Dani Carvajal Biography, Career, Market Value, Net Worth, Personal Life, Family, Awards and Many More

Spanish footballer Daniel Carvajal Ramos, famously known as Dani Carvajal, currently plays as a Right-Back for the Spain national football team. Besides, he also makes regular appearances for the La Liga side Real Madrid. He started his footballing journey with the youth academy of his native club ADCR Leman’s. He then moved to the youth academy system of Real Madrid in 2002. Carvajal made a steady progression there and debuted for the Real Madrid Castilla in 2010. He joined the Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen in 2012 but came back to his former side the very next season. Since then, he made more than 100 appearances for Real Madrid as of 2018.

Dani Carvajal Biography

Carvajal achieved several domestic and international trophies with Real Madrid since 2013. Besides his club career, he also appeared for the Spanish U-19 and U-21 side between 2010 and 2014. He earned praises from football pundits after helping both the youth national squads to win the UEFA European Championships. He finally made his senior international debut in 2014. Without a doubt, Carvajal is one of the best young defenders in the world right now.

Dani Carvajal Full Biography and Career

Dani Carvajal Youth Career

Carvajal joined his native club ADCR Leman’s in 1999, at the age of just 7. He spent 3 seasons there before finally moving to the youth academy system of Real Madrid in 2002, at the age of 10. For the next eight years, he went through a rigorous training while sharpening his defensive skills. He earned his promotion through several age-levels of the youth squads during his time at the academy. Since the 2008-09 season, Carvajal grabbed the attention of Real Madrid officials through his talents, stamina and excellent ball control.

He finally made it to the Real Madrid reserve team in 2010, at the age of just 18. He quickly became a permanent squad member of the Real Madrid Castilla side, and also captained the squad in his debut season. The next season, Carvajal made 38 appearances for the Real Madrid B team and scored twice. He helped the squad to earn the promotion to Segunda División that year. After the five-year absence from the second league, Real Madrid reserve side finally achieved the promotion in 2012.

Dani Carvajal Bayer Leverkusen Career

Carvajal signed a five-year contract with the German Bundesliga club Bayer 04 Leverkusen on 11^th July 2012. According to reports, he earned around €5 million transfer fee with that move from Real Madrid. But Los Blancos added a buy-back clause in his contract with Leverkusen. As the clauses stated, Real Madrid can buy him back for €6.5 million after one season, for €7 million after two seasons, and for €8.5 million after three seasons in Bundesliga. Carvajal then made his debut for the club against SC Freiburg on 1^st September 2012.

He earned his place in the Bundesliga team of the weak right after his debut for the club due to his spectacular performances. Carvajal then scored his first goal for Bayer Leverkusen against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim on 25^th November 2012. At the end of his debut season, he earned the third best right back title, only after Bayern Munich’s Phillip Lahm and Schalke 04’s Atsuto Uchida. After witnessing his amazing performance that season, Leverkusen’s director expressed that it is just a matter of time before Real Madrid exercises their buy-back clause for Carvajal.

Dani Carvajal Club Career

Dani Carvajal Real Madrid Career

Carvajal signed a contract and came back to his former club Real Madrid on 3^rd June 2013 for an estimated transfer fee of €6.5 million. He then made his La Liga debut for the club against Real Betis on 18^th August 2013. Shortly after, he made his UEFA Champions League debut against Galatasaray SK on 17th September 2013. He helped Real Madrid to achieve victory over Atlético Madrid in the UEFA Champions League final on 24th May 2014. Carvajal made 45 appearances for Real Madrid in his debut season while scoring twice.

The following season, he helped the club to achieve victory against Sevilla FC in the 2014 UEFA Super Cup on 13^th August 2014. He then helped Real Madrid to achieve victory over Argentine side San Lorenzo de Almagro at the 2014 FIFA Club World Cup final on 20^th December 2014. Due to his spectacular performance in the 2014-15 season, Carvajal signed a five-year contract extension with Real Madrid on 8^th July 2015. The following season, he again helped his side to achieve the UEFA Champions League defeating Atlético Madrid in the final on 28^th May 2016.

In the 2016-17 season, Carvajal scored the winning goal in the UEFA Super Cup against Sevilla FC on 9^th August 2016. He delivered awesome performance that season and eventually signed another contract extension with Real Madrid with an increased wage and buy-out clause on 17^th September 2017. The new contract could keep him at Santiago Bernabeu till 2022.

Dani Carvajal International Career

Carvajal Helped the U-19 Spanish side to win the UEFA European Under-19 Championship in 2011. And in 2013, he helped the U-21 side to hold the UEFA European Under-21 Championship trophy. One of the most successful football managers, Vicente del Bosque, named him in the 30-man squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. But tragically, his name was omitted from the national squad on 31^st May 2014. He again earned his call-up for the senior national Spanish squad on 29^th August 2014. Shortly after, Carvajal made his senior international debut against France on 4^th September 2014. He earned his selection in the 23-man squad for the UEFA Euro 2016 but later dropped from the side due to an injury that he suffered while playing for Real Madrid.

Dani Carvajal Spain Career

Dani Carvajal Personal Life

Born in the Spanish capital of Madrid, to his parents Mariano Carvajal and Lola Ramos, Dani is of pure Spanish descent. He grew up in the Leganés suburb of Madrid along with his sister Patricia Carvajal. He started dating Marta Morales in 2009, who is also a friend of his sister Patricia. According to the recent reports, the couple is staying together as of 2018. As a tragic fact, Carvajal diagnosed with a heart problem called pericarditis on 30^th September 2017. After a month outside the ground for that issue, he made his comeback to the training in November.

Dani Carvajal Net Worth

The current net worth of Dani Carvajal stands at €8.5 million as of 2018. His market value is estimated to be around €60 million as of the current season. He gets around €98,000 weekly wage from his current club Real Madrid. He earns nearly €3.5 million yearly salary from his football career. Besides, he also made his wealth through his sponsorship deal with Nike and currently wears their Tiempo Legend VII FG boots since 28^th March 2018.

Dani Carvajal Individual Awards

Carvajal held the UEFA Champions League trophy with Real Madrid thrice till now and became the table topper of La Liga in the 2016-17 season. He also achieved the Copa del Rey in 2014 and the Supercopa de España in 2017. Carvajal helped Real Madrid to win both the UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup thrice each as of 2018. Besides, he earned several accolades for his brilliant gameplay. Some of the most notable wards that he received till now are as follows:

• UEFA Champions League: Squad of the Season [2013–14 and 2016–17]
• FIFPro World XI: Fifth Team [2014 and 2015]
• FIFPro World XI: Third Team [2016]
• La Liga Team of the Season: 2016–17
• FIFPro World XI: Second Team[2017]