Neymar has retired from international football in the wake of Brazil’s shock FIFA World Cup defeat to Norway.

Norwegian superstar Erling Haaland scored twice to upset one of the tournament fancies 2-1 on Monday morning (AEST) and move on to the quarter-finals.

Neymar cut a devastated figure after the game as tears spilled out on the pitch.

Speaking to Latin America’s biggest TV network Globo after the game, the 34-year-old confirmed it would be the last time he wore a Brazil shirt.

“I tried, I tried. Now it’s over. I started here, and ended here,” Neymar said.

As fate would have it, Neymar got his first international cap at MetLife Stadium against Norway in 2010.

A glittering 130 games, 80 goals and 16 years later, he bids farewell at the same stadium against the same opponent.

Neymar scored his country’s lone goal from the penalty spot with his last touch at international level.

Norway’s women’s team won the World Cup in 1995, but the men have only qualified four times and not since 1998. They had not gone further than the round of 16.

Norway next face the winner of the Mexico-England round-of-16 game, with the quarter-final matchup to take place on Saturday in Miami Gardens, Florida. 

Norway goalkeeper Orjan Nyland made a crucial stop early, diving to his left to deny Bruno Guimaraes’ penalty kick in the 14th minute, then got his left hand on a shot by Endrick late when Norway were hanging on to a one-goal lead.

Guimaraes became the first Brazil player not to score on a World Cup penalty kick since Zico in 1986. The decision to have him take it instead of star Vinícius Junior brought immediate second-guessing and may be questioned and criticised for quite some time.

There were plenty of other missed opportunities, including Casemiro missing Neymar on a crossing attempt on what could have been the tying goal. 

Brazil go home having massively underachieved expectations set pretty much at win or bust for the five-time World Cup champions. The global powerhouse had their streak of quarter-final appearances at the tournament end at eight, losing before that stage for the first time since 1990.

It was also Brazil’s seventh consecutive loss to European opponents at the World Cup, dating to beating Germany in the 2002 final.

With AAP