He has also played for several football clubs such as Amiens, Blackburn Rovers, and Stroke City. Nzonzi has represented France in their youth team and made his full international debut for France in 2017.
Steven Nzonzi was born on 15 December 1988 in La Garenne Colombes, France to French mother and a Congolese father. He holds a French nationality having a Conglose ethnicity.
He played junior football for clubs such as Racing Paris, Paris Saint Germain, CA Lisieux, Caen, Beauvais, and Amiens.
His annual salary is around €1.3 million with a weekly salary of €25,000 which he earns from playing for Sevilla FC and has a market worth in the region of €30 million as of May 2018.
Looking at his professional playing career, his net worth is estimated to be around $8 million.
After playing for the youth team of Amiens, he joined the main team in 2007 and made his official debut for the club against AS Raismes on 24 November 2007 and scored his first goal against Strasbourg on 8 May 2009.
He later went to England and signed a four-year contract for a reported transfer fee of £650,000 in the summer of 2009. Nzonzi made his debut against Manchester City on 15 August 2009 and scored his first goal against Arsenal on 4 October 2009. He was transferred to fellow English football club, Stoke City for a transfer fee of £3 million on 31 August 2012.
Nzonzi made his debut against Manchester City on 15 September 2012 and is currently playing for the Spanish club, Sevilla with whom he signed a four-year contract worth £7 million that also includes £ 21.5 million buyout clause.
He played his first match for Malaga CF on 22 August 2015 and was the part of the Sevilla team that went on to win the UEFA Europa League for 2015/16 season.
After playing for the French under 21 teams, he was called up by the French senior team against friendlies against Wales and Germany.
He made his full senior international debut for France against Wales on 10 November 2017 and was added to the 23 men French squad led by a captain, Hugo Lloris along with players such as defender, Adil Rami and Benjamin Mendy for the 2018 FIFA World Cup held in Russia.
Currently, 29, the French midfielder, Steven Nzonzi stands at height of 6 feet 6 inches tall. Talking about his personal life, he was previously married to his wife, Lynda N Zonzi with whom he married in 2013.
The couple got separated in 2017 due to personal differences. He was involved in a collision with a cyclist in Hale, Greater Manchester and stood trial for alleged assault on his wife. He was later cleared of the charges in December 2015.
