James Daniel Maddison is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the England national team. Maddison began his career with Coventry City before joining Norwich City in 2016.Information Guide Nigeria
Club career
Coventry City
According to talkSPORT report, it is confirmed that Maddison joined Coventry City’s youth team, and was included in the first-team squad in the 2013–14 season, though did not make an appearance. The young star made his debut in the month of August 2014, coming on as a substitute in a 2–1 League Cup defeat to Cardiff City The midfielder made his league debut, again as a substitute, in a 3–1 home loss against Bristol City and his first league start in the following game, against Oldham Athletic. However, he scored his first league goal in the game, with a free-kick in the first-half, as the Sky Blues lost the game 4–1.Information Guide Nigeria
Norwich City
The UKSPORT reported that James Maddison signed for Premier League club Norwich City on the 1st of February 2016 on a three-and-a-half-year contract for an undisclosed fee, but was immediately loaned back to Coventry City for the remainder of the 2015–16 season.Information Guide Nigeria
The young midfielder made his first team debut for Norwich in an EFL Cup tie against his former club Coventry on the 23rd of August 2016. And on the 31st of August 2016, Maddison was loaned to Scottish Premiership club Aberdeen for the first part of the 2016–17 season. The report has it that he made his debut as a substitute against Inverness Caledonian Thistle, then started and scored in the next match in a 3–1 win against Dundee. Maddison followed this with a last-minute winner against Rangers on 25 September.Information Guide Nigeria
However, it was reported that after the young star returned from his loan spell at Aberdeen, he made his long-awaited league debut for Norwich on the 17th of April 2017, coming on as a substitute in the second half and scoring in a 3–1 win against Preston North End at Deepdale. Maddison signed a new four-year contract in June. Nevertheless, with the arrival of new coach Daniel Farke, Maddison was given regular starts in the team during the 2017–18 season and was named Norwich City’s Player of the Season at the end of the campaign, as well as receiving a nomination for the EFL Championship Young Player of the Season award.NYSC Portal
Leicester City
According to Fabrizio report, it was confirmed that Maddison signed for Premier League club Leicester City on the 20th of June 2018, on a five-year contract for an undisclosed fee thought to be around £20 million. The former Norwich City star scored his first goal in the Premier League on 18 August in a 2–0 win against Wolverhampton Wanderers. James Maddison later followed up his impressive start for the club with back-to-back Premier League goals, from set-pieces, against AFC Bournemouth and Huddersfield Town, respectively. And on the 29th of July 2020, he agreed a new four-year contract with Leicester.NYSC Portal
On the 11th of April 2021, Maddison was one of three players dropped from Leicester’s squad for the game against West Ham United after breaching COVID-19 protocols.
International career
BBC sport reported that Maddison was included in an England under-21 squad in March 2016, but was unable to play due to injury. Again, he received his first call-up to the England under-21 team in November 2017, and made his debut against Ukraine in a 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifier. And in the month of October 2018, he received his first call-up to the senior team for the UEFA Nations League matches against Croatia and Spain.NYSC Portal
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Unfortunately for the young star, he withdrew from the senior squad in October 2019 due to illness. However, Maddison was later seen visiting a casino, although his conduct was defended by club manager Brendan Rodgers. The star midfielder made his debut for England on 14 November when he came on for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain in the 56th minute of a 7–0 win over Montenegro in UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying.
James Maddison’s Net Worth
James Maddison’s net worth or net income is estimated to be $1 million – $2 million dollars. He has made such an amount of wealth from his primary career as a Soccer Player.NYSC Portal
Maddison’s Salary
As per ESPN, it has been confirmed that in the month of July 2018 the attacking midfielder signed a contract with Leicester City that nets him a whopping salary of 3.3 Million Euro (2.8 Million Pound) per year. We have crunched the numbers, this means he earns €9,016 (£7,735) per day and €376 (£322) per hour!
Per year €3,300,000 £2,869,565
Per month €275,000 £239,130
Per week €63,462 £55,184
Per day €9,041 £7,862
Per hour €376 £327
Per minute €6 £5
Honours
Leicester City
FA Cup: 2020–21
FA Community Shield: 2021
Individual
EFL Young Player of the Month: January 2018
PFA Team of the Year: 2017–18 Championship
Norwich City Player of the Season: 2017–18
Leicester City Player of the Year: 2021–22
EFL Team of the Season: 2017–18
Premier League Goal of the Month: September 2020
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