A Polish international football player, Wojciech Tomasz Szczesny is best known as Wojciech Szczesny, who currently plays for the Italian club Juventus and the Poland national team as a goalkeeper. Prior, he was also a first-choice goalkeeper for English Premier League giants Arsenal FC.
Besides, Szczesny is also a national player who plays for the national football team of Poland. Since 2009, he has been representing the senior team. Also, Szczesny is making a good amount of money from his profession and has preserved a massive fortune.
Wojciech Szczesny has an estimated net worth of around $16 million. His significant source of income is his club contract, salary from the national team, and endorsement deals with prominent brands, including Nike.
Besides, as reported by Salary Sport, Szczesny is the second highest-earning player in the Juventus squad. He earns £200,000 in a week and £10,400,000 in a year. Not to mention, Szczesny has a massive deal worth €18 million with the club. In the 2020 season, he took home £211,000 (per week) and £10,972,000 (per year).
Wojciech Szczesny is endorsed by Nike SOURCE: Instagram @wojciech.szczesny1 Additionally, Szczesny's current market value is recorded at €13 million, while the highest value was €40 million on December 12, 2019.
Apart, he owns a luxury house in Warsaw, Poland. As per riding, he has an Audi-R9-Sports-car which costs over $139,576. Besides, he owns several other cars, such as a Mercedes SLS, Porsche Cayenne Lumma, etc.
Szczesny is a married man. He tied the wedding knot with a Polish singer-songwriter and actress, Marina Luczenko, on May 21, 2016, after being engaged in July 2015. The couple is believed to have met back in 2013.
Wojciech Szczesny has a son with his wife SOURCE: Instagram @wojciech.szczesny1 The couple is now blissful without any news and rumors regarding the extra-marital affair, conflict, and divorce. Though the two belongs to different professional field, to date, there have been no ups and downs in their personal life. Being married to Marina, Szczesny has already welcomed a son named Liam.
Previously, Szczesny was in a relationship with Sandra Dziwiszek. They began dating in 2010. However, the pair parted ways after spending three years together. Adding up, between 2010 to 2013, Szczesny was also involved romantically with polish model Zofia Slotala in 2012.
Marina Luczenko has her past. She was in a relationship with Wojciech Lozowski for two years. Following her break up with Lozowski, she started dating Polish artist Lukas Mroz.
After one year with Arsenal's youth set-up, he was promoted to the reserve team in the 2008-09 seasons.
On May 24, 2009, he was included on the first team for the first time during the Premier League match against Stoke City as an unused substitute. The team concluded their season with a 4-1 win at the Emirates Stadium.
At the beginning of the 2009-10 seasons, he was promoted to the primary team and assigned jersey no 53. On September 22, 2009, Szczesny made his professional team debut in the Football League Cup third round in a 2-0 home victory against West Bromwich Albion, keeping a clean sheet.
Wojciech Szczesny plays as a goalkeeper SOURCE: Instagram @wojciech.szczesny1 In December 2009, manager Arsene Wenger stated that he and the rest of Arsenal's coaching staff had high hopes for Szczesny, saying, "We have identified Wojciech as a future great, great goalkeeper." Later one month, Arsene Wenger added, "I believe in him that he will one day be Arsenal's number one. He has all the qualities you want from a goalkeeper".
On November 20, 2009, Szczesny moved to League One club Brentford, signing a month's loan deal. In his second match with Brentford, he saved a second-half penalty in a 1-0 loss to Wycombe Wanderers. On December 12, 2009, he was awarded the Man of the Match award in his fifth game, where he made several saves to keep out Leeds United.
Wojciech Szczesny in a training session SOURCE: Instagram @wojciech.szczesny1 On December 22, 2009, he signed an extension contract that would last until January 17, 2010, and then January 31. Finally, it was again extended until May 31. He played 28 matches overall.
On October 27, 2010, he made his way back to Arsenal and appeared for Arsenal in the League Cup, keeping a clean sheet. On November 11, 2010, he signed a new extended contract with Arsenal. On December 13, 2010, he made his Premier League debut in the 1-0 loss to Manchester United, deputizing for Manuel Almunia and Lukasz Fabianski.
Similarly, on January 8, 2011, Szczesny started the FA Cup 3rd-round match against Leeds United.
On July 29, 2015, Szczesny was again loaned out but this time to FC Roma, signing a season-long loan deal. On August 22, he made his Serie A debut in a 1-1 draw against Hellas Verona.
Ahead of the 2016-17 seasons, his loan deal was extended again for a season-long sale. In his two seasons with Roma, he played 72 matches.
On July 19, 2017, Szczesny signed Juventus a 4-year contract worth $14.93 million plus an additional $3.79 million.
On September 9, 2017, he made his debut for Juventus in a 3-0 home victory against Chievo, keeping his sheet clean. So far, he has played over 140 games for his native club.
Wojciech Szczesny has represented his national side at the youth and senior levels. He was a part of Poland's U20 and U21 national teams.
In October 2009, Szczesny earned his first called up to Poland national team for friendly matches against Romania and Canada. On November 18, he made his international debut against Canada in a 1-0 win.
On November 13, 2017, he was called to play against Uruguay and Mexico for friendly matches with Lukasz Fabianski, Thiago Cionek, and Piotr Zielinski. Currently, the Portugal national team is playing in the FIFA World Cup 2022, and Szczesny is also listed in the team.
Wojciech Szczesny was born on April 18, 1990, in Warsaw, Poland, to Alicja Szczesna and Maciej Szczesny. His birth sign is Aries. Talking about his nationality, he is Polish. His father, Maciej Szczesny, is a retired national footballer player who played for Wisla Krakow, Polonia Warsaw, Wdzew Lodz, and Legia Warsaw. He was raised alongside his brother, Jan, who currently plays for PKS Radosc Warsaw.
Wojciech Szczesny with his teammates Following his father's footsteps, Szczesny began his football career at Agrykola Warsaw as a young player. He soon impressed Warsaw's goalkeeping coach, Krzysztof Dowhan, and Szczesny was allowed to take part in a training camp with Legia's first team at age fifteen, joining them afterward.
After two seasons with Warsaw, he joined Arsenal in the year 2006.
