Gabriel Magalhaes Biography: Net Worth, Salary, Family, Lifestyle and Career Stats

Gabriel Magalhaes is a Professional Brazilian football player who plays centre-back for Premier League club Arsenal Club and the Brazilian national team. He was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and started his career at Avai. However, he returned to Sao Paulo after a week due to homesickness. He eventually went back to Avai, where he earned his first professional contract at the age of 16. 

Gabriel Magalhaes Biography

Gabriel Magalhaes Net Worth & Salary

Gabriel’s net worth is approximately £20 million as of 2024, the Brazilian defender is not the highest-paid player in Arsenal till season 2021-22 he was earning a £2.6 million salary per year. However, his figures have increased since then, following a new improved contract as he is now making £5.2 million with his salary at Emirates Stadium.

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Brand Endorsements/ Advertisements

Gabriel Magalhaes has signed a lucrative deal with Geman sports manufacturer. He has occasionally posted social media posts in collaboration with Adidas endorsing the brand as their official athlete.

Gabriel Magalhaes and His Family

Gabriel’s wife, Gabrielle Figueiredo, the couple married in June 2023, and together they also had a child named Maya, who was born in April 2023. The Arsenal star often shares heartwarming photos and posts on social media with his family.

Gabriel Magalhaes Wife 

In 2021, Gabriel announced his engagement to his girlfriend Gabrielle Figueiredo and since then the couple have been together. Last year, they tied the knot and got married in June 2023. She has been actively attending Arsenal games from the stands supporting her husband along with their kid.

Gabriel Magalhaes Cars Collection/ House

Gabriel Magalhaes plays for Arsenal and lives in London. However, there is no information available about his car collection and properties the player has not revealed anything in public.

Gabriel Magalhaes Career

Club Career

Avai

Gabriel started his career at Avai, but after a week he returned to Sao Paulo due to homesickness. He eventually went back to Avai where he earned his first professional contract at the age of 16. He also won promotion to Brasileiro Série A in 2017.

Lille

In 2017, he joined Lille where he played his match in Ligue 1 and also signed a contract for four and a half years. When he joined the team, he learned French and also conducted his interview in that language.

After playing several matches for Lille II, he was loaned to fellow Ligue 1 side Troyes, before joining Croatian side Dinamo Zagreb, where he made just one league appearance for each club’s senior team. Gabriel returned to Lille in 2018. He started to play regularly and formed a centre-back partnership with Jones Fonte. He signed his contract till 2020. 

Arsenal 

Gabriel signed his five-year contract with Arsenal on September 1, 2020. Interest in the Brazilian was reportedly high, with multiple clubs willing to match the valuation set by Lille. He has established himself as a key player under Mikel Arteta and has become one of the best defenders in the English Premier League. And he was also included in the PFA team of the year for the 2023-24 season.

International Career

In the South American U20 Championship, Gabriel represented Brazil at the under-20 level, and on 14 November 2020, he started his international career with Brazil’s under-23 national side in a 3-1 win over the South Korean under-23 team. Later on, in 2021, Gabriel was named in the squad for the Summer Olympics 2020 but was forced to withdraw due to a knee injury.

In 2023, he received his first call for two FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Bolivia and Peru. Gabriel scored his first goal against Venezuela on 12 October 2023 during the same World Cup qualification.

Gabriel Magalhaes’s Achievements

Dinamo Zagreb

• Prva HNL: 2017–18
• Croatian Cup: 2017–18

Arsenal

• FA Community Shield: 2023
• PFA Team of the Year 2023

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