SAO PAULO (AP) — Neymar surpassed 100 career goals with Santos on Sunday, scoring a hat-trick to lead the Brazilian club to the final of the Sao Paulo state championship.

In Rio de Janeiro, Uruguay striker Sebastian “El Loco” Abreu scored twice to lead Botafogo to the Rio Cup final with a 3-1 win over Vasco da Gama.

Santos beat rivals Sao Paulo, 3-1, to reach their fourth straight final in the Sao Paulo tournament, and will try to win their third title in a row.

Neymar scored his 100th goal by converting a penalty just three minutes into the match at the Morumbi stadium. He then added two others in the 32nd and 78th minutes, surpassing the 101 goals scored by former Santos striker Juary, one of the team’s top players in the 1970s.

Neymar, touted as the future of Brazilian football, now is the third highest scorer in the post-Pele era, and the 24th all-time. He is two goals shy from reaching the top two scorers, Joao Paulo and Serginho Chulapa, who are tied with 104 goals.

“It’s a great honour to get to 100 goals with this great club,” said Neymar, who started in the team’s youth squads and turned professional about three years ago. The 102 goals are only as a professional.

In one of his goals on Sunday, Neymar celebrated by running around the corner kick flag, just like Juary used to do during his time.

Neymar surpassed Robinho’s tally of 94 goals with Santos in March. The 20-year-old youngster needed 40 fewer games than the AC Milan striker to hit the mark.

Willian Jose scored in the 54th for Sao Paulo, who have been eliminated by Santos the last three years in the semi-finals of the traditional state championship.