Darwin Nunez’s Net Worth, Career, and Family Life
Darwin Nunez is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a striker for the Premier League club Liverpool. He also plays for the Uruguay national team. He won the Bola de Prata top scorer with 26 goals in 28 games in Primeira Liga Player of the Year. Nunez has accumulated a net worth of $40 million.
Darwin Nunez Career Life
Nunez trained with the Penarol’s youth academy and in 2017, he joined the official team Almeria in Spain and scored his first professional goal 2-0 win over Fenix in October 2018. He joined the Spanish Segunda division club Almeria in 2019 on a five-year contract and moved to Benfica a year later. He scored for his new team a 3-2 win with a penalty against Extremadura. He finished the season with 16 goals as the joint-fourth top scorer. In 2020, he signed the most expensive contract in Portuguese football history with Benfica worth $ 24 million and 20% for the club in any future transfers.
Nunez was signed by Liverpool in 2022 for a transfer worth $ 64 million and $25 million in add-ons. His first match was a 3-1 win over Manchester City at the King Power Stadium in the FA Community Shield. He scored his first Champions League goal against Rangers in a 7-1 win. He had 15 goals and 42 appearances and was out of the 2024 EFL Cup final against Chelsea due to an injury. He was named Liverpool Player of November. He finished third in the 2019 South American U-20 championship, made it to round 16 of the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup, and finished in fourth place in the under-22 team at the Pan American Games in Peru.
He played for Uruguay during the 2022 FIFA World Cup although the team was eliminated in the group stages. He missed the Copa America in 2021 because he had a knee injury but was able to play the Copa in 2024 and scored 4-0 over Mexico which was his first international hat trick. His first goal of the 2024 season was against Bournemouth in a 3-0 win and his first champion league goal against RB Leipzig was a 1-0 win.
He’s had endorsements with brands like Gatorade and Puma. Throughout his career, he has faced criticism for missing several chances to score and has had several injuries but he always comes back strong despite the inconsistencies.
Details of Darwin Nunez’s Family Life
Darwin Gabriel Nunez Ribeiro was born on 24th June 1999 in Artigas, Artigas Department. His father, Bibiano Nunez was a bricklayer, and his mother, Silvia Ribeiro, hawked milk bottles. He has been in a long-term commitment with Lorena Manas and welcomed their son in January 2022.
He played for local clubs like San Miguel and La Luz and was noticed by scouts forcing him to move to Montevideo and join Penarol’s youth academy. He had a knee injury that needed two surgeries at the age of 17 and was on the field for more than a year.
