Jhon Duran Biography: Net Worth, Salary, Family, Lifestyle and Career Stats

Jhon Jader Duran Palacios is a centre-forward playing for Al-Nassr. The Colombian striker recently made the move to Saudi Arabia after a stellar spell with Aston Villa. The 21-year-old is set to become one of the finest strikers in world football.

Jhon Duran has humble beginnings in Colombia. He had a difficult childhood economically and wanted to become a pro footballer. Duran is blessed with excellent physicality, pace and striker instincts. He always has an eye for a spectacular goal. His technique in front of the goal, and his calmness while finishing make him look like a seasoned pro instead of a 21-year-old.

All these traits made him rise through the ranks incredibly quickly. He was making waves with Envigado in Colombia. Chicago Fire of MLS gave him a real breakthrough. At Aston Villa, he was scoring for fun and was poised to help them in the Champions League.

However, in a shocking turn of events, Jhon Duran joined Al-Nassr on the deadline day in the winter transfer window. At Al-Nassr, he is playing alongside the legendary Cristiano Ronaldo. The Colombian striker might be one to watch out for during the 2026 Soccer World Cup in the USA if he can continue his form for club and country.

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Jhon Duran Net Worth & Salary

Jhon Duran’s rise can not have a better testament than his salary profile. From earning a meager €1,105 per week to earning €1,900 an hour in Saudi Arabia, he has come a long way. At Envigado, he only focused on playing football and was never worried about wages.

A move to Chicago Fire doubled his wages. It was the Premier League that showed him how well-paid the footballers are. Nonetheless, Duran was on the lower end when he signed for Aston Villa in 2023. He signed a much-improved contract extension in late 2024.

These numbers were dwarfed when Al-Nassr came calling. The young Colombian is now earning a staggering £16.7 million per year. It is tax-free and its weekly and hourly breakdowns boggle one’s mind. He has also potentially received a huge signing bonus and it raises his net worth to €10 million.

Brand Endorsements/Advertisements

Jhon Duran is a Nike-sponsored athlete. He is spotted in Nike gear in training and on Matchdays. In Saudi Arabia now, he will become the face of promoting tourism in the country. We expect him to sign multiple deals making him a very marketable face soon.

Car Collection and Houses

Jhon Duran used to own a BMW X6 that cost £73,000. He ran the car into a van in an accident in 2024. The forward was driving and smashed it accidentally on a matchday. He was lucky that no one was injured in the crash.

With a move to Saudi Arabia and a crazy wage structure, Duran might become the owner of multiple supercars soon.

Jhon Duran was gifted an apartment by his childhood club so that he could live closer and train better. However, he was forced to pay compensation of £15,000 after he caused damages to a rental property in Shenstone during his time at Aston Villa.

As Al-Nassr bashed the fake news of Duran making shifts to Riyadh every day, they gave away his house was near the club and the stadium in Riyadh. Knowing how Saudi Arabia treats their football superstars generously, Duran might be living in a wealthy mansion now.

Jhon Duran and his family

Jhon Duran was born to Senor Regino and Saturnina. He had brothers and a sister and grew up with his cousin in Medellin. His family has a rich football history. His father was a football administrator and led a minor Colombian football club. Little info is known about his mother.

Oswaldo Duran, an ex-Colombian goalkeeper, is the younger brother of Jhon Duran’s father Regino. The family did have an impact on Duran becoming a pro footballer. Despite the rich legacy, the financial situation was hard for the family. They made their way out of it together. According to the youth coach of Duran, he was an incredible family guy. He shared a close bond with each one of them and always wanted to be close to them.

They even had a crucial role to play in him picking his next destination as a footballer. Even during the move to Al-Nassr, they all played a key part.

Jhon Duran Partner

John Duran is in a relationship with Angela Capella. The striker has been in a relationship for quite some time. Capella is a doctor specializing in epidemiology. She is also a model and was Miss Choco in 2024. The couple are seen getting cozy on social media plenty of times.

Recently a rumour stirred up on social media that Duran was living in Saudi’s neighbouring state country of Bahrain due to a ban on live-in relationships in the country. It was also reported that he was open to taking a 600 km flight every day to attend the training sessions.

Al-Nassr took to social media to bash these vile rumors and clarified that Duran and his girlfriend are living close to Riyadh.

Jhon Duran Early Life

Jhon Duran was born in Zaragoza, Antioquia. His family moved to the Aranjuez neighborhood in Medellin. Duran was always found on the streets playing football and listening to music at home. He was famous for skipping school and staying home to play music according to his youth coach.

He also had a difficult upbringing as his family struggled to make ends meet. Duran’s resolve to become a professional footballer rose from those days. His club bought them an apartment to be close to training and that was when the goods started flowing for the man and his family.

Jhon Duran Career

Club Career

2015: An 11-year-old Jhon Duran was enjoying football on the streets and was immediately noticed by Envigado’s scouts. The club are yet to win a major trophy but is known for having a world-class youth system and for producing amazing talent every season. Fondly called “Cantera de Heroes”(Quarry of Heroes), the club produced the likes of James Rodriguez, Juan Quintero, and Mateus Uribe. In Jhon Duran, they stuck gold once again.

Duran spent his initial years as a winger. His speed, agility, decision making and ball-striking impressed the youth coach Wilberth Perea Mena. The coach took the call to make Duran a striker instead of a winger. He took a fatherly role at the academy and helped Duran by showing him clips of iconic strikers and helping him realize his potential. Perea also told a young Duran that he would play against the best players in the world at the best stadiums and it did come true.

2019: Coach Perea’s efforts paid off as Jhon Duran broke into the Envigado first team in 2019 as a 15-year-old. On 1^st September 2019, Duran scored his first-ever senior goal and became the second-youngest goalscorer in Categoria Primera A. In two years, Duran scored 10 goals for the club in 49 appearances. He was included in The Guardian’s “60 of the best young talents in world football”.

2021: Sebastian Pelzer, Chicago Fire’s technical director was attending Envigado’s game to scout Duran’s teammate Carlos Teran. An ex-Premier League player himself, Pelzer knows what it takes to thrive in English football. He said the wow factor he felt when he saw Duran made him believe he was going to be a star one day. He was impressed by Duran’s speed, dominance in the air and finishing. He decided to make Duran a primary target.

The Guardian’s Next Gen list made an open race for Duran as the world knew about him. Pelzer wanted to sign Duran at any cost and made efforts to contact Duran’s family. During the pandemic, they got the family together and convinced the striker to sign for them.

In January 2021, Jhon Duran became the youngest international signing in MLS history for a fee of £1.8 million. He was only eligible to move to the club once he turned 18 in January 2022.

As a young South American in a huge American city, Duran did take his time to settle at the club. He ended his first campaign with 8 goals and 3 assists in the league. Pelzer said they weren’t naïve to expect him to stay at the club for long and his fears came true when Aston Villa came calling.

2023: Just a year into his stint with Chicago Fire, Astin Villa signed Duran on an ambitious deal. Jhon Duran left the 2023 South American U-20 Championship to fly to England to complete the move. He was announced on 23^rd January in a deal worth £14.75 million. Jhon Duran was bedded slowly into the setup by Unai Emery as Ollie Watkins was the starting striker.

He ended his first half-campaign goalless. He hit the ground running in his second season by scoring against Everton off the bench. He was the starter in UEFA Europa Conference League and scored 3 times there.

Duran earned the tag of a super sub as he scored crucial goals for the club. His eye for amazing goals was evident too as his chested half-volley against Crystal Palace won the Goal of the Season at Aston Villa along with bagging the league’s Goal of the Month. His brace against Liverpool in a 3-3 draw off the bench earned great laurels and helped them win a UEFA Champions League berth.

2024: Jhon Duran wanted the starting spot at Aston Villa. Ollie Watkins had the trust of Unai Emery and Duran wanted to try his luck elsewhere. He tried to force a move as he was linked with West Ham United and Chelsea. Duran even made a “Hammer” gesture on the livestream to force a move-out. However, the deal fell through and Duran stayed put at Villa Park.

He scored the winning goal against West Ham in the league as a substitute to pledge his commitment to Aston Villa. His lore as a super sub grew as he scored a host of crucial winners. In the league, he scored consecutive winners against Leicester City and Everton. The goal against Everton was a spectacular long ranger that won the Goal of the Month.

Duran’s Champions League debut couldn’t have gone any better as he scored a memorable lob from a long way out against the legendary Manuel Neuer to hand his side a 1-0 win against Bayern Munich. Aston Villa then announced he signed a new contract with them till 2030 on improved terms.

An injury to Ollie Watkins in late 2024 has seen Duran earn the starting striker spot. But a shock was in the making.

2025: Jhon Duran’s rise was meteoric. From the Colombian League to the MLS to the riches of the Premier League and the Champions League. His career however was yet to be fast-tracked. His attitude became a problem in the dressing room according to a few unnamed sources. Unai Emery who wanted to keep Duran in the summer, granted a move away when Al-Nassr came in with a huge bid.

Aston Villa also had to balance their books and had to sell Jhon Duran when a bid of £64 million was tabled. Duran moved for the third time in three years. He signed a huge contract that could set him up for decades financially. His choice of picking Saudi Arabia was criticized as he left before the crucial knockout stages in the Champions League.

However, Duran wanted to be a part of the Saudi Pro-League revolution. How could anyone turn down a move to play with the potential Greatest of All Time Cristiano Ronaldo? Duran hit the ground running in Riyadh. He is playing alongside Ronaldo in a strike-pair and scored a brace on his league debut. With 4 goals in 3 games, he is looking to learn from Ronaldo and become a world-beater.

He is expected to win them the AFC Champions League and the league title as well. Duran is only 21 and could still make a return to Europe after a couple of successful years in the Middle East.

International Career

Colombia was on the hunt to replace the aging Radamel Falcao. They needed a gunman to lead their forward line alongside superstar Luis Diaz. Duran’s emergence played into their hands. He was a very regular at the youth levels.

Duran represented Colombia at the 2019 South American U-17 Championship. It did take three years for him to get a senior bow. Duran replaced Radamel Falcao himself as a half-time substitute on 24 September 2022.

A full debut followed a few months later in March 2023 against Japan and he scored his first goal for his country then. He added one more goal in the 2026 World Cup qualification against Chile in a 4-0 win. Duran was pretty much an unused substitute for his country during the 2024 Copa America.

Although he has yet to replicate his brilliant club-scoring pace for his country, he is a key figure in attack. Jhon Duran would play a pivotal role in the 2026 Soccer World Cup in the United States of America closer to his home.

Jhon Duran Injury Record

Jhon Duran is relatively injury-free. He only played 6800 minutes of football before his ambitious move to Al-Nassr. Since he wasn’t overworked at youth level, he had ample time to grow and adjust his game.

At Aston Villa where he had his first big breakthrough, he suffered from knocks and hamstring injuries. One such hamstring injury kept him out of action for a month and a half in early 2024. Since he was also a perennial super sub at the club, he was always carefully managed.

At Al-Nassr, he would be a starter every game and the minutes would increase tenfold and he needs to sustain his fitness.

Awards and Achievements

• Copa America runner-up:24
• Premier League Goal of the Month: September 2024
• BBC Goal of the Month: September 2024