Daichi Kamada Net Worth: Investments, Salary & Endorsements
Daichi Kamada is a Japanese professional soccer player who has a net worth of $8.5 million. His sources of income include soccer contracts, salary, endorsements, endorsement bonuses, Instagram page, and other businesses. Born in Iyo City, Ehime Prefecture, Kamada started playing soccer at the age of three. After visiting several teams with his father to sign up, he started playing soccer at the age of 12 for Kids FC (now FC Zebra Kids), a club in his hometown, and helped them win a youth soccer championship on Ehime TV, the Ehime Prefectural Youth Soccer Cup U-12, when he was in the 6th grade of elementary school. While still in high school, he joined Gamba Osaka and was selected for the U-13 League.
However, due to many injuries, he was eventually released from Gamba Osaka and returned to school, enrolling at Higashiyama High School in 2012. Kamada quickly began to excel in school football, playing in the midfielder position and scoring many goals. He made 18 appearances and scored 20 goals for the school in the 2013 season. In his third year at Higashiyama High School, he was named school captain, but his team finished bottom of the league table with only two wins and thirteen losses. Despite this, he continued to impress individually, scoring ten goals and placing 4th in the scoring charts for the 2014 season. By the end of the 2014 season, his performance at Higashiyama High School had attracted the interest of at least five J. League clubs following his graduation. On 17 November 2014, he was announced as a signing for Japanese club Sagan Tosu ahead of the 2015 season. Ahead of the 2015 season, he was given the number 24 shirt.
On 1 July 2024, Kamada officially joined Premier League club Crystal Palace on a free transfer, signing a two-year contract with the club, while also becoming the first Japanese player in the club’s history. The move also saw him reunited with manager Glasner. He made his debut for Crystal Palace, starting a match and playing 65 minutes before being substituted, in a 2–1 defeat against Brentford in the opening game of the season. In doing so, Kamada became the 1,000th player to make his debut for the club. Two weeks later, on 27 August 2024, he scored his first goal for the Eagles and provided an assist for Jean-Philippe Mateta, who provided an assist for him, in a 4–0 win against Norwich City in the second round of the League Cup.
Daichi Kamada Salary and Earnings
Daichi Kamada has a salary of £10,920,000 remaining on his Crystal Palace contract, which expires on 30 June 2026. Daichi Kamada will earn a salary of £5,460,000 for the 2024-2025 season, or £105,000 per week, not including bonuses.
Daichi Kamada Endorsements
Daichi Kamada’ other sponsors are unknown, it is known that the player has a long-term agreement with sporting goods company ADIDAS regarding his boot sponsors. As an aspiring and developing player, Endo will certainly have more sponsors chasing his signature in the future.
