About Dani Ceballos
Daniel Ceballos Fernandez, professionally known as Dani Ceballos is a Spanish professional football player. He plays as a central or attacking midfielder. He currently plays for English club Arsenal on loan from Spanish club Real Madrid. Ceballos started his professional football career from the Spanish club Real Betis before joining Real Madrid in 2017. He helped Betis to return to La Liga in 2015. Real Madrid loaned Ceballos to Arsenal in 2019. He was part of the Real Madrid team that won the 2017 Supercopa de Espana, 2017-18 UEFA Champions League, and two FIFA Club World Cups. He won the 2019-20 FA Cup with Arsenal.
He represented Spain's national team at various age levels. He was part of Spain U19 as well U21 team that won UEFA European championships. He made his senior international debut in 2018.
Dani Ceballos was born on 7 August 1996. His birth name is Daniel Ceballos Fernandez. His birth place is in Utrera, Province of Seville in Spain. He holds Spanish nationality. He was born to a father, Antonio Ceballos, and a mother, Salome Fernandez. He has a sister, Salome Ceballos.
Dani Ceballos stands at a height of 1.79 m i.e. 5 feet and 10 inches tall. He has a body weight of 65 kg. He has an athletic body build. His eye color is dark brown and his hair color is black.
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Dani Ceballos Football Career
- Dani Ceballos started his football career joining Sevilla's youth system in 2004. He was only 8 years old when he joined Sevilla.
- Sevilla released Ceballos in 2009 due to a chronic bronchitis problem.
- He then joined the hometown club, Utrera.
- In 2011, he joined the youth system of Real Betis.
- While still a junior, he signed his first professional contract with Real Betis in February 2014. He was promoted to the club's reserve team.
- Ceballos made his first-team debut on 26 April 2014 against Real Sociedad in La Liga.
- Ceballos scored his first professional goal on 21 December 2014 against Racing Santander for the Segunda Division championship. It was his career first title.
- Ceballos appeared in 33 matches during the campaign and scored 5 goals and helped the club to return to La Liga.
- Ceballos signed a contract extension with the club until 2020 on 15 October 2015.
- Ceballos scored his debut La Liga goal on 16 April 2017 against Eibar.
- Real Madrid signed Ceballos on a 6-year contract worth around 16 million euros in July 2017.
- He was given a shirt number 24 at Real Madrid.
- Ceballos made his competitive debut for Real Madrid on 16 August 2017 as a substitute in the second leg of the Supercopa de Espana against Barcelona.
- He was part of Real Madrid that won the 2017 Supercopa de Espana.
- He scored a brace in a 2-1 win over Deportivo Alaves on 23 September 2017. It was his first start for Real Madrid.
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- He was also part of the Real Madrid team that won the 2017-18 UEFA Champions League. It was Real Madrid's 3rd consecutive Champions League title, their 13th overall.
- With Real Madrid, he won two FIFA Club World Cup titles as well, in 2017 and 2018.
- Ceballos was constantly booed by his former club Real Betis's supporters when they met on 13 January 2019. Ceballos responded with a free-kick goal in the last minute of the game which Real Madrid won 2-1.
- Real Madrid loaned Ceballos to the English club Arsenal on a season-long loan in July 2019.
- He was given shirt number 8.
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- Ceballos made his first start for Arsenal on 17 August 2019 in a 2-1 victory over Burnley. He provided two assists in the match and was named the man of the match.
- Ceballos scored his debut Arsenal goal on 3 October 2019 in a 4-0 win over Standard Liege in the group stage of the 2019-20 UEFA Europa League.
- He scored his second Arsenal goal on 28 June 2020 in a 2-1 win over Sheffield United in the 2019-20 FA Cup quarterfinal.
- He played a key role for Arsenal that won the 2019-20 FA Cup defeating Chelsea 2-1 in the final.
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Dani Ceballos International Career
- Dani Ceballos has represented Spain U19 and U21 football teams.
- he was part of the Spain U19 team that won the 2015 UEFA European U19 Championship.
- He made his Spain U21 debut in March 2015 in a 2-0 friendly win over Norway.
- He was part of the Spain U21 team that finished second in the 2017 UEFA European U21 Championship. He was named the player of the tournament.
- Ceballos eventually won UEFA European U21 Championship in 2019. He was also named in the UFA 'Team of the Tournament' for the second successive European U21 Championship.
- Ceballos made his senior international debut on 11 September 2018 against Croatia in the UEFA Nations League. Spain defeated Croatia 6-0.
- He scored his debut senior international goal on 15 November 2018 against Croatia in the UEFA Nations League. They lost 2-3.
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Dani Ceballos Girlfriend
Dani Ceballos is unmarried but not single. He is in a longterm relationship with his girlfriend, Maria Sanchez. The couple reportedly started dating in 2017. She is a model by profession. Ceballos frequently shares their couple pictures on his Instagram. Not much detail of their relationship background is available.
He has over 1.9 million followers on his Instagram.
Dani Ceballos Salary
Dani Ceballos earns from his career as a professional footballer. His income comes from contracts, salaries, bonuses, and endorsements. He signed his first professional contract with Real Betis in 2014. When he transferred to Real Madrid, he signed a 6-year contract for a transfer fee of around 18 million Euros in 2017. He is currently playing for the English club on loan. At Arsenal, he receives an annual salary of 3.5 million Euros. His net worth is estimated at $3 million at present.
