Gianluigi Donnarumma was born on 25th February 1999, in Castellammare di Stabia, Italy and is a football (soccer) goalkeeper who plays for AC Milan in Serie A under contract, and for the Italian national team. Donnarumma has been playing football professionally since 2015.
How much is the net worth of Gianluigi Donnarumma? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that the overall size of his wealth is as much as 170 million euros/$210 million as of the data given in early 2018. Football is the major source of Donnarumma’s fortune.
Gianluigi Donnarumma Net Worth $210 million
To begin with, the boy was raised with his brother in Castellammare di Stabia. From early childhood he was into football, and was educated in the Napoli Football Academy in his hometown. At the age of 14, he signed a contract with Milan for 250,000 euros, and from 2013 to 2015 he was part of the Rossonerich Youth Academy. Three days before his 16th birthday, he received his first appointment to an adult team from manager Inzaghi, however, he was not on the bench in the league match against Cesena, because his presence required a special dispensation due to his age.
Concerning his professional career, at the beginning of the 2015 – 2016 season, Donnarumma broke into the adult team under the guidance of the coach Mihajlovic. Initially, he was the third goalkeeper behind Diego López and Christian Abbiati, but during the pre-season tour in Milan he made his debut in the match against Real Madrid, and was once again in the match against Sassuolo in the final of the TIM Trophy. Donnarumma made his debut in Serie A on 25th October against Sassuolo at the San Siro stadium, helping his team to achieve a 2-1 victory after three games without a win – at the age of 16, he was the second youngest goalkeeper to played in a league match in the history of Italian football. Donnarumma managed to keep a clean sheet in a victory against Chievo. What the Italian press, including Gazetta dello Sport, wrote about him did wonders for Donnarumma., and in fact his performances saw him named one of the 25 Best Players in the World chosen by Don Balón, in the age category below 21 years. At the beginning of 2016, Donnarumma won the competition for a place in the goal with López, and was then offered a three-year contract.
Talking about his career in the national team, Donnarumma was a goalkeeper in the Italian U-17 national team at the UEFA European Under-17 Championship in 2015. The following year, he made his debut in the U-21 age category against Ireland, becoming the youngest player. Although he was expected to participate in the UEFA European Championships in 2016, Donnarumma did not take his place in the tournament, but the same year he was selected for the Italian senior team by Gian Piero Ventura for the match with France in qualifying for the 2018 World Cup, becoming the youngest player appointed to the full team since 1911. On 28th March 2017, he made his debut in the main line-up wagainst the Netherlands, the youngest Italian goalkeeper at the age of 18. In June 2017, he was appointed to represent Italy up to the age of 21 at the youth European Championships in Poland.
Finally, in the personal life of the goalkeeper, he has been in a relationship with Alessia Elefante since 2016.
