The Danish defender made his international debut for senior Denmark in 2013.
Jannik Vestergaard was born to German mother and Danish father on 3 August 1992 in Hvidovre, Denmark.
He was interested in playing football since his early childhood days and joined the youth club of Danish team, Brondby IF.
His annual salary is around € 1.8 million with a weekly salary of € 36,000 which he receives from playing for his current football club of Borussia Monchengladbach.
He has a market worth in the region of £12.6 million as of June 2018.
Looking at his professional playing career, his net worth combined with his assets as well as endorsing products like Adidas, his total sum is around $5 million.
He started his senior playing career with the reserve side of German professional football club, 1899 Hoffenheim in 2010.
Jannik played over 20 matches and scored 4 goals for the side before joining the main team in 2011.
He made 71 appearances for the club and scored four goals for the club. The Danish defender was later transferred to fellow German football club, Weder Bremen in 2015.
Jannik played 48 matches and scored three goals for Weder Bremen before leaving it in 2016.
He is currently playing for Bundesliga football club, Borussia Monchengladbach with whom he signed in the summer of 2016 for a reported transfer fee of €12 million which also includes bonuses.
After playing for Danish football team in their U18, U19, U20 and U21 and playing at the UEFA European U21 Championship held in the Czech Republic for Denmark under21, he was called by the senior team of Denmark in August 2013.
He made his full senior international debut for Denmark against Poland in a friendly in 2013 and scored his first international goal for Denmark against Sweden during the Euro 2016 qualifiers in playoff rounds on 17 November 2015.
Janik opted to play Denmark instead of Germany through his German mother and was included to the 23 Denmark men squad led by the captain, Simon Kjaer that has the players such as midfielder, Michael Krohn Dehli, and defender, Jonas Knudsen in the 2018 FIFA World Cup held at Russia.
Currently, 25, the Danish defender, Jannik Vestergaard stands at a height of 6 feet 7 inches tall.
Talking about his personal life, he is in a relationship with his girlfriend, Pernille. He comes from a footballing family as his grandfather and uncle have played club level football at several German football clubs.
He is fond of dog and has a dog named, Brady.
