Joselu Mato He is the man of the moment in world football. Cover in the media of Madrid, cover in the media of Spainfront page in the media England and so with the entire planet. The forward of the white team became the unexpected hero of the team this Wednesday night. Ancelotti by giving the white club a pass to the final of the Champions.
Despite it not having been his most prominent season, Joselu has known how to take advantage of each and every one of the opportunities that ‘Carletto’ has given him. The last one, in the final stretch of the duel against Bayern Munich and that allowed him to score those two goals that once again led the team to the comeback and the Santiago Bernabeu to ecstasy.
It could be said that Joselu Mato lived one of his greatest days of glory, even above some title or promotion. And the Real Madrid forward’s career has been extensive and successful, which has allowed him to make a name for himself in the elite and also increase his current account. During his career, Joselu has managed to make money thanks to football, but also make some moves that have allowed him to increase his assets.
How much money does Joselu have?
José Luis Mato Sanmartín, better known as Joselu Mato or just as Joselu, is currently the new leader of Real Madrid. The forward born in Germany, but raised in Silledain Galicia, he scored the two most important goals of his sporting career against Bayern Munich.
However, the striker has been scoring goals throughout his career, which began at Celta de Vigo before beginning his career in the Real Madrid youth academy. After passing through the Vigo reserve team and the white team, he managed to make his debut with the first team before going to Germany, where he exploded as a player.
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Hoffenheim, Eintracht Frankfurt and Hannover 96 to then pass through England, in the Stoke City and in the Newcastlewith an intermediate scale in Spain, in the Deportivo de La Coruña. With a lot of effort, Joselu has managed to establish himself as one of the fittest forwards in Spanish football, as he later demonstrated in the Deportivo Alavés and in the RCD Espanyol before joining Real Madrid again.
Joselu, who is chasing the figure of 200 goals in his career, has been able to build a powerful checking account over all these years, since the millions have reached his pocket on a recurring basis. Especially after his time at Espanyol, where he earned just over a million and a half euros.
Joselu celebrates reaching the final of the Champions League. Reuters
However, the big leap has now been made in his loan to Real Madrid, where his salary amounts to 2.5 million euros gross per year. Everything indicates that the white team will buy him at the end of this season and perhaps there his salary will continue to grow to have greater profits.
His moments of greatest financial success, not counting his contract at Real Madrid, occurred in England, since both at Stoke City first and at Newcastle later he received income of over two million euros per season. In total, and always making an approximate estimate based on the contracts signed during his career in the elite, Joselu Mato’s earnings would far exceed 15 million euros.
To this we should add what was achieved through advertising contracts, since Joselu is, for example, one of the great products of the Adidas brand in Spain, which is also the official sponsor of Real Madrid. Despite being a public figure, the truth is that Joselu’s movements outside of football are not as well known as is the case with other players.
Joselu’s company
Many players usually have their businesses and investments outside of football. And for an athlete, even if he is elite, it is key to have assets beyond those of his own profession, since this has a very early expiration date.
And Joselu, who has been married since 2016 to Melanie Cañizares, twin sister of Daphne, Dani Carvajal’s wife, has been no less, since he has also known how to move his money. Although it is true that he has done it in a much more discreet way than other players or great athletes. The company is positioned as the flagship and the most recognized business. Joselu Mato Sport SL.
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This company, which is considered extinct, was founded in 2013 and is in the Madrid Commercial Registry. In addition, it belongs to the real estate and sales sector, focused on services related to industrial property.
Although its social objective is defined as “the acquisition, exploitation, transmission and distribution by any title of image rights of any nature suitable for commercial exploitation in any medium, invented or to be invented, or technical support.” This is, broadly speaking, the fortune of Joselu Mato, the new white hero.
