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Christian Eriksen Net Worth: How Rich is the Danish Footballer Actually?

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3 years ago

June 20, 2021

Christian Eriksen is a Danish professional football player, best known as an attacking midfielder for the Serie A club “Inter Milan”. He also plays for the Denmark National team. Christian recently collapsed during Euro 2020 opening match against Finland. The soccer officials have confirmed that he is now stable and awake. As of 2022, Christian Eriksen net worth is estimated to be around $25 million.

Full Name	Christian Eriksen
Birth Date	February 14, 1992
Birth Place	Middelfart, Denmark
Profession	Footballer
Wife	Sabrina Kvist Jensen
Net Worth	$25 million

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Early life

Christian Eriksen was born on 14th February 1992 in Middlefart, Denmark. His grandfather Thomas was also a football player, and following his footstep, he joined the Danish football club, Middlefart G&BK. Likewise, his father has worked as a football coach, who helped the youth football team to finish unbeaten in the local youth championship in 2004. He was also a part of the youth team, and after a year, he started playing for the Odense Boldklub.

Eriksen was showing off his technical ability of dribbling and free-kick techniques since he joined the club. His skill got better when he was coached by Tonny Hermansen. He was at the best form in the youth level championship, which ultimately grabbed the attention of major European clubs like Chelsea and Barcelona. Soon, he underwent trials with the football clubs like Chelsea, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Milan, and Manchester United.

Christian Eriksen Net Worth & Professional Career

Eriksen’s professional career started after he joined the Dutch professional football club, Ajax. He signed a two and half years contract with the football club on October 17, 2008. In January 2020, he was promoted to the first team and entered the football ground wearing the Number 51 shirt after a month against Eredivisie. On March 25, 2008, he scored his first goal for Ajax, where his team registered the victory with 6-0.

Christian was able to impress the manager Martin Jol, through his first professional season. He compared him to the footballer like Wesley Sneijder, Rafael van der Vaart, and Michael Laudrup. Eriksen continued his good form with Ajax while playing in the 2010-11 season. He was given the title of Ajax’s Talent of Year at the end of the season. Eriksen scored his first UEFA Champions League goal against Dinamo Zagreb on October 18, 2011.

Eriksen chose not to renew his contract with Ajax following the 2012-13 season and joined the English club Tottenham Hotspur in August 2013. He played his first game for the club against Norwich City, where he provided an assisted goal leading his team to win the match. Christian completed the 2014-15 campaign, where he appeared in every Premier League game for Tottenham. In total, he scored 12 goals in all competitions.

In 2016, he signed a new long-term contract with Tottenham and started showing his incredible form in the following season. He scored a total of 8 goals and made a 15 goal assist, which led his team to end as a runner-up in the season. Eriksen signed 4 and half year deal with the Serie A club, Inter Milan on January 28, 2020. He played his first game for Milan against Florentina. For the club, he scored his first goal against Ludogorets Razgrad on February 20, 2020.

Eriksen was supposed to leave Inter Milan in 2021, but after his direct free-kick goal against rival Milan, coach Antonio Conte made confirmation that he would remain in the club. He made a debut for Denmark against Austria in 2010. Eriksen was the 4th youngest international player to play for Denmark.

Christian is still continuing his good form playing for Denmark. However, he collapsed in the 42nd minute while playing in the opening game of the UEFA Euro 2020 group stage match against Finland. He was about to receive a throw-in when he fell down on the ground. Eriksen was immediately taken to hospital, and after an hour, the officials confirmed that he is stable and awake. The game later continued in the evening, where Denmark lost to Finland 1-0.

Christian Eriksen Personal Life

Christian Eriksen is a married man, who tied the knot with a lady named Sabrina Kvist Jensen. He shares two kids with his wife Sabrina. He has a younger sister named Louise Eriksen, who is also a football player, and plays as a captain for the women’s football club, KoldingQ.