David Alaba: Real Madrid Wealth & Salary

How much money does David Alaba earn?

David Alaba is Austria’s most successful footballer. With FC Bayern Munich he was German champion ten times and cup winner six times. He has also won the Champions League, the UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup twice. In early 2021, he decided to leave the German record champions and moved to Real Madrid in the summer of 2021. At FCB he recently earned a salary of around 10 million euros per year, which he doubles at the “Royal”. David Alaba’s estimated net worth is 42 million euros.

Real Madrid salary

By moving to Real Madrid in the summer of 2021, the footballer was able to double his salary. With the “royal” David Alaba is said to earn a fixed salary of 19.47 million euros gross. Mind you, without bonus payments and title rewards. In addition, the free transfer from Bayern Munich to Real is said to have provided the footballer with a hand money of 17.7 million euros. His father George, who acts as an advisor, collected 6.3 million euros and his advisor Pini Zahavi 5.2 million euros for the contract. Curious: Should Alaba terminate its contract prematurely, a contract road of 850 million euros is set.

former salary at FC Bayern Munich

When David Alaba moved from Austria Vienna to Bayern Munich in 2008, his new club provided him with a training contract that brought him 2,000 euros a month. Of course, this amount has increased significantly over time. From 2009 the Austrian was already earning 7,500 euros a month; In 2010 it was 20,000 euros and in 2011 it was already 83,000 euros per month. When he signed a new five-year contract at the end of 2013, it was endowed with 7 million euros per year. With a renewed contract extension From the beginning of 2016 to the year 2021, Alaba’s salary rose to 10 million euros / year.

Lucrative advertising contracts

As a well-known Austrian personality, Alaba is very popular as an advertising figure, especially in his home country. He has been a brand ambassador for Coca-Cola since 2013 and a testimonial of the kika furniture store since 2016. The footballer was also featured in Bank Austria commercials until 2017. He also has a lucrative advertising contract with sports outfitter Adidas, which will keep his incredible fortune growing. The current Adidas contract runs until 2026.

From Vienna to the German record champions

David Alaba began his career as a footballer at SV Aspern and joined Austria Wien in 2002 as a ten-year-old. In January 2008 he was in a test match for the first time with the professional team of Austria on the field. In April of the same year he sat on the bench for the first time in the Austrian Bundesliga and also made his debut in the second team of Wiener Austria.

In the summer of 2008 he went to Bayern Munich for a transfer fee of 150,000 euros. There he first played for the U17 and until the summer of 2009 for the U19 team. In the 2009/2010 season, the then 17-year-old was already part of Bayern’s second team. In October 2009 he played his first international match for Austria. In March 2010, a few months before his 18th birthday, Alaba played in the Bundesliga and the Champions League for the first time. In the summer of 2010 he became champion and DFB Cup winner and signed his first professional contract.

Intermediate step in Hoffenheim

In the early stages of the 2010/2011 season, Alaba was seriously injured and only made three short appearances for Bayern at the end of 2010. In order to gain match practice, he had himself loaned to TSG Hoffenheim for the second half of the season. There the Austrian was part of the regular formation, made 17 Bundesliga games and also scored his first two goals as a professional. He actually wanted to stay in Hoffenheim, but was persuaded by the then Bayern coach Jupp Heynckes to return to Munich. At the beginning of the 2011/2012 season he was still sitting idly on the bench in a few games, he soon played his way into the first team at Bayern. At the end of 2011 he was voted Austria’s Footballer of the Year for the first time. He would win this award six more times by 2020.

One of the most successful footballers in Bundesliga history

Alaba and Bayern ended the 2012/2013 season with a triple of championship, DFB Cup and Champions League victory. They also won the UEFA Super Cup in August 2013 and the FIFA Club World Cup in December 2013. By 2021, Alaba was a total of ten German champions. Together with Thomas Müller, he holds the record for the most championship titles by a player.

Alaba won the DFB Cup a total of six times. In this list, only Bastian Schweinsteiger is ahead of him with seven trophies. Alaba and Munich again ended the 2019/2020 season with a triple and subsequently won the UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup again after the CL. In February 2021 it was announced that Alaba will not extend its contract with Bayern, which will expire in the summer. His subsequent move to Real Madrid does not cost the Spaniard any transfer. For this, a hand money of 20 million euros will further increase the Austrian’s fortune.

His greatest successes

• 2x Champions League winner 2013, 2020
• 10x German champions
• 6x DFB Cup winner

Real estate as asset protection

David Alaba has also wisely invested and hedged his wealth. He owns several properties. In 2012 he bought a 238 m2 penthouse apartment in Vienna-Kagran. He also owns another apartment with 110 m2 in Vienna. In 2014, the footballer bought a luxury villa in the posh town of Grünwald near Munich for a sum of millions. He lived there during his active time at Bayern Munich.

In 2018, the Austrian bought a luxury penthouse apartment (380 m2) with five underground parking spaces for 3.5 million euros in the posh area of ​​Kirchberg / Kitzbühel in Tyrol. A check is currently underway to determine whether this is legally compliant, because in Kitzbühel it is only allowed to purchase real estate if the main residence is also there.

The footballer has also been involved in a restaurant in Vienna (Nordbahnviertel) since 2021. The restaurant “DaRose”, named after himself and his sister Rose May, is supposed to offer culinary delicacies from all over the world.

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