Anthony Lopes is a French-born Portuguese international who plays as a goalkeeper for Portugal National Football Team and for the French top tier, Olympique Lyonnais wearing no. 1 jersey shirt. He was also the member of Portuguese side that won the Euro 2016 under the captaincy of Cristiano Ronaldo.
Lopes, 28, is a married man and blessed with two children together with his wife. Currently, his net worth is estimated at $15 million.
As of 2019, the ace goalkeeper of the Portuguese national team, Anthony Lopes’ net worth is approximately $15 million. Currently, he earns a weekly salary of $96,000 which is around $4.9 million per annum through Olympique Lyonnais. His weekly wage in 2015 was reported to be £67,308.
His current market value is approximately £18 million.
Anthony Lopes was born to a French mother and Portuguese father, Jose Lopes on October 1, 1990, on Givors, France.
He holds Portuguese citizenship through his father and French through his mother. Lopes was fond of playing football since he was a child.
The French-born goalkeeper started to play football at age of 6 joining the youth academy of OSGL Football in 1996.
Anthony Lopes, an order of merit winner is currently married and has two daughters, Eva and Nina Lopes.
A famous goalkeeper in both French league and at Portugal, he is a devoted family man and a hardworking football athlete.
Anthony Lopes started at youth rank of the French club, Olympique Lyonnais in 2000 and its reserve team in 2008.
He impressed the officials and authorities of the French team and was promoted to the main team of Lyon in 2012/13. He is the third pick goalkeeper behind the likes of Remy Vercoutre and Mathieu Valverde.
Anthony Lopes made his first professional debut against OGC Nice on 31 October 2012. Similarly, he made his debut match in the UEFA Europa League against Israeli football club, Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona FC on December 2012.
He made his French Ligue 1 debut against AS Saint Etienne on 28 April 2013 and was the first choice goalkeeper for the French team during the season.
The Portuguese international goalkeeper met with an unfortunate incident when he was hit by a firecracker thrown by some spectator at the stand. The incident took place during a league against FC Metz on December 3, 2016. He also had a horrible collision with Kylian Mbappe during the match against SPG.
Even though Anthony was born and raised in France, yet he decided to play for Portugal instead of the French national team. His father who was a Portuguese by birth helped him to play for Portuguese national side calling on to Portuguese Football Federation to know of this fact.
He played in U-17, U019, and U-21 before he made his debut for the Portuguese national team against African nation Cape Verde on 31 March 2015.
He was the part of winning team that featured the likes of Nani, Pepe and Renato Sanches in UEFA Euro Cup 2016.
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