Kaveh Rezaei is an Iranian international football player whose net worth is around $1.5 million. The forward has been playing at the professional club level for 16 years now and has played for several clubs, including Charleroi, Club Brugge, and OH Leuven. He has earned over 2 million euros in wages from the various clubs he has played for so far. Presently, he plies his trade with the Persian Gulf Pro League side Tractor.
In 2018 Club Brugge signed him from Charleroi for a fee of €5 million, which became the fourth-highest transfer fee ever paid by a European club for an Iranian player. Here is what we have gathered on his salary, contract, and earnings.
Rezaei Earns from His Football Career
As mentioned, the net worth of Kaveh Rezaei is currently estimated at $1.5 million, which he started earning since the beginning of his professional club career in 2009.
Interestingly, the majority of his contracts were free transfers. The first of those was his move from Foolad to Saipa FC in 2012 and subsequently transfers to Esteghlal FC, Charleroi, OH Leuven, and Tractor.
In August 2018, he joined the Belgian side Club Brugge for a club-record fee of €5 million. According to Wikipedia, the fee was the fourth-highest fee paid by a European club for an Iranian player.
As regards salary there is no clear record to show how much he started earning in wages during the earlier days of his career. However, from the little available information, Rezaei received more than €2 million from his recent contracts with clubs such as Charleroi, OH Leuven, and Club Brugge.
The table below shows the details of his earnings with the above-mentioned clubs.
He Helped Raised Funds For The Victims Of Earthquake In Iran
In November 2017, Rezaei through the Foundation Sporting Charleroi raised €10 million to support people in Iran that were heavily affected by the deadliest earthquakes in the country’s history which killed more than 400 people and injured more than 7,000.
His Market Value Has Been Plunging Since 2018
As of October 2022, Kaveh Rezaei’s value in the transfer market is €900,000. In 2018, the Iranian striker’s value rose to €4 million in the wake of his move to Club Brugge. Similarly, between 2018 and 2022, the fall in his value is €3.1 million, which represents more than 70 percent.
To give more perspective, since the upward shoot in player’s market value in 2018, every year it keeps dropping until the current figure as indicated. In 2019 there was a 50 percent drop (€2 million), then it went up to €2.80 million in 2020, and fell to €2.50 million in 2021.
Furthermore, his lowest value was €400,000 in 2016.
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