Kelechi Iheanacho Net worth
Kelechi Iheanacho Net worth Forbes 2021 – Kelechi Iheanacho has an estimated net worth of 20.9 Million Euro (18 Million Pound). He has a successful career in football.
| Name | Kelechi Iheanacho |
| Net worth | 20.9 Million Euro (18 Million Pound) |
| Salary | 3.6 Million Euro (3.1 Million Pound) |
| Market Value | 15 Million Euro (12.9 Million Pound) |
| Date of Birth | 3 October 1996 |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Tribe | Igbo |
Kelechi Iheanacho Biography
Kelechi Promise Iheanacho (born 3 October 1996) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a forward for Leicester City in the Premier League and for the Nigerian national team.
Kelechi Iheanacho Career
During the 2015–16 season, Iheanacho made his senior debut for Manchester City.
In 2017, he joined Leicester City for a rumoured £25 million cost. Iheanacho was a member of the Nigerian U-17 team that won the FIFA U-17 World Cup in 2013 and the Nigerian U-20 team that won the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2015.
Kelechi Iheanacho Net worth
He debuted for Nigeria at the senior level in 2015 and participated in the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Iheanacho was born in the city of Owerri in the state of Imo. He was a member of Taye Academy in Owerri, Imo’s capital city, as a child.
Arsenal, Sporting CP, and Porto were among the clubs tracking his progress after his efforts for Nigeria at the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup. Iheanacho traveled to England in December 2012 to discuss a move to Manchester City. He agreed to a pre-contract with the club. On January 10, 2015, Iheanacho joined Manchester City’s Academy.
City went on a pre-season tour to the United States before the 2014–15 season, and despite not being a City player, he joined the squad. He played and scored in the tour’s first match, a 4–1 victory against Sporting Kansas City, and scored again in a 5–1 victory against Milan. Iheanacho was nominated for the FIFA Golden Boy award in October 2016, but Renato Sanches of Bayern Munich won the prize.
Previous winners include colleagues Raheem Sterling and Sergio Agüero, as well as Lionel Messi, the six-time Ballon d’Or winner. On 3 August 2017, Premier League team Leicester City signed Iheanacho to a five-year contract for a rumoured £25 million cost. On August 11, 2017, he made his first appearance for the club in a 4–3 loss at Arsenal.
Iheanacho signed a new three-year contract with Leicester on April 3, committing himself to the club until at least 2024. Iheanacho scored the only goal in a 1–0 FA Cup semi-final triumph over Southampton at Wembley Stadium on April 18.
The victory earned the Foxes their first FA Cup final appearance since 1969. Iheanacho has represented Nigeria at youth levels since he was under the age of thirteen.
He was chosen to Nigeria’s preliminary 30-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia in May of 2018.
Kelechi Iheanacho Net worth
