Juan Mata was born on 28th April 1988 in Burgos. He was raised in Oviedo. His father was also a professional football player. Juan is also a professional football player. Later, his father became an agent for him. He enjoys playing Table Tennis in his free time. At Chelsea, he was nick named as “Johnny Kills”. He enjoys sightseeing at London. He started his career at Real Oviedo. He played there for 3 years before joining the youth academy for Real Madrid. At that time, he was 15 years old. He appeared for Cadete A team and quickly made a progress by moving to Juvenil C Team. After that he moved to Juvenil A team. He scored 2 goals in his campaign during the years 2005-06. He switched to Real Madrid Castilla during 2006-07. During that he was given number 28 for the shirt whereas he had number 34 earlier.
During the last season at Real Madrid, he had a release clause. However, he signed for Valencia CF in the year 2007 starting 2007-08. He scored 2 times in the match against FC Barcelona on 20th March 2008. This led team to reach finale of the season. In the year 2008, he scored 3-2 win against Real Madrid during the Spanish SuperCup. However, they lost in the second game. He performed really well during 2008-09 season and led the game to win by 3-0. He was transferred to Chelsea in the year 2011 on 11th August. He signed a 5 year deal with Chelsea on 24th August 2011. He debuted with Chelsea against Norwich City on August 27th 2011. He scored a league goal which was Chelsea’s 6000th league goal on 29th October 2011. He assisted Didier Drogba in creating 2 goals which led the team to win by 3-0 against Valencia. The team was the first qualifier from their group. He scored a winning goal from penalty spot during FA Cup. He scored against Manchester United on 5th February 2012. He became the midfield player after Robert Di Matteo became the coach. During the 2012 Summer Olympics, he played for Spain which led him to miss all the pre seasons game with Chelsea. However, he joined them later. He was then transferred to Manchester United with a whooping transfer fee of £7.1 million. He signed a contract with them until summer of 2018. He made his debut on 28th January and led the victory of 2-0. During the 2006 season of Under-19 Football Championship, he was the key player for Spain and led the country to win the championship. He played friendly match against England in 2007 and against Chile in the year 2008. He made his debut in FIFA World Cup in the year 2010 and won the match against Turkey.
He is known for his looks and stands tall at the height of 1.7m. He seems to earn well. However, his net worth is not mentioned in any of his biography. He has been married. However there have been rumors about their divorce.
| Birth Date: | 28 Apr, 1988 |
| Age: | 32 yrs |
| Occupations: | Association football player |
| Citizenship: | Spain |
| Birth Place: | Villafranca Montes de Oca |
| Education: | Technical University of Madrid |
| Gender: | Male |
| Description: | Spanish association football player |
| Twitter Id: | Juanmata8 |
| Net Worth 2021: | 55 million |
