Brazil and Barcelona great Neymar Jr is giving thousands of young football players around the world, including Pakistan, the chance to step up their game by staging a unique knockout tournament starting in 2016.

Fresh from his nomination for FIFA's Ballon D’or last week, the striker is to invite players at the ages of 16 to 25 years in more than 35 countries, across 6 continents, to team up for his five-a-side tournament, ‘NeymarJr’s Five’.

In order to be a part of the tournament visit www.neymarjrsfive.com, click on the 'SIGN UP NOW' icon and register your team. Please make sure you read the format and rules of the game on the website before signing up. 

The tournament in Pakistan starts next month, March 12th onwards in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad with the national finals slated to take place in Islamabad on the 27th of March. The national champion from Pakistan will then advance to the finals in July in Praia Grande, where Neymar Jr grew up, started his professional career and lately founded “Instituto Projeto Neymar Jr”.

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