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English footballer, Theo Walcott has a net worth of $10.5 million. He plays for Arsenal and the England national team. An Arsenal regular, Walcott started his career with Swindon Town before moving to Southampton. He signed for the Gunners in 2006 in a £12 million deal when he was still 16. He received £90 a week until his 17th birthday, when he signed professional forms and his wages rose to £2,000 a week. The 23-year-old also signed a much more lucrative boot deal with Nike, his sponsor since he was 14. By early 2009, established as a star at Arsenal and England, Walcott was on £20,000 a week. In the summer of 2009 he signed a four-year £60,000-a-week contract with the Gunners. He is negotiating a new four-year deal worth £80,000 a week. He will have had about £15 million in Arsenal wages over the years. Allowing for tax and his boot deal, the London-born Walcott is worth £7 million. Walcott is of Jamaican descent.
Earnings & Financial Data
Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
---|---|---|---|
2014 |
Salary |
Weekly salary in his four-year contract extension with Arsenal FC |
$21,000 |
2006 |
Contract |
Transfer fee from Southampton FC to Arsenal FC |
$12,000,000 |