James David Rodriguez Rubio or as he's commonly known as James Rodriguez was conceived in the year 1991 July 12 in the city of Cucuta, Columbia. His mother's name is Maria Del Pilar Rubio. He belonged to a middle-class family and had a tough childhood while growing up. Since, he experienced childhood in Colombia, which finishes up for his instruction to be from among the Colombian School. He has been a very decent student in his education days. James began his childhood football vocation from Envigado going along with it in 1995 at the period of just 4. This is the club where he learned the first step of footballing skills.
He spent his entire youth profession playing and being prepared from Envigado. He burned through two seasons at this club showing up in 42 matches with 5 objective scores. His great showing garnered interest from clubs all around the world. James then joined the Portuguese side called Porto in 2010 where he put in 3 years of his polished skill. At Porto, he went on to become one of their most important players scoring goals and assisting them which saw them winning the league.
He showed up in 63 matches from this club showing 25 objectives and moved to the Club of AS Monaco in 2013. At AS Monaco he had become a vital figure in the midfield. His world cup performance in 2014 garnered attention from every big club in the world and him ended up joining Real Madrid. His transfer value was estimated to be around $80 million which is among the highest paid of football players. He has been playing very well at the club but competition at his place mainly from Modric and Isco makes him sit on the bench in recent times. This has infuriated James and now he's looking for a new club to move to.
The likes of Chelsea, PSG, and Machester City are eager for his signature and give Real Madrid what the user asking for. Chelsea looks to be the favorites among them as they have sold Oscar to a Chinese club a few days ago for a fee of $54 million and this money could be used to offer Real Madrid to buy James.
James Rodriguez has been speaking to his Nation Colombia agreeing with his colleagues in the main group of Colombia National Football Team since 2011. He was a find in the world cup of 2014 in which he propelled his national team to the quarter-finals where his team was beaten by the hosts Brazil. James, however, was given the golden boot for scoring the highest number of goals and was then chased by all the bg clubs for his signature.
He can play left wing and also assaulting midfielder as the auxiliary positions on the pitch. He has solid clutch the ball with solid intersections and passing. He is thought to be the successor of Colombian legend symbol Carlos Valderrama because of his playmaking attitude. His attitudes are depicted as wonderful and are recognized. He has been compared to the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo with who he currently plays in the Real Madrid team. He is married to Daniela Ospina and lives in Madrid with his wife. His salary is $250,000 that makes his net worth around $25 million.
Birth Date: | 12 Jul, 1991 |
Age: | 28 yrs |
Occupations: | Association football player |
Citizenship: | Colombia |
Birth Place: | Cúcuta |
Gender: | Male |
Description: | Colombian association football player |
Spouse: | Daniela Ospina[2010-2017] |
Net Worth 2021: | 80 million |