Simon Mignolet

Simon Mignolet Net Worth, Income, Career & All Wiki [World Cup 2022]

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What is Simon Mignolet recent Net worth?
$15 million

Who is Simon Mignolet?

Simon Luc Hildebert Mignolet, better known as Simon Mignolet, is a professional footballer from Belgium. He is a goalkeeper for Liverpool in the Premier League and the Belgian national team. In 2004, he began his football career with Sint-Truiden of the Belgian Second Division. After that, he played for Sunderland in England until joining Liverpool in 2013. Before making his senior international debut in 2011, he had represented every Belgium youth national team.

Simon Mignolet was born on March 6, 1988, in Paris, France. Simon Luc Hildebert Mignolet is his given name. His hometown is Sint-Truiden, Belgium. Mignolet is fluent in four languages: Dutch, English, French, and German. He was born in Belgium and is a Belgian citizen. In 2004, he joined the youth system of Sint-Truiden, a local Belgian Second Division football team. He graduated from the Catholic University of Leuven with a degree in political science.

Simon Mignolet is a husband and father. He is the husband of Jasmien Claes. On June 20, 2015, the couple tied the knot in his hometown. Lex, their son, was born in October of this year. Vin, their second child, was born in March of 2022.

The goalkeeper signed a contract with Club Brugge in 2018 that pays him 3.4 million Euros (3.1 million pounds) per year. The goalkeeper has spent a lot of time in the Premier League, and we all know how much money they make in England. As a result, his net worth is estimated to be around 15 million euros (13.4 Million Pound). However, given that the goalkeeper is past his prime and no longer a frequent starter, his market worth is declining slightly. His market worth is estimated to be over 12 million euros (10.7 Million Pound).

Simon Mignolet is 1.93 meters tall, or 6 feet and 4 inches tall. He is 87 kilograms in weight. He has a muscular physique. His eyes are hazel, and his hair is dark brown. He has a million Instagram followers and 1.3 million Twitter followers.

The Career of Simon Mignolet

Simon Mignolet Brugge

Player: Simon Mignolet Brugge (source: The Sun)

After the departure of Dusan Beli, he joined his hometown football team, Belgian Second Division side Sint-Truiden, in 2004 and rose through their youth system to become their first-choice goalkeeper in 2006 at the age of 18. He helped Sint-Truiden win the Belgian Second Division in 2009, making 29 appearances and scoring a penalty, and was voted Belgian Goalkeeper of the Year the following year after helping Sint-Truiden avoid relegation.

In England, he was invited on a training ground tour. In June 2010, he agreed to a five-year agreement with Premier League Sunderland worth $2 million. In August 2010, he made his Sunderland debut in a 2-2 draw against Birmingham City. In his first game, he was selected man of the match. Against Manchester City, he kept his first clean sheet for Sunderland. After Craig Gordon took over as the first-choice goalkeeper, Mignolet became the second-choice goalkeeper.

After regular goalie Gordon suffered a knee injury in February 2011, he became the club’s first-choice goalkeeper. For the rest of the season, he was the starting goalkeeper. In October 2011, he collided with Emile Heskey and damaged his nose. He got a lot of clean sheets and several man-of-the-match awards for his efforts.

In June 2013, Mignolet agreed to a five-year contract with Liverpool for a rumored sum of $9 million. In August 2013, he made his official Liverpool debut against Stoke City. Against Swansea City, he conceded his first Premier League goal. Throughout his first, second, and third seasons with the club, he put up strong performances.

In January 2016, he extended his contract with the club for another five years. Mignolet was promoted to second-choice goalkeeper after German Loris Karius joined Liverpool. In November 2017, he captained Liverpool for the first time in a 4-1 win over West Ham United.

As a result of the signing of Alisson as Liverpool’s first-choice goalkeeper, Mignolet has been limited to domestic cup games. On September 26, 2018, he began the EFL Cup match against Chelsea, which ended in a 2–1 defeat. On January 7, 2019, Mignolet started in the FA Cup defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers, which ended 2–1. In the 2019 UEFA Champions League Final, which Liverpool won 2–0, Mignolet was an unused replacement.

Mignolet signed a five-year contract with Belgian club Club Brugge for a reported sum of £6.4 million on August 4, 2019, following the 2019 FA Community Shield.

Mignolet made his debut for the Belgian under-21 team in 2008, and he went on to make 10 appearances for them. After a strong run for Sunderland, he received his first call up to the Belgian senior side on September 1, 2010. On March 25, 2011, he made his full international debut in a 2–0 win against Austria in a UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying match. In addition to appearing in three friendly matches during the qualifying campaign, he remained in the starting lineup for all four remaining qualification matches. However, he was unable to assist Belgium in qualifying for the Euro 2012 championships, as they finished third in their qualification group after losing 3–1 to Germany.

During the 2011–12 season, Mignolet started two more friendly internationals, against Greece and England. He did not play an international match for four months after the encounter against England, with Thibaut Courtois being picked instead. In a 1–2 friendly loss to Romania on November 14, 2012, he returned to the starting lineup. On May 29, 2013, he played his next international encounter, a 4–2 friendly triumph against the United States.

During the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign, Mignolet acted as a backup goalkeeper, with Courtois playing every minute as Belgium qualified for its first major tournament since the 2002 World Cup.

Mignolet replaced an injured Courtois in Belgium’s final two Euro 2016 qualifying matches, a 4–1 win over Andorra and a 3–1 win over Israel, on October 10, 2015, helping Belgium qualify for the first time since co-hosting Euro 2000.

He was chosen to Belgium’s preliminary squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia in May 2018, and he later joined the 24-man roster as a goalkeeper alongside Thibaut Courtois and Koen Casteels.

Awards, Titles, and Achievements

Simon Mignolet Belgium

Player: Simon Mignolet Belgium (source: The Sun)

Simon Mignolet has won several titles and individual awards in his career.

Sint-Truiden

  • Belgian Second Division: 2008–09

Liverpool

  • UEFA Champions League: 2018–19; runner-up: 2017–18
  • Football League Cup runner-up: 2015–16
  • UEFA Europa League runner-up: 2015–16

Club Brugge

  • Belgian First Division A: 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
  • Belgian Cup runner-up: 2019–20

Belgium

  • FIFA World Cup third-place: 2018

Individual

  • Belgian Goalkeeper of the Year: 2009–10
  • Sunderland Player of the Year: 2012–13
  • Belgian First Division A Goalkeeper of the Year: 2019
Below is the chart showing the comparison of Simon Mignolet's goals with other Goalkeeper players. The selected players for comparison include Albert Sambi Lokonga, Robert Sanchez, Tiago Geralnik, Montari Kamaheni.