Serge Gnabry is a German professional footballer who plays for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich as well as the German national team. Gnabry began playing football at a very young age and was a member of several local teams before being selected by Arsenal. Originally a member of the Arsenal youth team, he was soon promoted to the first team and played in the Premier League. His first season in Germany was spent with Bundesliga side Werder Bremen in 2016. Bayern Munich then signed him and he played a season on loan for 1899 Hoffenheim.

Since 2018, he has been playing for the Bayern Munich team and has won numerous awards, including Bayern Munich Player of the Season (2018-2019) and Bundesliga Player of the Month (October 2019). Furthermore, Gnabry has represented Germany’s youth team at numerous international competitions, and in 2016, he was selected to be part of its national senior team. He was a member of Germany’s Summer Olympics squad the same year. Ultimately, he was the tournament’s joint top scorer with Germany winning the silver medal.

Serge Gnabry Bio/Wiki

Birth Name	Serge David Gnabry
Nick Name	• The Chef; Serge • The Sergeant • Gucci Gnabry
Age	28 (as in 2023) Years
Religion	Not Available
Sun Sign/Zodiac Sign	Cancer
Birth Place	Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Date of Birth	14 July 1995
Nationality	German
Residence	Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Home Town	Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Food Habit	Non-Vegetarian
Hobbies	Watching Movies, Playing guitar
Family
Mother’s Name	Birgit Gnabry
Father’s Name	Jean-Hermann Gnabry
Brothers	None
Sisters	None
Girlfriends/Affairs
Affairs/Girlfriends	• Sarah Kehrer (2016-2019) • Sandra Jerze (2020-Present)
Marital Status, Wife and Children
Wife/Spouse	Unmarried
Children	Daughters- None Sons- None
Education
School	Not Available
College/University	Not Available
Educational Qualification	Not Available
Profession	Professional Football Player
Brands Endorsed	• Adidas • Nike
Career Manager	Not Available
Football Career
Debut Club	2017: FC Bayern Munich
Debut International	2016: Germany national football team
Current Team(s)	• FC Bayern Munich • Germany national football team
Jersey Number	• 7 (FC Bayern Munich) • 10 (Germany national football team)
Coach\Mentor	Not Available
Position	Midfielder
Strengths	• Passing • Crossing • Long shots • Great in taking set-pieces
Weaknesses	• Tackling • Defence
Achievements	Serge Gnabry was named Bayern Munich Player of the Season in 2018-2019. He was also awarded the honour of Bundesliga Player of the Month for October 2019.
Height, Weight, and Figure Measurements
Height (Approx.)	in centimeters- 176 cm in meters- 1.76 m in feet inches- 5’9”
Weight (Approx.)	in kilograms- 77 kg in pounds- 170 lbs
Figure Measurements
Chest Size	39 inches
Biceps Size	14 inches
Waist Size	30 inches
Extra Ordinary Features
Race / Ethnicity	Multiracial (Black and White), He is of Ivorian descent on his father’s side and German descent on his mother’s side.
Hair Color	Black
Eye Color	Dark Brown
S*xual Orientation	Straight
Distinctive Features	• Toned physique • Afro hairstyle • Often sports a trimmed goatee • Affable smile
Dress Size	Not Available
Shoe Size	9 (US)
Favourite Things
Favorite Playing Position	Midfielder
Favorite Car	Porsche 911 GTS
Favorite Footballer	Mesut Ozil
Favorite Sportsman	Mesut Ozil
Favorite Sport	Basketball
Favorite Movie	The Hangover
Controversies	None

Life Journey

Serge David Gnabry was born in Stuttgart, Germany, on 14 July 1995, to Jean Hermann Gnabry and Birgit Gnabry. He is the son of an Ivorian father and a German mother.

He has been involved with football since he was a child. He joined the local football club team TSV Weissach at the age of four. He then moved on to other clubs – TSF Ditzingen, GSV Hemmingen, SpVgg Feuerbach, Stuttgarter Kickers – before joining his hometown club VfB Stuttgart in 2006.

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As a youngster, Gnabry was a talented sprinter who was inspired by Jamaican retired sprinter, Usain Bolt and aspired to reach the national level, but he ultimately chose football. He joined the Common Goal charity initiative in 2017 and pledged to donate 1% of his earnings to a fund managed by streetfootballworld, an NGO.

In order to personally witness how football is changing lives, he visited his father’s homeland, the Ivory Coast, in 2019 and visited TackleAfrica, an organization he supports through Common Goal, to learn more about their education-through-football program.

Serge Gnabry Net Worth

As of 2023, Serge Gnabry has a net worth of a whopping 30 Million euros (26 Million pounds).

In Munich, he earns €3 million annually, and it goes without saying that playing for one of the biggest clubs comes with advantages. Arsenal purchased Gnabry for $100k from VfB Stuttgart, according to sources.

Similarly, the top flight side loaned the winger to West Bromwich Albion, and a year later, the Gunners sold one of their prospects to Werder Bremen for a reported €5 million. At the same time, the German international record reached a market value of €2.5 million.

Bundesliga record champions Bayern Munich then swapped in for Werder’s services, handing over €8 million. During the same time, the up-and-coming winger was already causing a stir in the Bundesliga, and his market value reached €15 million.

A loan spell at TSG Hoffenheim saw Serge retain that value, and on June 30, 2018, he would join Bayern Munich permanently. Furthermore, it is astonishing to learn that from a market value of €500k at Arsenal, Gnabry recorded €20 million in his first year with Bayern.

Gradually, the value grew, and on March 11, 2020, the sensational winger topped his career-high market value of €90 million. Due to the economic crisis waged by COVID-19 during that month, this value only lasted for a moment.

After that, his value dropped to €72 million, and even then, he ranks 3rd just behind Kai Havertz and Jadon Sancho and 5th among all right-wingers. No matter if he is the highest value or not, Serge enjoys his time at Bayern. The German international receives an incredible €5 million a year after signing the contract with the Bavarians.

The winger is also affiliated with Common Goal, an organization that uses football to bring about social change and improve the lives of others. Additionally, he earns external income through his endorsement deal with the sporting brand Adidas.

Serge’s outfitting is the company’s responsibility. However, during the off-season, Gnabry travels to Dubai, Los Angeles, etc., to spend his holidays.

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Football Career

• Arsenal signed Serge Gnabry in 2010 after he played for VfB Stuttgart for around five years. Having turned sixteen in 2011, he joined the Arsenal youth team and made his debut in the 2011-2012 season.
• He played for most of the season for the under-18 team, but due to his impressive performance, he was soon elevated to the reserve team. He played six games and scored two goals in that time.
• After playing for Arsenal’s first team in a pre-season friendly match against FC Köln, he made his professional debut against Coventry City in September 2012.
• He made his Premier League debut against Norwich City in October 2012. At 17 years and 98 days old, he became the second-youngest Arsenal player to play in the Premier League after Jack Wilshere (16 years and 256 days).
• After a few days, he played in the UEFA Champions League against Schalke 04 on his debut.
• During the 2013-2014 season, he scored his first professional goal against Swansea City. Arsenal won the match by 2-1. In the same match against Crystal Palace, he also scored a penalty and helped Arsenal to a 2–0 victory.
• Despite making only 14 appearances in the season, he had a memorable performance against Tottenham Hotspur and Coventry, which helped Arsenal win the FA Cup.
• The promising start was soon halted by a knee injury and Gnabry did not play for Arsenal’s first team during the 2014-2015 campaign.
• In 2015, he was loaned out to West Bromwich Albion for one season; however, in the 2015-2016 season, he only made three competitive appearances – one Premier League and two League Cup appearances.
• In addition to his club career, Serge Gnabry also represented Germany at different national youth levels – under-16, under-17, under-18, and U19 – and scored 10 goals in 24 games. Additionally, he played for Germany’s U21 team (2015-2017) and scored four goals in 16 appearances.
• In July 2016, he was part of the team that competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In six appearances, he scored six goals and finished as the tournament’s joint-top scorer with Nils Petersen. Germany won the silver medal.
• In August 2016, he joined Bundesliga side Werder Bremen from Arsenal. The player made 27 league appearances and scored 11 goals during his single season with the club.
• The following year, Gnabry was named to the German national team for the first time and scored three goals against San Marino in his debut match in a 2018 World Cup qualifier. The Germans defeated San Marino 8-0.
• He was a part of Germany’s U21 squad that won the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.
• In 2017, he transferred to Bayern Munich from Werder Bremen and was immediately loaned out to TSG 1899 Hoffenheim on a season-long loan. The first two goals he scored for the club came against Leipzig in December.
• An incredibly long-range goal, his second, was scored with a lob from 45 yards over goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi. It was dubbed the Goal of the Month by German broadcasters.
• Serge Gnabry ended the season with 26 appearances (including two appearances in UEFA Champions League and one appearance in UEFA Europa League) and 10 goals.
• During the season, he also played in the Regionalliga Südwest for Hoffenheim II’s reserve squad.
• Bayern Munich signed him in 2018 and he scored his first Bundesliga goal for the club against Freiburg.
• He scored Bayern Munich’s 4000th Bundesliga goal against Gladbach the following year. Bayern Munich was the first team to reach the milestone.
• In the 2018-2019 Bundesliga season, Serge Gnabry appeared in 30 matches and scored 10 goals, the second-most in Bayern Munich. Additionally, he played in 5 domestic cup competitions (FA Cup and DFB-Pokal) scoring 3 goals and making 7 appearances in the UEFA Champions League.
• Also during the season, he won his first Bundesliga title as Bayern topped the League table. Additionally, Bayern won the DFB-Pokal Cup.
• During the 2019-2020 season, he scored 23 goals in 46 appearances, including 10 UEFA Champions League appearances in which he scored nine goals. The win against Paris Saint-Germain gave him his first Champions League title.
• Gnabry and Bayern Munich won the DFL-Supercup, the UEFA Super Cup, and the FIFA Club World Cup in 2020.
• Meanwhile, Gnabry became the fastest player to score 10 goals for Germany’s national team while playing for the national team. In his 11th appearance, he scored his 10th goal against Argentina in a friendly match that ended in a 2-2 draw.

Facts About Serge Gnabry

• Serge began his youth career at just 4, spending time with the youth academies of local clubs such as TSV Weissach (1999-2000), TSF Ditzingen (2000-2001), GSV Hemmingen (2001-2003), SpVgg Feuerbach (2003-2005), and Stuttgarter Kickers (2005-2006).
• The German club VfB Stuttgart selected him in their youth program in 2006, and he stayed with the team until 2011 when the club agreed to a £100k deal with Arsenal.
• The 17-year-old played his first English Premier League game for the club, and he was the second-youngest player to represent the club in the league’s history following Jack Wilshere.
• He was Germany’s joint top scorer at the 2016 Olympic Games, where they finished as runners-up.
• In a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match against San Marino, he scored a hat-trick on his debut for Germany’s senior national team in November 2016.
• He scored his 10th goal for Germany in just his 11th game for his nation, beating Miroslav Klose’s record by two games and becoming the fastest German player to the milestone.
• During his first season with Bayern Munich, he was named the club’s ‘Player of the Season’.
• Bayern became the first team to achieve that milestone after he scored the club’s 4000th goal in the Bundesliga on March 2, 2019.
• He became the first player to score six away goals against London-based clubs in one Champions League edition when he scored twice against English club Chelsea in January 2020.

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Serigne Osman Sow, a Swedish professional football player who now represents the Thai team Sukhothai, was born on April 22, 1990. He has Senegalese ancestry.

Sow is a Senegalese-born person. He enjoys reggae music and claims that it helps him stay calm.

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Club Career

Sow, a Swedish native born in Stockholm, began his youth career at FoC Farsta and Hammarby IF before going back to Farsta to begin his professional career. Sow made twenty-two games in his debut year back at FOC Farsta, scoring eight goals. Väsby United welcomed Sow on December 21, 2010.

Sow scored his first Väsby United goal in the team’s 2-0 victory over IFK Lule in the first game of the year. Sow left Väsby United after one season to join FC Dacia Chişinău overseas. A transfer to Sturm Graz has previously been connected to Sow.

Syrianska and Crystal Palace

The Sow moved to Syrianska FC in May 2013. On May 18, 2013, he made his league debut against Brommapojkarna in a 1-1 tie. Sow then scored his first goal for Syrianska in a 3-2 loss to Malmö on June 20, 2013.

On June 30, 2013, two weeks later, in a 5-1 loss against Elfsborg, Sow scored his second goal for Syrianska. The team sought to renew Sow’s contract, but the player preferred to pursue his international career one more time.

Sow signed for Crystal Palace of the Premier League on a free transfer till the conclusion of the 2013–2014 campaign on September 6, 2013. He didn’t play for the team, though, and spent the majority of the year on the injured reserve.

Henan Jianye

Sow joined Henan Jianye of the Chinese Super League on February 23, 2016. Robbie Neilson stated that Hearts will invest the money in developing the team’s young players rather than making a transfer after moving to China.

Milton Keynes Dons

Sow signed a two-year contract with League One team Milton Keynes Dons on August 14, 2017, after being released from Henan Jiaye. On his league debut for the team against Gillingham on August 19, 2017, he scored the game-winning goal.

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Dundee

Following a trial period, Sow signed a one-year contract with United’s rivals Dundee in October 2020. In a game against Dunfermline Athletic on December 19, Sow scored his first goal for Dundee and his first goal in a competitive setting in over 18 months.

The next week, Sow continued to show signs of improvement and defeated Queen of the South with a Boxing Day hat-trick. For this effort, he was dubbed the “Star Man” in the SPFL’s Team of the Week. Sow, a member of the Dundee squad that won the Premiership Play-Offs and was promoted to the Premiership, finished the season as the club’s leading scorer with 10 goals.

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FC Dacia Chișinău

• Divizia Națională runner-up: 2011–12

Heart of Midlothian

• Scottish Championship: 2014–15

Individual

• PFA Scotland Team of the Year: 2014–15 Championship

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Osman Sow Net Worth

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Joao Pedro Cavaco Cancelo, a professional football player for Manchester City of the Premier League and the Portugal national team, was born on May 27, 1994. His Portuguese pronunciation is [uw kslu]. He is regarded as one of the top full-backs in the world and is creative, skilled, powerful, and adaptable. Cancelo joined Benfica’s reserve squad in 2012 after graduating from the club’s development program, and he was elevated to the main team two years later. Later, he went on loan to La Liga team Valencia for the 2014–15 campaign, and Los Ches made the transfer permanent in the summer of 2015.

Cancelo spent the 2017–18 Serie A season on loan with Inter Milan, where he was named to the league’s Team of the Year. Juventus, an Italian rival team, was interested in Cancelo as a result of his achievements, and they bought him in 2018 for a reported sum of €40.4 million. Cancelo won the league and the Supercoppa Italiana in his first and only season with the Bianconeri. He was acquired by English team Manchester City in 2019 for an alleged sum of €30 million, which included a trade for Danilo to Juventus. Since then, he has won a League Cup and two Premier League championships with the team. He played a big part in Manchester City winning the UEFA Champions League for the first time in 2020–21.

Joao Cancelo Bio/Wiki

Birth Name	João Pedro Cavaco Cancelo
Nick Name	Joao Cancelo
Age (as of 2023)	29 years
Religion	Christian
Sun Sign/Zodiac Sign	Gemini
Birth Place	Barreiro, Portugal
Date of Birth	27 May 1994
Nationality	Portuguese
Hobbies	Music and Gym
Family
Mother's Name	Filomena Cancelo
Father's Name	Joseph
Brother(s)	Pedro Cancelo
Sister(s)	Not Available
Marital Status, Wife and Children
Wife/Spouse
Children
Education
School	Not Available
College/University	Not Available
Profession	Footballer
Brands Endorsed	Not Available
Football Career
Debut Club	Benefica
Debut International	Portugal
Jersey Number	7
Current Team(s)	Portugal
Position	Defender
Foot	Right
Height and , Weight
Height	1.82 m
Weight	74 kg
Extra Ordinary Features
Race / Ethnicity	Portuguese
Hair Color	Black
Eye Color	Black
S*xual Orientation	Straight
Favourite Things
Favorite Playing Position	Defender
Favorite Car	Not Available
Favorite Drinks	Red Bull
Favorite Color	Black
Favorite Cell Phone/Brand	Iphone

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Club Career

Benfica

• Cancelo began playing football with the neighborhood club Barreirense when he was a child in Barreiro, Setubal District.
• At the age of 13, he enrolled in Benfica’s youth program and played both right and left defense.
• Cancelo made his professional debut with Benfica’s first squad on July 28, 2012, playing the entire 90 minutes as a right defender in a friendly match against Gil Vicente.
• Although he was listed with the B-side, he was considered a potential successor for Maxi Pereira in the seniors.
• From 2012 to 2013, he also played for the juniors, and on May 18 of that year, they defeated Rio Ave 2-1 to win the national title.
• On January 25, 2014, Cancelo played his first competitive match with Benfica’s starting lineup as he entered as a late substitution in the team’s 1-0 victory against Gil Vicente at home for the Taça da Liga.
• On May 10, after they had already been proclaimed league champions, he made his debut in the Primeira Liga and started in a 2-1 loss to Porto in the Clássico.

Juventus

• Cancelo was acquired by Juventus on June 27, 2018, for a fee of €40.4 million, and made his domestic league debut on August 18, in a 3-2 away victory against Chievo Verona.
• In January 2019, he captured the full 1-0 victory over Milan for the Supercoppa Italiana, earning his first trophy with the team.
• At the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, he assisted in helping his club secure the crucial match-winning penalty later in the same game, which was then converted by fellow countryman Cristiano Ronaldo.
• That same month, he scored his first league goal as his team rallied from a goal down to overcome Lazio 2-1.
• On October 6, Cancelo assisted Rodrigo Bentancur in a 2-0 victory over Udinese on the road.
• In a 1-0 home victory over his previous team Inter Milan in the Derby d’Italia on December 7, Cancelo assisted Mario Manduki.
• Cancelo assisted his countryman Cristiano Ronaldo in a 1-1 away tie in Juventus’ Champions League quarterfinal matchup against Ajax on April 10, 2019.
• Juventus ultimately lost the game 2-1 in Turin on April 16 and was eliminated from the tournament.
• Cancelo participated in the Scudetto-clinching game against Fiorentina four days later, as Juventus won their eighth straight league championship with a 2-1 victory at home.

Manchester City

• On August 7, 2019, Cancelo signed a six-year contract with Premier League winners Manchester City for a total of £60 million, making him the most expensive right-back in history.
• Danilo was also transferred to Juventus in return, bringing the total to £27.4 million.
• In a 3-1 victory over Bournemouth on August 25, he made his Premier League debut, coming on as a late replacement for Kyle Walker.
• He scored his first goal for City on December 18 in a 3-1 away victory over Oxford United in the EFL Cup quarterfinals.
• Cancelo initially struggled in his debut season with the team, playing out of position in the games he participated, in and failing to secure a starting position in the squad while vying with Walker for a right-back position.

International Career

Youth

• During the 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Cancelo represented Portugal.
• Additionally, he was chosen for the Lithuanian edition of the competition.
• Cancelo participated in both the 2014 Toulon Tournament and the 2013 FIFA World Cup with the under-20s.
• In the earlier edition, he played in two games, and his nation advanced to the round of 16.
• Cancelo participated in the 2015 European Championships as a member of the under-21 team.
• He made his sole appearance in the competition midway through the second half of the 5-0 semi-final victory over Germany, in which Sweden ultimately finished as the tournament’s runner-up.
• He took the place of left-back Raphael Guerreiro.

Senior

• Cancelo was initially called up to the senior squad by head coach Fernando Santos on August 26, 2016.
• On September 1, 2016, in a 5-0 friendly victory against Gibraltar in Porto, Cancelo played the entire 90 minutes and scored the third goal.
• He added two more in the following month’s qualifications for the 2018 FIFA World Cup against Andorra (6-0, at home) and the Faroe Islands (away, same score).
• Cancelo was a part of a preliminary 35-man team for the finals in Russia in May 2018, however, he was left off the final roster.
• Cancelo was chosen to play in each of the four league matches in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League group stage, which helped the hosts Portugal advance to the competition’s first Nations League Finals.
• Portugal won the championship in the UEFA Nations League Finals by defeating the Netherlands 1-0 in Porto.
• When Cancelo tested positive for COVID-19 two days before Portugal’s opening match against Hungary in June 2021, he was removed from the team and Diogo Dalot was brought in to fill his position.

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Benfica

• Primeira Liga: 2013–14

Juventus

• Serie A: 2018–19
• Supercoppa Italiana: 2018

Manchester City

• Premier League: 2020–21, 2021–22
• EFL Cup: 2020–21
• UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2020–21

Portugal U21

• UEFA European Under-21 Championship runner-up: 2015

Portugal

• UEFA Nations League: 2018–19

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“Ciro” is the nickname of Dries Mertens, a Belgian professional football player who plays for Serie A club Napoli and the national team of Belgium. As a youth, Mertens played for Stade Leuven, Anderlecht, and Gent, before making his debut on loan at Eendracht Aalst in the Belgian Third Division. During his time in the Eerste Divisie, he spent three years with AGOVV Apeldoorn before moving for €600,000 to Utrecht of the Eredivisie.

In 2012, he and teammate Kevin Strootman were transferred to PSV Eindhoven for a combined fee of €13 million and won the KNVB Cup and Johan Cruyff Shield. Mertens joined Napoli for a fee of €9.6 million in 2013 and has since played over 300 matches for the club. During the 2016–17 season, he was named to the Serie A Team of the Year after winning the Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana in 2014. The 2020 season marks his 122nd goal for the club, surpassing Marek Hamsik as Napoli’s all-time leading goalscorer.

In 2011, he made his Belgian debut and has since played over 100 times for the national team. He was also part of the club’s squads at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2016, the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and UEFA Euro 2020, helping them to a third-place finish in the 2018 tournament. He was named Belgian Footballer of the Year in 2016.

Dries Mertens Bio/Wiki

Birth Name	Dries Mertens
Nick Name	• Ciro • Ciruzz
Age	36 (as in 2023) Years
Religion	Not Available
Sun Sign/Zodiac Sign	Taurus
Birth Place	Leuven, Belgium
Date of Birth	6 May 1987
Nationality	Belgian
Residence	Leuven, Belgium
Home Town	Leuven, Belgium
Food Habit	Non-Vegetarian
Hobbies	Watching Movies, Horse Riding
Family
Mother’s Name	Marijke Van Kampen
Father’s Name	Herman Mertens
Brother(s)	Jeroen Mertens
Sister(s)	Elise Mertens
Girlfriends/Affairs
Affairs/Girlfriends	Katrin Kerkhofs
Marital Status, Wife and Children
Wife/Spouse	Katrin Kerkhofs
Marriage Date	June 26, 2015
Marriage Place	Not Available
Children	Daughters- None Sons- Ciro Romeo Mertens
Education
School	Not Available
College/University	Not Available
Educational Qualification	Not Available
Profession	Professional Footballer
Brands Endorsed	Nike
Career Manager	Stirr Associates
Football Career
Debut Club	• July 1, 2013: S.S.C. Napoli • June 28, 2011: PSV • 2009: FC Utrecht • 2006: AGOVV • 2005: K A A. Gent • 2005: S.C. Eendracht Aalst
Debut International	• 2011: Belgium national football team
Jersey Number	• 14 (S.S.C. Napoli) • 14 (Belgium national football team)
Current Team(s)	• S.S.C. Napoli • Belgium national football team
Coach/Mentor	Luciano Spalletti
Position	Attack – Centre-Forward
Foot	Right
Strengths	• Tackling • Interceptions • Marking • Jumping • Passing • Crossing
Weaknesses	• Strength • Heading • Balance
Achievements	Not Available
Height, Weight, and Figure Measurements
Height (Approx.)	in centimeters- 169 cm in meters- 1.69 m in feet inches- 5’7”
Weight (Approx.)	in kilograms- 61 kg in pounds- 134.5 lbs
Figure Measurements
Chest Size	42 inches
Biceps Size	14 inches
Waist Size	30 inches
Extra Ordinary Features
Race / Ethnicity	Belgian
Hair Color	Dark Brown
Eye Color	Brown
S*xual Orientation	Straight
Distinctive Features	Not Available
Dress Size	Not Available
Shoe Size	11 U.S.
Favourite Things
Favorite Playing Position	Centre-Forward
Favorite Car	Ford Fairlane
Favorite Food	Italian Food
Favorite Drinks	Coffee
Favorite Color	Blue
Favorite Cell Phone/Brand	iPhone/Apple

Life Journey

The Full Story of Football Genius is presented by Woodgram, who has the nicknames “Ciro” and “Ciruzz”.

Dries Mertens’s Biography provides a detailed account of notable events from his childhood until the present. The analysis includes his life story before fame, relationship life, family background, and many OFF-Pitch (little known) facts about him.

Everyone knows he is a dead-ball specialist. Like Eden and Thorgan Hazard, he is a Belgian football legend. In addition, he is one of the many Napoli legends alongside Kalidou Koulthaly. Despite this, only a few fans know much about Dries Mertens’ biography, which is quite fascinating.

Without further ado, let’s begin.

Drys Mertens was born in Leuven, Belgium’s Flemish region, on May 6th, 1987 to Marijke Mertens and Herman Mertens. Dries is the only child of football-loving parents who had a big vision for their only child.

As a child, he had high regard for his parents, who instilled in him the moral and ethical values of life. One of these involves Dries learning to appreciate the little things in life. Dries Mertens was a humble and withdrawn student who excelled in academics while at school.

His school then offered him the opportunity to participate in competitive soccer during sports periods. While on breaks, Mertens would play football every second he had. His ability to handle the ball better than his teammates led his school coach to meet his parents and urge them to help their son become a professional footballer.

In the mid-1990s, Belgium witnessed a new wave of football enthusiasm. When its national team disgracefully failed to qualify for the 1998 world cup group stage, a country with only 11rn people had a watershed moment.

Bob Browaeys, a coach of Belgium youth teams at all levels, was given the task of creating a blueprint document that would challenge the “lack of a unified vision on youth” football at that time.

Over 30 Belgian federation coaches met to discuss the radical change in approach to football in the country due to this document. Their findings showed that there was far too much emphasis on winning and not enough on development. Dries Mertens was one of the beneficiaries of Belgium’s youth football revolution.

Two years (1996) before the France 1998 World Cup that sparked the Belgian football revolution, his parents enrolled him on the roster of the local team, Stade Leuven.  As the football revolution began in Belgium, funds were made available to develop young players. The system favored bigger clubs like Anderlecht, whose scouts were empowered to recruit talented kids from local clubs.

Anderlecht’s scouts initially noticed Mertens at his club, and ultimately offered him a chance to join the club’s youth academy in 1998.

Despite not being wealthy, Diers Mertens’ parents supported their son to the fullest. He was right when he said:
“My father usually drives me with his bus to Anderlecht and he takes me from the age of 11 to 18 years old every day to training in Brussels.”

As soon as he switched to Anderlecht, his old club was dissolved by the Belgian Football Authorities who were targeting mushroom clubs at the time. Drys Mertens spent five years in the Anderlecht youth setup before he experienced the biggest disappointment of his young life.

Coaches found him to be too short and physically incapable of competing at a professional level, so they released him in 2003. Mertens was signed by fellow Belgian Pro League side Gent after being released by Anderlecht, where he climbed all youth ranks to finish his youth career. However, he struggled to progress in his career.

Gent’s coaching staff, like those at Anderlecht before, were still unconvinced by Mertens’s small frame. Instead of selling him, they decided to loan him out. To AGOVV Apeldoorn in the Netherlands.

After crossing the border into the Netherlands, Mertens was on his way to becoming a professional footballer. Apeldoorn became the launching pad for Mertens’s career. He excelled, became captain, and won the 2009 Gouden Stier, given to the best player in the Dutch second division.

Mertens became a late bloomer to fame because he struggled with rejection. After making his Eredivisie debut with Utrecht at 22, he only began playing at the highest level at the age of 22. As a result of his performance, Utrecht qualified for Europe for the first time in four years, earning him a nomination for Dutch Footballer of the Year.

In those days, the rise of the Belgian was the most talked-about storyline in the country. In 2011, he joined PSV. The Italian club came calling after he scored 37 goals in 62 appearances. Rafael Benitez’s first signing as Napoli’s new manager was Martens. At Napoli, handsome Mertens used his low center of gravity to buzz around in wide areas, causing top defenders to be bamboozled.

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The rest is now history, as they say.

Drys Mertens is indeed handsome and taken (sorry ladies!). The only person in his heart is his childhood sweetheart, Kat Kerkhofs. The couple dated for ten years before deciding to wed. Mertens married his childhood love and partner Kat in Naples in June 2015.

Kat comes from an affluent family and is a dancer and researcher. Her father, Late Mr. Kerkhofs, was a popular musician and drummer in the seventies. Mr. Kerkhofs died on Christmas Eve of a heart attack in 2004.

In an interview with Belgian television channel Vier, Kat Kerkhofs revealed that she and her husband enjoy getting intimate in public, especially in train toilets. Naples organized a couple friendly of Halloween events. Dries Mertens and his wife Kat had to get creative by posing as two Napoli teammates.

Mertens revealed that he and his good lady dressed up as two of his Napoli teammates, namely Lorenzo Insigne and Marek Harnsik, on Halloween.

Dries Mertens rejected a big-money move to China on the grounds that his parents would be disappointed with him if he pursued wealth. As a result, we gain more insight into The Dries Mertens Family Background. Dries described how his parents’ values had made him resist the desire for too much monies.

I Have Great Respect For What My Parents Did For Me When I Was A Child. They Did Not Raise Me Talking About Money – I Would Have Disappointed Them If I Went To China.”

Despite not disclosing the exact offer amount, Mertens admitted that it was challenging to reject such an enormous sum. According to Mertens:

“We Weighed The Pros And Cons, My Wife Read Testimonials From People Who Live There. Despite That, I Decided To Say No. I Can Tell You That It Is Difficult To Refuse Such An Amount. My Children And Even My Grandchildren Would No Longer Have Had To Worry About Their Future If I Had Accepted The Offer.”

Despite admitting that a good salary is important for his life, Mertens insists that his upbringing taught him to appreciate the small things, with a move to China for financial reasons not even on his radar.

Dries Mertens Net Worth

In 2023, how much will he earn?

S.S.C. Napoli signed the forward in May 2017 for a whopping salary of 7.4 million euros (6.3 million pounds) per year. According to our calculations, he earns €20,274 (£17,260) per day and €845 (£719) per hour.

‎Salary & Net Worth Updated 2023
Estimated Net Worth in 2023 (Approx)	25 million Euros
Estimated Net Worth in 2022 (Approx)	18 million Euros
Estimated Net Worth in 2021 (Approx)	Not Available
Annual Salary	7.4 million euros (6.3 million pounds)
Per Month Salary	€616,667 (£536,232)
Per Week Salary	€142,308 (£123,746)
Per Day Salary	€20,274 (£17,630)
Per Hour Salary	€844 (£734)
Per Minute Salary	€14 (£12)
Current Contract	With SSC Napoli
Contract Signed	Jul 1, 2013
Contract Expires	Jun 30, 2022
Contract Signing Amount	$14.30 Million
Market Value	$5.50 Million
Highest Market Value	$37.50 Million (Dec 29, 2017)
Endorsements	$1-$5 Million
Income Source	Professional Footballer
Cars Collection	Ford Fairlane

As a result of a stable career in Italy, his net worth has grown to 25 million Euros. At present, its market value is only $5.50 million.

Dries Mertens In FIFA 2022

He is currently 35 years old and plays forward for Napoli in Italy. FIFA 22 gives him an overall rating of 84 and a potential rating of 84. We rate his skill moves as 4 stars. It is his right foot that he prefers to shoot with. His workrates are high and low. Our database estimates that Matthias’s height is 169 cm and his weight is 61 kg. At the moment, Dries Mertens plays with the number 14.

The following are his best stats:

• Balance: 92
• Agility: 92
• Acceleration: 90
• Ball Control: 88
• Dribbling: 88

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Club Career

• Born in Leuven, Mertens began his football career at the now-dissolved Stade Leuven when he was a boy.
• The scouts of Anderlecht first spotted Mertens here, leading to his invitation to join Anderlecht’s youth academy in 1998.
• He spent five years in the youth setup at Anderlecht before being released in 2003 as coaches believed he was too short and physically incapable of competing at a professional level.
• Mertens was signed by fellow Belgian Pro League side Gent after being released by Anderlecht. Mertens spent two seasons in Gent’s youth academy before being loaned to Eendracht Aalst for the 2005–06 season.
• With the third division side, he was named Player of the Year.
• As with Anderlecht before, Gent remained unconvinced of Mertens due to his slight frame and loaned him out again the following season to AGOVV Apeldoorn in the Netherlands.

AGOVV

• Mertens officially joined AGOVV Apeldoorn on a season-long loan with the option of purchase on 1 July 2006.
• With 2 goals in 35 appearances, he became a fan favorite among De Blauwen supporters. In the following season, AGOVV, led by new manager John van den Brom, exercised the option to sign the Belgian permanently.
• The move paid off as Mertens ended the season with 15 goals in 38 appearances for the Dutch club.
• Mertens’ influence was such that he was named new club captain for the 2008-09 Eerste Divisie season.
• With 13 more goals for the season, he was awarded the Golden Bull award for the most talented player in the Eerste Divisie.
• He would leave the club at the end of the season to join Eredivisie side Utrecht. Mertens made 110 appearances across all competitions for AGOVV during his three seasons at the club and netted 31 goals.

Utrecht

• Utrecht completed the signing of Mertens for a transfer fee of €600,000 at the start of the 2009–10 Eredivisie season after agreeing on a contract with AGOVV in March 2009.
• After his debut season with the club, Mertens scored six league goals en route to being named runner-up to Luis Suárez of Ajax for the Dutch Footballer of the Year award.
• In addition, he was awarded the Di Tommaso Trophy for Utrecht’s Player of the Season. In the following season, he scored 10 goals in 31 league appearances for Utrecht, including a hat-trick against AZ on the final day of the season, and three more goals in his first experience in the UEFA Europa League.
• Mertens scored 14 goals and contributed 24 assists across all competitions. Though he was at the club for just one season, his form at Stadion Galgenwaard caught the attention of some of the league’s biggest clubs.
• Mertens’ two-season spell in Utrecht yielded 21 goals in 86 appearances across all competitions.

PSV Eindhoven

• It was announced in June 2011 that Mertens had joined fellow Eredivisie club PSV Eindhoven as a replacement for Balázs Dzsudzsák in a dual transfer with Utrecht teammate Kevin Strootman for a combined fee of €13 million.
• On 7 August 2011, he scored on his competitive debut for the club in a 3–1 defeat to AZ.
• On 28 August, Mertens scored his first hat-trick for PSV in a 6–1 thrashing of Excelsior.
• ‘Mertens’ impressive start to the season culminated in four goals in a 7–1 victory over Roda JC on 24 September 2011, giving him 11 goals in his first seven appearances for PSV.
• As the campaign came to a close, Mertens lost a number of teeth in a collision with Heracles goalkeeper Remko Pasveer, although he still managed to score during the incident.
• Twitter revealed that Pasveer found one of Mertens’ teeth lodged in his head three weeks after the players collided.
• Mertens, who ended the season with 21 goals in 33 games, was the fourth-highest scorer in the Eredivisie. A header in the final of the KNVB Cup at De Kuip, Rotterdam, gave PSV a 3–0 win over Heracles.
• At the start of the following season, he added to his collection of silverware as PSV beat Ajax 4–2 to win the Johan Cruyff Shield.
• Mertens and Jürgen Locadia, who was making his Eredivisie debut, both scored hat-tricks as PSV defeated VVV-Venlo 6–0 on 30 September 2012.
• He scored 14 league goals and 16 in all competitions as PSV finished second to Ajax in the Eredivisie.
• In addition, he contributed 17 assists to his team’s cause. He would leave the Eredivisie at the end of the season, as PSV accepted an offer from Serie A side Napoli.
• Over the course of two seasons, he made 88 appearances and scored 45 goals for Eindhoven.

Napoli

• The player’s agent Soren Lerby confirmed on 16 June 2013 that he would sign with Napoli.
• He is the first signing of Rafael Benitez as Napoli manager after he reportedly agreed to a fee of €9.5 million with PSV.
• He made his Serie A debut against Bologna on 25 August 2013, coming on as a second-half substitute for Marek Hamsik.
• On 30 October, he scored his first goal for Napoli in the club’s 2–1 away victory over Fiorentina.
• Napoli’s first game after the Serie A winter break saw Mertens score his first brace for the club in a 2–0 win over Sampdoria on 6 January 2014.
• Napoli lost 2–0 to Juventus on 30 March as a result of his second goal, inflicting only the second league defeat on the eventual champions.
• In the final of the Coppa Italia on 3 May 2014, Mertens replaced Marek Hamsik in the 64th minute and went on to score in stoppage time, ensuring Fiorentina a 3–1 victory.
• After Napoli’s penalty shoot-out victory over Juventus in the Supercoppa on 22 December 2014, he won his second winners’ medal.
• Despite primarily being used as a substitute, he continued to excel for Napoli over the next season and a half, scoring 10 goals and providing 11 assists across all competitions in 2014–15, and 11 more in 2015–16.
• Among his goals in the latter campaign was a brace in Napoli’s 5–0 win over Belgian side Club Brugge, Napoli’s joint-largest ever winning margin in the Europa League.
• Mertens also scored a hat-trick in a 6–0 victory over Bologna on 19 April 2016.
• After Gonzalo Higuain, the previous season’s Capocannoniere, moved to Juventus, and Arkadiusz Milik was injured, Mertens assumed an important role as the center of Napoli’s attack for the 2016–17 Serie A season.
• On 11 December 2016, he scored a hat-trick in a 5–0 Serie A victory over Cagliari before scoring four goals in a 5–3 win against Torino the following week.
• The four goals by Martens – including the fourth-fastest hat-trick in Serie A history – were the first by a Napoli player since Beppe Savoldi in 1977.
• It was also his first league hat-trick since Juventus’ Pietro Anastasi in 1974, and the first time he scored seven goals over two matches since Antonio Angelillo in 1958.
• His performances for club and country were recognized when, on 30 December, he was named Belgian Footballer of the Year for 2016, beating Eden Hazard of Chelsea and Radja Nainggolan of Roma.
• The match on 4 February 2017 saw Mertens and Hamsik grab hat-tricks in a 7–1 win over Bologna, resulting in Napoli’s first-ever away win with seven goals.
• In the final game of the season, he scored his 50th league goal for Napoli and his 28th for the season, finishing just one goal behind Golden Boot winner Edin Džeko.
• In the following season, he maintained his goal-scoring form, scoring 22 goals.
• Mertens scored both goals in Napoli’s 3–1 UEFA Champions League win over Red Star Belgrade on 28 November 2018, his 100th for the club.
• The following day, he marked his 200th Serie A appearance for the club with an assist for Kalidou Koulibaly’s opening goal in a 3–1 win over Chievo on 14 April 2019.
• In Napoli’s 2–0 away win over Frosinone on 28 April, Mertens equaled Diego Maradona’s Serie A goal tally of 81.
• He surpassed Maradona’s tally of 115 goals for the club across all competitions in October 2019, when he scored twice in a 3–2 Champions League win over Red Bull Salzburg, becoming the club’s second-highest scorer of all time.
• On 25 February 2020, Mertens scored the opening goal in an eventual 1-1 draw with Barcelona in the first leg of the round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League. His 121 goals tied Hamsik as Napoli’s all-time highest goal scorer.
• He was injured in the second half and was later taken off. It was his equalizing goal in a 1–1 home draw against Inter Milan in the 2019–20 Coppa Italia semi-final that saw him overtake Hamsik as Napoli’s all-time leading goalscorer with 122, and also allowed the Naples to advance to the Coppa Italia Final.
• He signed a two-year contract extension with the club on 17 June. Later that day, he started the Coppa Italia final against Juventus before being replaced by Milik in the second half; Napoli won 4–2 on penalties following a 0–0 draw after regulation time.
• Mertens scored his 99th and 100th Serie A goals for Napoli in a 2–0 loss to Roma on 21 March 2021.
• In the Serie A match against Inter on 21 November 2021, Mertens scored his 103rd goal for Napoli, becoming the club’s all-time leading scorer.

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International Career

• Mertens previously represented Belgium at the youth level but received his first call-up to the senior team by national coach Georges Leekens on 1 October 2010 for the nation’s UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches against Kazakhstan and Austria.
• Despite not featuring in either match, Mertens made his debut on 9 February the following year in a friendly against Finland in Ghent.
• As a Belgian, he won his first cap on 15 August 2012, in the 125th Derby der Lage Landen.
• After replacing Nacer Chadli, Mertens scored one goal and provided two assists to help Belgium defeat the Netherlands 4–2.
• On 13 May 2014, Mertens was named to Marc Wilmots’ 23-man squad for Belgium’s 2014 FIFA World Cup campaign in Brazil.
• In the nation’s final warm-up match ahead of the tournament on 7 June, Mertens scored a late winner to secure a 1–0 victory over Tunisia.
• Corey made his first appearance of the tournament for Belgium, replacing Chadli at halftime and scoring the winner in a 2–1 victory over Algeria in Belo Horizonte.
• Before the World Cup began, Mertens made a bet with his father that he would score a goal.
• His father’s mustache was shaved off as a reward for winning the bet after he posted a photo on Instagram after the match.
• During the World Cup, he made five appearances, as Belgium lost to eventual runners-up, Argentina, in the quarter-finals.
• Belgium began its qualification campaign for Euro 2016 after the World Cup. In Belgium’s 6–0 win over Andorra, Mertens scored two goals in three minutes for his first brace for the national team.
• In the following year, he assisted on one goal and scored another in Belgium’s 3–1 win over Israel, which secured the top spot in Belgium’s qualifying group.
• After being named in the Belgium squad for the tournament proper, he played in all five matches as the nation fell at the quarter-final stage once again, this time to Wales.
• Under the new manager Roberto Martinez, Mertens scored five goals for Belgium during their qualification for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, including two in an 8–1 home victory over Estonia on 13 November 2016.
• Belgium’s tournament squad then selected him and he scored in the nation’s opening match in a 3–0 win over Panama.
• For the remainder of the tournament, he played as both a starter and substitute as Belgium finished third, defeating England in the third-place play-off.
• Mertens played his 100th match for Belgium in a 2–1 win over Denmark during the UEFA Euro 2020 tournament on 17 June 2021.

Facts About Dries Mertens

• A strong army needs a competent executioner. Dries Mertens is that silent performer in the ‘Golden Generation of Belgian Football’ who slickly executes the role of winger and is highly rated both for his pace and finishing.
• He plays mostly as a winger for Napoli SSC and the Belgian national team. He has also displayed commendable abilities in the central striker role.
• He was born in Leuven, Belgium, on 6 May 1987. During his footballing career he played for Stade Leuven, a local club.
• The youth academy of KAA Gent provided him with the perfect platform to develop his football skills.
• Aalst and AGOVV in the Netherlands, where his brilliant skills attracted the attention of bigger clubs, he then moved to the Netherlands to play for third division sides.
• Before making his senior team debut, Mertens had played for the Belgian Under 17 team. He was substituted in the second half of a match against Finland in September 2011. The match ended in a 1-1 draw.
• Regardless of club or country affiliation, Mertens has proven to be a consistent performer over the years. His knack for scoring important goals makes him an indispensable member of Napoli and Belgium.
• Mertens is a regular starter above the likes of talented wingers like Yannick Carrasco and Kevin Mirallas in Belgium.
• His World Cup was an eventful one in which he scored a last gasp winner against Algeria in the group stages, and played in all of Belgium’s matches until they were eliminated by Argentina in the quarterfinals.
• Mertens has improved dramatically in terms of his style of play. Mertens has also developed into a lethal goalscorer in addition to his guile and creativity. Edin Dzeko edged out his tally of 28 goals by a single goal to be the top scorer in the 2016/17 Serie A season.
• He was at his prolific best in the 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign where he netted 5 goals.
• Having spent his youth career with lower-league Belgian clubs, his first senior contract was a loan spell with Dutch third division side Eendracht Aalst.
• In the years that followed, he spent a long time at AGOVV, where dominating the opposition was the norm. In 2008, he won the Eerste Divisie best player award for his outstanding performances.
• While his time at Utrecht was eventful, Mertens became a goalscoring machine at PSV. Mertens scored 37 league goals in 62 games.

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