Adnan Januzaj is a Belgian professional football player who plays as a winger for the Spanish football club Sevilla. Besides playing for the Spanish club, he has also played for clubs such as Manchester United, Borussia Dortmund, and Sunderland.
He made his international debut for Belgium in 2014. He has also been listed in the 23-man squad of Belgium for the FIFA World Cup 2018.
Adnan Januzaj has an estimated net worth of around $8 million. The significant source of his revenue is his football career. His annual salary is around £3,952,000 with a weekly salary of £76,000, which is reported to earn from his present Spanish club, Real Sociedad.
Adnan has a lavish lifestyle SOURCE: Instagram@adnanjanuzaj During his early days in Manchester, he was paid a weekly wage of only £1,000 but was heavily increased to £30,000 a week in 2013 after his impressive 2012 season. He earned £ 40,000 a week in his final year with ManU in 2017. He has a market worth in the region of $17.10 million.
Besides, he also has an endorsement deal with the products like New Balance.
Januzaj bought a Chesire mansion for £3 million in 2017, only to sell after some days. He was immediately sold to a Spanish club after he bought the house. The house cost him £2.7million plus £237,750 in stamp duty.
He also owns several luxurious cars but is often seen in his Mercedes Benz.
Talking about his personal life, Adnan Januzaj was rumored to be dating Tulisa Contostavlos, a musician and singer who appeared as an X Factor judge. She is six years older than Januzaj and has previously dated Queens Park Rangers defender Danny Simpson.
In 2013 Tulisa Contostavlos denied rumors that she was dating Januzaj, saying: 'I duno where they find this s***. I am not f***ing dating Adnan! [sic]'
He once had a blind date with Melissa McKenzie in 2014. He took her for the first date at Adnando and spent only £18 on a spicy chicken meal. Melissa left him later.
Currently, 27 Belgian midfielder Adnan Januzaj stands 6 feet 1 inch tall and weighs around 76 kg.
Adnan Januzaj was born to his father, Abedin Januzaj, on February 5, 1995. He was born in Brussels, Belgium, to a father of Albanian ethnicity. His mother, Ganimete Sadikaj, is from Kosovo. His grandfather was Turkish, while his grandmother was Serbian.
He has been interested in football since his early childhood and played at FC Brussels, Anderlecht, and Manchester United youth clubs. His childhood idol was Lorik Cana, an Albanian player.
After playing for the youth team of Manchester United, he played for the senior team in 2013. He made his official debut against Wigan Athletic, coming on for Dutch player Robin van Persie on August 11, 2013.
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Januzaj made his premier league debut as a substitute for Ashley Young against Crystal Palace on September 14, 2013. He was part of the Manchester United team that went on to win the FA Community Shield in 2013. He was later loaned to German Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund for 2015/16 and again to English football club Sunderland in 2016/17.
The Belgian attacking midfielder made his debut for Sunderland against Manchester City and scored his first goal for the club against Shrewsbury Town. He played for the Spanish professional football club, Real Sociedad. He signed a five-year contract with the club and made his La Liga debut against Deportivo de La Coruna.
In 2022, The player moved to Sevilla as a free agent and signed a five-year contract.
Januzaj received several call-ups from Belgium as he was eligible to play for Belgium (birth country), Albania (father), Kosovo (mother), Turkey (grandfather), Serbia (grandmother), and also Croatia.
He accepted the offer in April 2014, and his name was included in the Belgium 23-man squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. He later made his official international debut for a senior national team of Belgium against Tunisia by replacing fellow Belgian striker Eden Hazard on June 7, 2014.
In 2018, he was named in Belgium's 23 men's preliminary squad for Russia's 2018 FIFA World Cup. Since making his full international debut for Belgium in 2014, he has played for Belgium in fifteen matches and scored one international goal.
