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Cesar Azpilicueta Chelsea: Profile, Salary, Wife and Rumors

Cesar Azpilicueta Chelsea: Azpilicueta is currently in a wingback position under Thomas Tuchel’s management. Here is everything about the talented defender including his football career and personal life. Let’s check it out!

Cesar Azpilicueta Chelsea profile

Cesar Azpilicueta Chelsea Profile 

Full NameCesar Azpilicueta Tanco
GenderMale
Date of birth28 August 1989
PositionDefender
NationalitySpanish
Weight168 pounds or 76 kilograms
Height5’10” or 178 centimetres
Current clubChelsea FC

Azpilicueta Age

Chelsea Azpilicueta is 32 years old in June 2022. The Spanish football player was born on 28th, August 1989. His family is of Spanish nationality and white ethnicity.

Cesar Azpilicueta Height & Weight

Cesar’s height stands at 5 feet 10 inches or 178 centimeters. He weighs 168 pounds or 76 kilograms. He currently plays for the English club in a wing-back position with a 28 number.

When did Azpilicueta join Chelsea?

On 24 August 2012, Azpilicueta signed the Blues for an undisclosed fee, reported as £7 million. There are plenty of rumors about his transfer, however, he is still one of Chelsea’s footballers in the 2022 – 2023 English Premier League season. On 4 August 2022, Azpilicueta signed a new contract with the English club until 2024.

Cesar Azpilicueta Net worth & Salary

According to multiple sources, Azpilicueta has an estimated net worth of $20 million. His salary is alleged to be 450.000$ while his transfer market value is 11 million. His highest market value was $49 million in March 2018.

Career path overview

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Domestic and international career overviews

Cesar joined the CA Osasuna youth academy to start his professional football career. He had his first La Liga debut match against Real Madrid. However, his team lost with a score of 0-2. Azpilicueta Chelsea’s current player had the official position in the 2007 – 2008 season while the main player got injured. He played as a right-back instead of a midfielder.

Ceasar joined the French football team Olympic Marseille with a 4 years contract. The transfer fee of Chelsea Azpilicueta was unknown at that time. He had his first UEFA Champions League debut game against FC Spartak Moscow. However, he had an off-goal which led to a defeated result for his team.

On 24th, August 2012, the Blues officially announced the Azpilicueta contract to Stamford Bridge with a transfer fee of 7 million. He has played for The Blues till now and became the captain of Chelsea under Thomas Tuchel’s management.

At the international level, Azpilicueta Chelsea player was named in the Spain national squad for the delayed Euro 2020 tournament. After their disappointing start with two draws, the right-back was brought into the team for their third group game, helping them progress to the knockout stages with a 5-0 win over Slovakia. He kept his place in the line-up for the rest of the tournament as Spain reached the semi-finals before being eliminated by Italy in a penalty shoot-out, and scored his first international goal to give his country the lead in their dramatic 5-3 extra-time victory over Croatia in the last 16 round.

Personal achievement

As one of the best Chelsea defenders of all time, here is the list of the Azpilicueta trophy.

  • Trohphee des Champions in 2010, 2011
  • Coupe de la Ligue in 2010 – 2011, 2011 – 2012 seasons
  • The English Premier League in the 2014 – 2015 and 2016 – 2017 seasons
  • The EFL Cup in 2014 – 2015
  • The FA Cup in 2017 – 2018
  • The UEFA Europa League in the 2012 – 2013 and 2018 – 2019 seasons
  • The UEFA Champions League in the 2020 – 2021 season
  • The UEFA Super Cup in 2021
  • The Fifa Club World Cup in 2021
  • The UEFA Nations League runner-up in 2020 – 2021

Stats

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News and rumors

Transfer news

After plenty of rumors about a transfer to FC Barcelona, Azpilicueta Chelsea officially extended his contract with Chelsea to 2024. The Spanish wing-back had a direct conversation to return to his homeland for playing football. However, both parties cannot meet each other requirements.

According to The Sung, the Blues wants to have 7 million for the Spanish team leader but both party cannot meet the requirement. So Azpilicueta decided to stay at Stamford Bridge.

Cesar Azpilicueta wife

Cesar Azpilicueta wife

You may sometimes see the name “César Azpilicueta Adriana Guerendiain” right? So, Adrain Guerendiain is Cesar Azpilicueta’s girlfriend, they are both from Spain. They decided to get married in  June 2015. It is reported that Adriana and Cesar were childhood sweethearts as they both hail from the same place and practically grew up together.

Azpilicueta Chelsea player and his wife have three kids now.

Car & house

Like other professional football players, he has not reviewed much about his personal life. He has a mansion in Spain with a sea view depicted. He is often spotted with a Mercedes Benz AMG GT63s.

Why is Azpilicueta called dave?

He had been called ‘Dave’ because his teammates at Marseille got tired of mispronouncing his name. In a small interview with the press, the captain has shown at least 3 ways to pronoun his name correctly.

Here is the profile of Azpilicueta Chelsea. If you are a true fan of The Blues and wanted to find out more details about the player you are into. Stay tuned and instantly updated Chelsea FC players for more information.

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