Ever Banega

Who is Ever Banega?

In football, the midfield is an important position. The decision that changes everything happens there. Control the midfield, and you’ll have total game control. One such player is Ever Banega, who plays central midfield for the Saudi Arabian team Al Shaba.

When an offense is typically the star of the team, the role of the midfielder is frequently overlooked.

People will chant your name when you score goals.

However, there are no longer any older football customs in contemporary football.

Fans now applaud your performance, and the midfield in particular is where the magic happens.

Banega, who is almost at the end of his career, is still competing for his team and demonstrating that age is simply a number.

The article includes information about the Argentine midfielder’s career, wealth, and personal life.

Early life, Parents & Siblings

Ever Maximiliano David Banega, professionally Ever Banega, was born on June 29, 1988, in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina.

Also, Daniel Banega is a proud father to the Argentine.

Growing up in Argentina, the soon-to-be midfielder played for Boca Juniors’ junior team.

Additionally, the Argentine grew up alongside brothers; Luciano, Cesar, Emiliano, and Brian, who pushed Ever to pursue football.

He played football in a city obsessed with football and amongst developing talents like Angel Di Maria, Lionel Messi, Mascherano, etc.

Age, Height, & Body Stats

Born in 1988, the Sevilla-based midfielder is 34 years old. Likewise, Banega shares his birthday on June 29, making his natal sign Cancer.

Moreover, the Argentine international is a short man standing at 5’8″ (1.73 m). Yet, despite his height, Banega doesn’t fail to wow.

The Argentine is agile, yet at the same time, he possesses a startling pace when it actually matters.

For a man who weighs 72 kg, Banega’s balance and flexibility are pretty amazing.

Along with it, Ever has brown eyes and black hair.

Not to mention, Banega loves fixing his hair. He tries numerous hair colors and trims to look different.

Besides, the midfielder is an amazing passer of the ball. In the same way, the Sevilla man knows how to retain ball control and has a keen vision.

With these, enormous strengths in duels, goal-scoring ability, and is a natural playmaker are his forte. Simultaneously, Ever’s dribbling ability and setting up long passes are also remarkable.

But let’s not neglect to note what excellent sets of interception skills this midfielder boasts.

Career: Club & International

Starting with Boca Junior and traveling over to Europe to play in a Spanish league is incredibly stressful.

In 28 games for Boca Juniors, the Argentine imprinted vivid moments in fans’ minds that resulted in a standing ovation when he departed the field.

Eventually, his exploits would resound around Europe, and Valencia was the first to step in to obtain the services of this outstanding midfielder.

The year was 2008, January, when the Spanish team signed Banega in a 5-and-a-half year deal by submitting €20 million monies.

Although the freshly signed midfielder’s debut wasn’t as lucky, Ever’s stay was far worse.

A viral video that leaked showing him pleasuring on camera for strangers was an uncomfortable issue for both the club and Banega.

Despite the Argentine’s disputable and reckless attitude, Ever was as vital to the Spanish club as any other player.

However, the team chose to loan the former Boca man to Atletico Madrid to acquire experience under Diego Simeone.

Upon concluding his loan spell with the Colchonero’s, Banega received an offer from Everton, but the transfer failed to materialize due to the rejection of a visa appeal.

In 136 games for Valencia, the Argentine netted the balls 9 times and assisted 30 times.

After a loan term at Atletico and a few months at Valencia, the club chose to loan him again.

This time the midfielder returned to his native Argentina, where he played for Newell’s Old Boys.

With 20 games, 1 goal, and 1 assist, Banega returned to Spain.

Ever Banega, Inter Milan

Ever Banega celebrating with Inter Milan teammate Mauro Icardi

Finally, the Argentine would receive another substantial offer from another Spanish Club Sevilla FC.

After paying in €2.5 million, Ever was officially a Sevilla man.

With Sevilla, the brilliant midfielder made 222 appearances, netting 27 times and assisting 33 times.

However, towards the completion of his contract with Sevilla, Banega agreed to join the Italian giant’s Inter Milan on a free transfer.

In an overall 33 appearances with the Nerazzurri, Ever found the net 6 times while also contributing 7 times.

After a year-long service, the versatile midfielder sought to join his old team Sevilla again on a free transfer.

While in Sevilla, Banega received 3 red cards and played 16,687 minutes.

As of recent, the Argentinian will join Al-Shaba Riyadh on July 1, 2020.

International Career

In the year 2007, Ever got a call-up for the national team.

Alongside several others, the midfielder represented his country in the 2007 U-20 FIFA World Cup.

With the U-20 team, Banega played all seven games.

Similarly, the Argentine played 6 matches with the U-23 squad.

In February of 2008, the midfielder made it to the senior squad and was triumphant with a 5-0 win against Guatemala.

Eventually, Ever overcame the competition with the Argentina squad and ultimately finished it with a gold medal in Beijing.

Contrarily, the Argentine didn’t earn a nomination for the 2010 World Cup.

In the 2014 World Cup qualifier, the Sevilla midfielder registered his first international goal in a 1-1 tie against Bolivia. Apart from these, Ever got selected for the 2015 Copa America event.

Net Worth & Transfer Market

Ever Banega was a naughty guy growing up and had many unpleasant periods in his career as well.

But that didn’t stop him from recording a career-high transfer market value of €20 million.

Although it reduced to €9 million in recent times, the Argentine international gets a yearly salary of €4,212,000.

As such, the Sevilla midfielder accumulated an astounding net worth of $19.4 million in his almost decade-long career.

When Inter Milan purchased him, Banega was the highest earning with a yearly salary of €3 million.

Further, the Argentine endorses Nike, who took responsibility for outfitting him.

At the same time, Ever proudly sports a Nike Magista Obra II in 2018.

Valencia signed Banega from Boca Juniors for a cost of €18 million.

Valencia loaned the midfielder to Atletico Madrid by accepting a loan fee of €1.5 million.

Moreover, Valencia loaned Banega to Newell’s Old Boys Club and then ultimately transferred them to Sevilla in 2014.

After two seasons, Inter Milan sought the Argentine’s services, paying up a €7 million fee.

However, Ever Banega fulfilled his deal in Italy and then returned to Sevilla once more for a free transfer.

By this moment, the Argentine international recorded a transfer market worth €9 million.

Marriage & Kids

On 13 May 2016, The Argentina-born midfielder tied his wedding to Valerie Juan.

The ceremonial specifics are confidential but occurred in the company of relatives and friends.

Eventually, in October of 2010, the couple brought their eldest daughter Agostino Banega to the world. Again, in June of 2016, their second daughter, Roman Ella Banega, was born.

Regardless of his bad history, Banega takes sure to amend things by being the best parent to his two lovely kids.

Indeed, the Argentine is lucky to have these three women in his life.

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Social Media Presence:

Ever Banega is highly active on social media. You can follow him via these sites.

Instagram: 638k followers

Twitter: 591k followers