Who is Neymar’s ex-girlfriend Bruna Marquezine and why did he break up with Brazilian actress?
BRUNA MARQUEZINE is the stunning ex-girlfriend of Brazilian superstar Neymar. The 22-year-old, who first met the Paris Saint-Germain ace in 2012, is a successful actress and model. Who is Bruna Marquezine? She was born in Duque de Caixas, Rio de Janeiro – which is almost 400km from Neymar’s family home. Her talent as an actress […]
BRUNA MARQUEZINE is the stunning ex-girlfriend of Brazilian superstar Neymar.
The 22-year-old, who first met the Paris Saint-Germain ace in 2012, is a successful actress and model.
Who is Bruna Marquezine?
She was born in Duque de Caixas, Rio de Janeiro – which is almost 400km from Neymar’s family home.
Her talent as an actress was obvious from a young age and she began appearing on television as a child.
Before she was 10 years old, she had appeared in some of Brazil’s most popular soap operas.
This included Mulheres Apaixonadas (Women in Love) and America.
She went on to appear in countless television shows and films, such as Lost, Love Actually and 300.
As well as being a talented actor, the Brazilian stunner also works as a model.
It comes as no surprise that she has racked up over 27 million followers on her Instagram page.
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How did Bruna Marquezine and Neymar meet?
The pair began dating after being introduced to each other at a carnival in 2012.
They split up in 2013, but they were officially back together before the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
After breaking up and reuniting again in 2016, the pair split up again before the striker left Barcelona.
But the couple are back together now as Neymar continues his preparations for the World Cup after recovering from injury.
Why did Neymar and Bruna Marquezine break up?
Neymar and Bruna Marquezine split in October 2018.
There were a number of rumours on why the pair broke up, with everything from cheat allegations to politics.
Neymar is believed to have voted for Brazil’s staunchly right wing new president Jair Bolsonaro, while Bruno is a vocal supporter of the opposition Workers’ Party.
But in an interview with Vogue, Bruna simply said:
Bruna revealed: “We are finished.
“It was his decision. I am going to ask that this issue isn’t prolonged because normally I don’t speak about my personal life.
“I have a lot of respect and affection for him and for everything we went through together.
“I just want to clear this point up, because we are living through a critical and dangerous time, a time with a lot of hate and no, the breakup had nothing to do with that [politics].”
