The Jamie Carragher net worth estimations see the former Liverpool defender’s wealth at £15m after landed a lucrative £1m-a-year Sky Sport deal since hanging up his boots.
Jamie Carragher Net Worth Reported At £15m
One club players are few and far between these days, with the lure of big money moves and the desire to play in different leagues around the world making the top footballers hop from side-to-side.
However, Jamie Carragher was one of the last ‘one man players’ having spent his whole career at Liverpool between 1996 and 2013.
It’s during this period of being a regular Liverpool first team player that sky-rocketed the Jamie Carragher net worth figure to £15 million. He managed to catch the boom of the big footballing wage increases as well as regular Premier League and Champions League win bonuses, sponsorship and boot deals.
Carragher was often seen wearing the popular Puma King boots during his playing days.
Jamie Carragher Personal Info
- Date Of Birth: 28th Jan, 1978
- Born: Bootle, Merseyside
- Height: 1.86m
- Position as Player: Defender
- Squad Number: 23
- Clubs: Liverpool (1996-2013)
- Appearances: 737
- Goals: 5
Jamie Carragher Peaked At £8ok a Week At Liverpool
Whilst playing at Liverpool, Jamie Carragher’s ongoing club deals increased each year and peaked at a staggering £80,000 a week, which at the time was certainly one of the biggest around – especially for a defender, with strikers commanding much more.
Jamie Carragher Has a £1m A-Year Salary With Sky Sports
After retiring from football in 2013, Jamie Carragher turned to a career in the media and after impressing in various pundit roles to analysis games – mainly when his former club Liverpool were in action – he was snapped up by Sky Sports for the 2013/14 season.
Carragher went onto become a regular with other big names like Graeme Souness, Jamie Redknapp and Gary Neville, who he has since gone onto form a popular double act partnership with.
Rivals on the pitch, when playing for Liverpool and Manchester United, Carragher and Neville were praised for their analysis after the Monday Night Premier League matches and have since built up a cult following with their often fiery and passionate exchanges on the beautiful game.
Carragher also had a Daily Mail column which also led him to being a regular guest on TalkSPORT that the paper had a shared deal with. Plus, the Carragher media career has also seen the former Liverpool player work for Soccer On CBS Sports and TV3 Sport in Denmark.
Jamie Carragher has a $1m a-year deal with Sky Sports and remains one of the highest paid UK sports pundits, along with Micah Richards, Gary Neville, Alan Shearer and Gary Lineker.
Carragher Famously Spat At a 14-Year Girl (Has Since Apologised)
Jamie Carragher’s media career almost came to an abrupt end back in March 2018 as the pundit was caught on camera spitting at a 14 year-old girl from his car.
The driver and the girl can be witnessed taunting Carragher about Manchester United’s recent 2-1 win over Liverpool (see below).
Then, whilst driving with their windows down next to the Sky Sports man, Carragher responded by spitting back at the car and through the open window at the girl.
As a result, Carragher was suspended from Sky Sports and also taken off Danish TV3 Sports coverage.
However, after issuing an apology statement to the family and the girl he managed to resume his role the following season – the start of the 2018-19 Premier League campaign.
Carragher Is Also A Daily Telegraph Columnist
The Jamie Carragher net worth has also been helped by having a regular Daily Telegraph column.
He signed for the paper back in October 2017 as a football columnist and is still producing weekly articles for the media outlet.
Carragher’s views can also been found via his Twitter ‘X’ handle @Carra23. With the number 23 in his profile his former squad number at Liverpool.
Jamie Carragher’s Football Career (Liverpool & England)
Jamie Carragher played his club football for just one side – Liverpool.
He racked up 737 appearances for Liverpool between 1996 and 2013 – famously scoring just five goals, which works out at a 0.068% strike-rate.
While he also famously scored two own goals in a 2-3 loss to bitter rivals Man Utd in 1999 and bagged seven in total over his career – which is second in the all-time EPL own-goal list behind Richard Dunne.
During Carragher’s time at Liverpool he won the FA Cup twice, the League Cup three times and the Champions League once – but with Liverpool’s only Premier League win coming in 2019-20 and after Carragher retired the league title eluded him.
Carragher also managed to win 38 England caps during his playing day with no goals, which came after 27 England U21 and four England U20 appearances too.
He announced his retirement in March 2013 having made 737 appearances for Liverpool, with his final game a 1-0 Liverpool win over QPR.
Jamie Carragher’s Liverpool Honours
- FA Cup: 2000–01, 2005–06
- League Cup: 2000–01, 2002–03, 2011–12
- FA Community Shield: 2001, 2006
- UEFA Champions League: 2004–05
- UEFA Cup: 2000–01
- UEFA Super Cup: 2001, 2005
- FIFA Club World Championship
Who Is Jamie Carragher’s Wife?
Jamie Carragher is married to Nicola Hart, his childhood sweetheart and were at the same school together – they married in 2005.
Nicola Hart also owns a successful interior design company and is thought to be worth around £1m in her own right.
Does Jamie Carragher Have Any Children?
Jamie Caragher and Nicola Hart also have two children – James and Mia.
James is also a footballer in the making and has been a youth player at Liverpool and also at Wigan.
Jamie Carragher Grew Up As An Everton Fan
Despite spending his whole career at Liverpool, Jamie Carragher actually grew up as an Everton fan.
It was only after joining the Liverpool academy that Carragher turned blue for red.
With this information becoming more widespread during his playing days, Carragher revealed that his passion for Everton diminished during his playing days.
Carragher went onto play in 30 Merseyside derby matches – winning 17 and losing just five (8 draws).
Famous Jamie Carragher Quotes
“No-one wants to grow up and be a Gary Neville.”
“For someone to ask ‘Who did you play for’ and to be able to answer a single name ‘Liverpool’ that would be brilliant…I don’t think I’d ever leave.”
“Thierry Henry, he was definitely the best. He was just too quick. Oh God, what a player he was. I was so relieved when he went to Barcelona. He used to have everything. You couldn’t even kick him, he was big and strong, oh, Jesus, he was a nightmare.”
“It has been so long since Liverpool won the title, I was a 12-year-old Everton fan the last time it happened.”
“I always wanted to be a one-club man, I always wanted to play for Liverpool. If I had gone out of the team in my twenties or early thirties I would’ve left because I love playing football.”
“I think Pep Guardiola is a top manager. There’s no doubt about that. Not only did he manage Messi and Iniesta, but he made them better and took them to levels they’d never been before. The best team I’ve ever seen is Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona. I’m sure his management got something to do with that.”
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