The fairy tale of Jaimy from Lier: the unknown footballer who was personally chosen by Neymar

An unknown footballer who is chosen by Brazilian superstar Neymar to be part of his ‘global team’: it sounds like a fairy tale and it has been for Jaimy – ‘Jaimynho’ – Schallenbergh (28) in recent days. At the Red Bull Neymar Jr’s Five in Doha, the Lierenaar not only played on behalf of his idol, he also met him. “For the first time in my life, the stars were aligned,” says the talented sjotter whose career never really took off due to a difficult home situation and a serious knee injury.

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