Sime Vrsaljko Net Worth, Biography, Personal Life, Career, and Awards
A Croatian native Sime Vrsaljko is the international footballer like Luka Modric presently playing for the Spanish club, Athletico Madrid besides his regular appearances for his national football team of Croatia. In other words, the footballer has also contributed for Italian football clubs like Genoa and Sassuolo as well as Croatian football clubs such as Dinamo Zagreb and Lokomotiv.
Primarily, the footballer works at the position of right back. The player, however, has also represented many youth ranks of Croatia and launched his full international career for Croatia in 2011.
Sime Vrsaljko Childhood and Youth
A native of Rijeka, Croatia Sime Vrsalijko was born on 10 January 1992 under the star sign of Capricorn. Concerning his nationality, he is Croatian.
The player was very much interested to play football since his childhood days. His hard work and to fulfill his ambition of being a professional footballer got him picked for the youth systems of Croatian football clubs such as Zadar and Dinamo Zagreb. These are the two clubs that he represented in his junior level.
Sime Vrsaljko Personal Life and Wife
Sime Vrsaljko is the married man when it comes to his personal life. He got married to his beautiful spouse named Matea Vrsaljko in 2017. Currently, the doe has welcomed two kids named Mladen and Branka Vrsaljko. Moreover, this small family at present is living healthy and joyful relationship making themselves free from divorce and separation.
Sime Vrsaljko Club Career and Achievements
This Croatian nationality is one of the noticeable players in the field of soccer. He has collected huge fan following and has earned name and fame due to his remarkable performances in his career as a footballer.
Sime Vrsaljko professional career
Following his youth team of Dinamo Zagreb, he started playing the main team of Dinamo Zagreb since 2009, after being called up. Later, he helped his team to conquer the Croatian First League for two times and Croatian Cup in 2011/12 and 2011/12 season. Then, the player was sent on loan to next Croatian club, Lokomotivain 2009. After completing his loan, the season he returned back to his native club and stayed in the club until 2013.
In the summer of 2013, he moved to Italy and signed his net contact with the Italian club, Genoa for a reported fee of around €4.6 million. After playing one year with the club, he joined fellow Italian club, Sassuolo making the release clause of €3.5 million with € 2 million bonus.
Following his Success at the Italian club, he went to Spain and agreed to a five-year deal with the Spanish club, Atletico Madrid in 2016 with whom he is currently playing for. Upon his arrival, he went to win the UEFA Europa League in 2017/18 season along with his teammates.
Sime Vrsaljko International Career
Sime Vrsaljko has performed in many tournaments representing his national team at both junior and senior level. He was the part of Croatia in their U15, U17, U18, U19, U20 and U21 national teams. However, he earned his first international cap for his national team on November 2, 201o in the match against Malta. Following this, Sime Vrsaljko launched his senior international career for his national team against the Czech Republic on 9 February 2011. Later, he represented Croatia at the FIFA major tournaments like UEFA Euro Cup and FIFA World Cup.
At present, the player is also featuring his national team at 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.
Sime Vrsaljko Total Net Worth and Salary
Examing his professional career, he has the estimated net worth of around $8 million combining his assets and earnings. Currently, the footballer has signed club, Atletico Madrid with whom he receives the yearly salary of around $ € 2.8 million. However, his weekly salary is around € 54,000.