Neymar (Brazil)

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A Brazilian legend who led the country to its first Olympic gold medal in men’s soccer and once ranked among the most lucrative earners in all of sports, Neymar is now 34 and rejoining Brazil’s squad for what figures to be his final World Cup bid after a years-long absence due to injury. He has long proclaimed faith, making famous a white headband reading “100% Jesus,” and tithing part of his salary to the Peniel Baptist Church in São Paulo, where he grew up. While Santos, Neymar’s first pro club, allegedly asked him to stop wearing the headband, he still reserves it for special celebrations while “carrying Jesus in my heart.”