Joel Embiid- Girlfriend, Anne De Paula and Net Worth!

Updated On March 18, 2024 | Published By: Natalie | In Career , Dating , Net Worth

Joel started his basketball career at 15. source: People

Joel Embiid and Anne De Paula started their relationship with friendship first.
The professional basketball player revealed that they used to Facetime every day.
The Cameroonian player is nearly worth $34 million.

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Joel Embiid- career and net worth

Joel Embiid was born in Yaounde, Cameroon in a military family. He is the eldest child of Thomas Embiid and Christine.

Joel was a keen volleyball and soccer player in his childhood. His parents wanted him to become a doctor.

He had an intention to play volleyball in Europe but soon started playing basketball at the early age of 15 inspired by NBA star Hakeem Olajuwon.

Joel Embiid moved to America and started his professional there. source: People

Embiid started playing basketball well and his talent was noticed by Cameroonian NBA player Mbah Moute. The next year, the young basketball player moved to America where he started playing basketball at Montverde Academy.

After that, he went to play basketball at Christian Academy, The Rock School in Florida where he delivered an impressive performance.

The best part of his career was being selected for NBA by The Philadelphia 76ers which he could not debut due to his foot injury for 2 seasons.

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Joel has signed deals with big basketball teams where he is expected to make millions of dollars. Currently, the athlete has a net worth of around $35 million.

Joel Embiid- girlfriend and child

Joel Embiid is currently dating a Brazilian model Anne De Paula whom he first met in 2018 through a common friend in New York.

Anne recalled meeting Joel for the first time saying they didn’t talk much that night but their beautiful friendship started blossoming.

The model said that they both had a lot in common; both spoke French, loved soccer, and had hoped to start a family in the future.

Paula said:

“We FaceTimed every day for a while. … He just has this personality where he wants to motivate you. His friends, his family and now with Arthur — he pushes all of us to be the best of ourselves. That’s the type of person you want to have around.”

In 2020, the couple welcomed their first child together and named him Arthur.

Joel took to Instagram to share his excitement about being a father and shared a picture of his newborn along with a beautiful caption.

He wrote:

“We are so blessed and fortunate to welcome our little boy in this family. First of 11 or more? Trying to convince her but I’m not winning so far. I’m just trying to build a soccer team but for real I’m so excited for the future and my life has a new meaning. Kudos to @annedepaula_ for being so strong and giving me the Greatest Gift our life can offer.”

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