Jannik Vestergaard is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a centre back for EFL Championship club Leicester City and the Denmark national team. Vestergaard played for various Danish and German clubs before joining Southampton in 2018..Information Guide Nigeria
Reports has it that Vestergaard played for various Danish and German clubs before joining Southampton in 2018. He also played for various youth levels and debuted for the senior team in 2013.Information Guide Nigeria
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According to the report from BBCsport, it is reported that Vestergaard was born to a Danish father and a German mother in the Copenhagen suburb of Hvidovre and grew up in Copenhagen.Information Guide Nigeria
Jannik Vestergaard’s German grandfather Hannes Schröers and uncle Jan Schröers were also footballers for Fortuna Düsseldorf and Bayer 05 Uerdingen respectively. Ahgain, his cousin Mika Schröers played for Borussia Mönchengladbach’s youth teams in 2016.
Club career
Early career
The verteran defender widely recognize as Vestergaard played youth football with Vestia, Frem, Copenhagen and Brøndby. He began his senior career with German club TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. He moved to Werder Bremen in January 2015. On 11 June 2016, Vestergaard joined Borussia Mönchengladbach for a reported transfer of €12 million plus bonuses.Information Guide Nigeria
Southampton
According to report from BBC SPORT, it was reported that Vestergaard moved to English club Southampton on the 13th July 2018, signing a four-year contract. And on the 12th of August 2018, he made his debut in a 0–0 draw against Burnley in the Premier League. The young star scored his first goal for the club on the 31st of August 2019, the equalizer in a 1–1 draw against Manchester United.
Leicester City
On the 12th of August 2021 it was announced that Southampton had accepted a transfer offer from Leicester City for Vestergaard. Again, on the 13th of August 2021, he signed for Leicester City on a three-year contract, for an undisclosed fee.
International career
Youth level
As per ESPN report, it was claimed that besides Denmark, Vestergaard was also eligible to represent Germany through his German mother.
The report has it that the young defender represented the Denmark national youth teams at under-18, under-19, under-20 and under-21 levels. Vestergaard received his first call-up to the Denmark senior team in August 2013, describing it as his “dream” to play for the country, and he made his debut later that month in a match against Poland. His first goal for Denmark came in his first competitive game, against Sweden in the European Championship play-off return leg on the 17th of November 2015.NYSC Portal
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Again, the young star represented the Denmark U21 team at the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in the Czech Republic, and scored in a 2–1 defeat of the host nation in the opening match at the Eden Arena in Prague.NYSC Portal
Senior level
Fortunately for him, report from skysport has it that Vestergaard was a member of Denmark’s squad at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, but did not make any appearances in the tournament. In the month of June 2021, he was included in the national team’s bid for 2020 UEFA Euro, where the team reached the semi-finals.
Vestergaard Net Worth
The Danish-German centre-back has played for German Bundesliga club Werder Bremen and Borussia Mönchengladbach before moving to England to sign for Southampton, his net worth is estimated to be around €15.8 million (£14 million).NYSC Portal
Vestergaard Salary
Vestergaard signed a contract with Southampton that nets him a whopping salary of 3.5 Million Euro (3.1 Million Pound) per year. We have crunched the numbers, this means he earns €17,351 (£15,322) per day and €723 (£638) per hour!
Per year €3,500,000 £3,043,478
Per month €291,667 £253,623
Per week €67,308 £58,528
Per day €9,589 £8,338
Per hour €399 £347
Per minute €7 £6
Market Value
The defender is about to enter his prime years and has a market value of €20 million (£17 million).
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