Lukas Podolski net worth and salary

How rich is Lukas Podolski?

Lukas Podolski, born in Gliwice, Poland in 1985, may not be one of the richest footballers in the world , but he certainly can’t complain with a former  annual net salary of 8 million euros, which he earned at Vissel Kobe . At the beginning of 2020, the Cologne boy signed with Antalyaspor and probably earned 3 million euros there. 1. FC Köln announced that he will definitely hold a position in the club after the end of his career. In autumn 2021 he will sit on the jury of the RTL show “Das Supertalent”. Further show formats are also planned for the next three years. Poldi will  end his era as a professional footballer at Gornik Zabrze in the Polish league, near his birthplace. He signed for one year + an option for another in summer 2021.

Businessman away from football

Ice Cream United: Ice cream parlor in Cologne

Prince Poldi opened his own ice cream parlor in the Belgian Quarter in Cologne on June 24, 2017. The superstar now sells ice cream under the cool name ” Ice Cream United .” Although he doesn’t stand behind the counter himself, he financed the project together with his business partner Christian Gaier, who comes from a traditional ice cream family. The second branch followed in May 2018 at Heumarkt. (Footballer’s share in the business: 75%)

Strassenkicker: Own fashion shop

Poldi opened his first store in Cologne on November 8th, 2015. The footballer sells his own fashion on the Alter Markt under the hip label “Strassenkicker”. The name says it all, because the concept comes from Lukas and he is constantly coming up with new ideas. In 2018, he also launched his own shower gels.

Mangal LP10: Kebab shop

On January 6, 2018, Podolski opened a kebab shop called “Mangal Döner LP10” in Cologne city center together with Metin Dag. The concept worked wonderfully, so that there are already 5 Mangal Döner in Cologne and a kebab shop in Bergisch Gladbach and another in Bonn. The businessmen have obviously succeeded in establishing a new fast food chain, which is to be expanded even further in the future. In addition, the “Filet der Straße” has also been available in the frozen food section of supermarkets since autumn 2020 and since 2021 the chips called “Der Snack der Straße” have also been available. A smart investment by the footballer. (Footballer’s shares: 50%)

MyShot

At the end of 2020, the MyShot.de project was launched, where healthy superfood shots are produced. Will this concept celebrate similar success? (Footballer’s share in the business: 50%)

property

In addition to his many business activities, the prince also owns a large number of properties. All of his money is therefore widely diversified and wisely invested.

RTL fees; The Supertalent + other TV formats

In autumn 2021, the street footballer will be seen for the first time on the jury of the RTL hit format “Das Supertalent”. He will judge the talents alongside Chantal Janzen and Michael Michalsky. According to Bild information, he is said to have signed a three-year contract with RTL and will receive a total of 6 million euros for it.

The career of Prince Poldi

At the age of just six, young Lukas, the son of a professional football player, began his football career in the youth department of Jugend 07 Bergheim (near Cologne) , until just four years later, due to his obvious talent, he finally moved to the youth department of 1. FC Cologne. Like many of his teammates, Podolski played in the youth teams of a first division club at a young age. One of his particularly strong seasons was the 2003/04 season, in which he scored eight impressive goals. During that same season, he signed his first professional contract with his favorite club, FC Cologne . In the new professional season, he was even able to increase the number of his goals by two, scoring ten goals in just nineteen games. Although his club’s playing strength suffered at times, which resulted in the club being temporarily relegated to the second Bundesliga, Podolski continued to play very well.

Bayern Munich

During his time at 1. FC Köln, Podolski was an advertising representative for the sports equipment manufacturer Adidas , for whom he still advertises, among others, and earns around one million euros a year from these advertising deals alone . Podolski’s skills attracted the attention of FC Bayern Munich in the summer of 2006, who signed him for ten million euros. However, he never really blossomed at this club, and so he returned to his former club in Cologne in the summer of 2009 – for the same transfer fee. After initial problems making a name for himself there again, he had a particularly strong 2011/12 season, scoring 18 goals.

Via Arsenal London to Istanbul

Just a year later he moved to Arsenal FC in London and, judging by the sales of merchandising items, was one of the most popular football players in England . In the summer of 2013, his national team colleague Mesut Özil also moved to the Gunners and played for a short time alongside the Prince of Cologne, as did Per Mertesacker . Together, the Germans at Arsenal enjoyed the nickname ” German Gunners “. Unfortunately, Poldi did not really get any playing time under Arsene Wenger in 2014 and so he was loaned to Inter Milan during the winter break. Lothar Matthäus even accused him of tweeting more than playing football. But Inter Milan was not happy with the footballer’s performance either. Galatasaray Istanbul tried hard to sign the German and disclosed all the details of his contract. He moved to the Turkish capital for a transfer fee of 2.5 million euros and quickly became a crowd favorite there. In total, the “street footballer” spent two seasons at Gala and earned 3 million euros per season. (2015/16 and 2016/17)

Move to Japan and mega salary for Poldi

At the beginning of March 2017, it was announced that Lukas Podolski would be moving from Galatasaray Istanbul to Vissel Kobe in the Japanese J-League in the summer for a transfer fee of 2.6 million euros. The cash-rich Japanese are offering the footballer a lucrative contract. According to BILD, he will be able to earn up to 8 million euros net per season and has been signed for 3 years. This is the best contract of the footballer’s life, which ended at the beginning of 2020 and was not renewed.

Back to Turkey: Antalyaspor

Poldi returned to the Turkish Süper Lig in January 2020 and moved to Antalyaspor, which he is supposed to save from relegation. Nothing is known about the exact contract details, but we assume a salary of around 3 million euros.

End of career at Gornik Zabrze?

In the summer of 2021, the contract in Turkey expired and the journey continues to Poland to Gornik Zabrze. The club is near his birthplace Gliwice and was considered Poldi’s dream destination to end his professional career. He signed in the summer of 2021 for one year + option for another.

National team

Podolski has been with the German national football team since the end of 2004, where he had already played a convincing season in 2005 and was particularly impressive during the 2006 World Cup alongside his teammates Bastian Schweinsteiger and Miroslav Klose. He was equally successful in the qualifying rounds for the 2006 European Championship, where he scored eight goals. However, he set an incredible record in 2013 in a game against Ecuador, where he scored the first goal after just nine seconds. Poldi was also there at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil and was able to win his world champion title. Prince Poldi also wrote his own book about his path to professional football, with a foreword by national coach Jogi Löw . On August 15, 2016, he officially announced his retirement from the national team.

His greatest successes

• German national player (World Champion 2014, third place in the World Cup 2006, 2010, Vice European Champion 2008)
• FA Cup Winner 2014 (Arsenal FC)
• German Champion 2008 (FC Bayern Munich)
• DFB Cup Winner 2008
• Turkish Cup Winner 2016 (Galatasaray Istanbul)
• Japanese Cup Winner 2019 (Vissel Kobe)