: @neymarjr.
After the breakup, Carolina found out she was pregnant. The two decided to keep the baby and take care of and raise them together. The 30-year-old soccer star and his ex-girlfriend have a close relationship despite not being together for more than 10 years. Photo: The Sun.
After Neymar left his hometown of Brazil to join Barcelona club, David also followed his father to Spain. In 2013, in a Barcelona match, the star duo Neymar and Messi brought their son to the stadium to watch football and take souvenir photos with other players. Photo: Express.
After Neymar moved to PSG (France) in 2017, Carolina Dantas moved to Spain to take care of her son. Before that, David Lucca was sent to Barcelona’s youth academy to start learning soccer skills.
Neymar is known to be a loving and responsible father to his children. According to Futball News, Neymar likes to be close, spend time with his son and at the same time do many ways to protect his childhood.
He rarely shared information and pictures about his son on social networks when he was young. Photo: Goal
Neymar also has a good relationship with the current husband of Carolina Dantas.
In 2019, when Dantas got married, Neymar, due to his personal schedule, could not attend the wedding but still sent his congratulations through social networks. Rafaella – Neymar’s sister – attended the wedding as a bridesmaid.
Most recently, when the Brazilian team competed in the 2022 World Cup, Dantas with her businessman husband, David Lucca and youngest child Valentin – Dantas’ stepson were present in the stands in Qatar to watch and cheer for Neymar to play.
On her personal page, she encouraged her ex-boyfriend to recover from his injury soon and play in the best form. Photo: @candantas.