Roberto Soldado Rillo is a professional footballer who belongs to Spanish origins. He is commonly known to the football fans as Soldado. Soldado plays for the Spanish national team and for the Spanish club called Levante. He plays as a striker. He is known for his finishing, long range shooting, passing and crossing abilities.
Soldado started his senior career at a very early age and played for many teams over the years. He played for many popular European clubs such as Real Madrid, Tottenham Hotspur and many more. Soldado spent most of his career in Spanish League.
Soldado was a very important player for the Spanish team in the past. Now he plays very often due to his age. He represented his team in many major tournaments. He represented the Spanish national team in 2013 Confederations Cup where his team became the runners up team of the tournament.
Soldado is a very well-known player to all the football fans with all the popularity he also earned a lot of money too. Soldado’s net worth in 2021 is approximately USD 35.7 million.
Soldado started his senior career back in 2002 with Real Madrid B. He stayed with the team for four seasons. He was paid USD 95K for each of the seasons. In 2006, he was promoted to the main team of Real Madrid where he spent three years of his career. He got USD 130K annually that time.
In mid-2008 he signed for Getafe and played with them for two consecutive seasons. Getafe paid him USD 185K for each season. In the summer transfer window of 2010, he joined Valencia, another Spanish team. From that club he pocketed USD 1 million for each season and he stayed there for three seasons. From 2013 to 2015, Soldado played for the club called Tottenham Hotspur and was paid USD 6.7 million for each season.
The performance of Soldado was decreased when he played for Tottenham Hotspur and after two flop seasons he went back to Spain. Since 2015 he has played for many Spanish clubs and his average salary for each season was USD 3.5 million. He joined Levante in mid-2021 and the team will pay him USD 1.2 million for each season.