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Introduction
Dejan Kulusevski is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a winger or midfielder for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, on loan from Serie A club Juventus, and the Sweden national team.
Kulusevski made his senior debut for Atalanta in 2019 coming through from the youth system, before joining Parma on loan at the beginning of the 2019–20 season. He joined Juventus during the winter transfer window for €35 million and was sent back to Parma on loan for the rest of the season. In January 2022, Kulusevski was sent on loan to Tottenham Hotspur in England.
Early years
| Name | Dejan Kulusevski |
| Net Worth | $4 million |
| Occupation | Football player |
| Height | 1.86m |
| Age | 21 years |
Dejan Kulusevski was born on April 25, 2000 (age 21 years) in Stockholm, Sweden. He is the son of Macedonian parents from Ohrid. His father is Stefan Kulusevski. He represented both Macedonia and Sweden internationally at youth level, before opting to play for his birth country at senior level, making his full debut in 2019.
Club Career
Dejan Kulusevski joined the youth academy of IF Brommapojkarna at the age of six. He joined the Atalanta youth system on 7 July 2016 from Brommapojkarna, before making any senior appearance for the club. He made his Serie A debut on 20 January 2019, coming on as a substitute for Marten de Roon in a 5–0 away win against Frosinone. He made a total of three appearances for the club throughout the 2018–19 season, each as a substitute.
Kulusevski was signed on 18 July 2019, to Serie A club Parma on loan until 30 June 2020. He scored his first Serie A goal in a 3–2 home win against Torino, on 30 September.
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Following his form, while on loan with Parma during the first part of the 2019–20 Serie A season, during which he scored four goals and provided seven assists in 17 league appearances, on 2 January 2020, Kulusevski joined fellow Serie A club Juventus on a four-and-a-half year deal, for €35 million, which could possibly rise to €44 million with variables.
Kulusevski was sent back on loan to Parma for the remainder of the season. He finished the season with 10 goals and nine assists, and was awarded the Serie A Best Young Player for the season.
Dejan Kulusevski scored on his Juventus debut on 20 September 2020 in a 3–0 league win at home against Sampdoria. On 19 May 2021, he scored the opening goal and later set up Federico Chiesa’s match-winning goal in a 2–1 victory over Atalanta in the 2021 Coppa Italia Final. In the next season, Kulusevski scored the winning goal in the Champions League match against Zenit Saint Petersburg with a header in the 86th minute on 20 October. Kulusevski’s playing time was reduced under Massimiliano Allegri, making 20 appearances and scoring two goals.
Kulusevski was sent on an 18-month loan to Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur on 31 January 2022; the loan deal was worth €10 million and included an option for purchase, which would become an obligation under certain conditions for an additional fee of €35 million.
He made his first appearance for Spurs on 5 February in the FA Cup match against Brighton & Hove Albion, coming on a substitute in a 3–1 win. On 19 February, Kulusevski scored his first goal for Tottenham in the fourth minute of the match which Tottenham eventually won 3–2 against Manchester City.
International career
Dejan Kulusevski played for all Swedish youth national teams, as well as the Macedonia under-17 national team. He was called up to the Sweden national team for the first time in November 2019 for the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying games against Romania and the Faroe Islands. For the senior national team, Kulusevski has said that his choice of allegiance was ‘an easy one’ since it was always his preference to represent Sweden.
Kulusevski made his senior international debut for Sweden on 18 November 2019, coming on as a substitute for Ken Sema in a 3–0 win against the Faroe Islands in the last game of the Euro 2020 qualifying stage. On 8 September 2020, he made his first start for Sweden, playing for 90 minutes before being substituted for Albin Ekdal in a 0–2 loss to Portugal in the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League. On 14 November 2020, Kulusevski scored his first international goal against Croatia in a 2–1 home win in the Nations League.
On 8 June 2021, Kulusevski tested positive for COVID-19 amid its pandemic in Sweden and was ruled out of Sweden’s opening UEFA Euro 2020 match against Spain on 14 June.
Influences
A tall, physically strong, and versatile player, Dejan Kulusevski is capable of playing in several midfield and attacking roles, and has been deployed as an attacking midfielder, as a box-to-box midfielder, as a winger on either flank or even as an offensive-minded central midfielder, known as the mezzala role in Italian (literally “half-winger”); his main position is playing as an attacking midfielder behind the striker.
Dejan Kulusevski has also been deployed as a makeshift center-forward on occasion. His main qualities are his acceleration, speed, stamina, and his ability to switch the play or provide assists and through balls to teammates, courtesy of his vision and passing ability. He also possesses good technique, dribbling skills, and striking ability, which enables him to score goals, in addition to creating chances for teammates.
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Regarded as a promising and hard-working player in the media, his manager at Parma, Roberto D’Aversa, has compared Kulusevski to Mohamed Salah. He noted how the player “is always among the players who cover the most distance in every game”, and “has the right mentality”. Kulusevski himself named compatriot Zlatan Ibrahimović as an influence. Regarding his own playing style, he commented in a 2019 interview with Sportbladet: “I like to have the ball at my feet. I used to dribble a lot when I was a kid but I have got better at moving the ball more quickly. I have developed my defensive game, that was a weakness before, and that has made me a more complete player.” He has also cited Belgian footballers Kevin De Bruyne and Eden Hazard as players he admires and seeks to emulate.
Wife
Dejan Kulusevski is currently single and not married. His girlfriend or wife to be is unknown to the general public. However, Kulusevski stands with an appealing height and has a good bodyweight that suits his personality.
Dejan Kulusevski net worth
How much is Dejan Kulusevski worth? Dejan Kulusevski net worth is estimated at around $4 million. His main source of income is from his career as a football player. Kulusevski successful career has earned him some luxurious lifestyles and some fancy cars trips. He is one of the richest and influential footballers in Sweden.