Have a look at the 2024 net worth of Martin Braithwaite
Former RCD Espanyol striker Martin Braithwaite has left football enthusiasts stunned after he announced that he is considering a bid to buy shares and take a controlling stake in the club he departed only a few weeks ago.
For the unversed, Martin Braithwaite, has scored 22 goals for the club, however, he decided to leave the team to move to Brazilian side Gremio ahead of the 2024-25 season.
What is the net worth of footballer Martin Braithwaite in 2024 and more about his business
In a farewell message to the fans, Braithwaite express that “This is not goodbye for me. Together we have achieved promotion, and now we are going for the club.”
After the news of him buying the RCD Espanyol broke out, fans started wondering that his farewell speech makes more sense now as it indicates his new objective as they believe the professional footballer is seeking revenge against the club’ owners.
What not aware of the situation? Here’s the brief:
What Exactly Happened?
For the unfamiliar, Braithwaite previously, fell out with the club’s owners during last summer, after they refused to allow him to leave for a first division team. Although, as of now it’s not clear, whether the Danish footballer is seeking revenge or not, however, fans claims Martin has a grudge against the owners.
🚨🇩🇰 Martin Braithwaite (33) wants to BUY La Liga side Espanyol, despite just leaving them, reports @marca! 🤑✅
He's very unhappy with the way he was treated by Espanyol management, which is one of the reasons why he wants to buy them out. pic.twitter.com/y73roRjnyj
— EuroFoot (@eurofootcom) August 4, 2024
About Martin Braithwaite
Born on June 5, 1991, Martin Christensen Braithwaite, as aforesaid is a Danish professional footballer, who currently plays for the Denmark national team and the Brasileirão club Grêmio.
Standing at 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in), he primarily plays as a striker, but can also play as a winger. The 33-year-old started his career at Esbjerg fB and later, he went on to play for Toulouse and Bordeaux in Ligue 1, and Leganés and Barcelona in La Liga.
Parents & Siblings
Braithwaite has a Guyanese father, and his younger sister Mathilde, born 2002, who also plays football for KoldingQ and Denmark’s U-16 national women’s football team.
His father Keith’s birth surname was Brathwaite, the more common spelling in the Caribbean, but it was changed by US authorities to Braithwaite when Keith arrived in the country.
Braithwaite is the nephew and business partner of Danish-born, American-based real estate developer Gareth Roger James Smith. They co-own real estate in the New York market and are building a high-rise in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Wife & Children
He is married to French entrepreneur, journalist, and television personality Anne-Laure Louis Braithwaite. They have two sons and a daughter together, and he is also the stepfather to his wife’s two children from a previous relationship.
Martin Braithwaite wants to buy former club Espanyol because of a grudge against current owners of the club[source in Danish]
byu/TheBakedDane insoccer
Business
Braithwaite has invested much of his income from his soccer career, developing a property empire with shares in NYCE Companies worth $287 million alongside his uncle, Philip Michael.
What began as an $850,000 investment in 2017 has rapidly scaled up, now encompassing 1,500 properties with another 500 on the way.
Meanwhile, his wife, also runs her own business, Trente, a women’s clothing line, and together they own a Barcelona restaurant, Iguana Gavá Mar, and a home-meal delivery service, Braithwaite’s Kitchen.
Martin has seen his total net worth rise to over £250m thanks to his earnings away from football.