Top 10 Richest / Highest Paid African Footballers /Soccer Players
According to Forbes Magazine’s latest release, below are the richest African Footballers / Soccer Players for 2011. Below you will find their age, citizenship, the club they belong to and their annual salary
Top Ten (10) Highest Paid / Richest African Football / Soccer Players
Name Age Country Club Annual Salary
1) Yaya Toure 28 Ivory Coast Manchester City $13.5 Million
2) Samuel Eto’o 30 Cameroon Inter Milan $12 Million
3) Emmanuel Adebayor 27 Togo Manchester City $12 Million
4) Kolo Toure 30 Ivory Coast Manchester City $10.3 Million
5) Frederic Kanoute 33 Mali Sevilla FC $8.6 Million
6) Didier Drogba 33 Ivory Coast Chelsea $8 Million
7) John Mikel Obi 24 Nigeria Chelsea $5,800,000
8) Michael Essien 28 Ghana Chelsea $5,500,000
Faces of Richest African Footballers
John Mikel Obi
Yaya Toure
michael essien
samuel eto'o
Emmanuel Adebayor
Kolo Toure
Frederic Kanoute
Didier Drogba
wow dis guys re rily in kul money o
fortune as smile on u guys njoy pals
fortune as smile on u guys,*njoy pals*
This guys are on money,God dey make una enjoy.
I wis you guys long life to enjoy yours wealt.thanks
You work for it guys…. God has done it for you, please remeber the less privillage
please, search well in google, the top 10 reaches player in Africa is samuel eto, he earns MORE than twenty million dollars a month,in the world.
yesoooooooooooooooo let them get the money from them, without their talent they will get nothing from the white people
y sey dem de do essien so /but dem dey pay am pass obi mikel
Dis guyz ar in money; may God almighty grant dem long lif
The stats are wrong eto is the highest paid soccer player(by team) in Africa.and not only in Africa but in the world as well.
Dis guys are in money,but i believe Samuel Eto is d richest.
Eto still remain african richest footballer
Thank God for dis guys
I like African footballers,i wish them good health,long-life,my best man is drogba which empress me so-much.you guys should enjoy your money.
Can these information be updated? A lot has changed. Eto’o Fils has gone to the top of the world. He is no longer the second in Africa but the first in the whole world as far as sport is concern.
He has a monthly salary of 20 million US Dollars. Leaving the second in the world by a difference of 7million US Dollars which is almost Drugba’s salary in Chelsea.
U work 4 it guy god has done it 4 u i wis u guy long lif 2 enjoy yur wealt.but Pls seach well Ahsamoa Gyan is d highest paid in africa now
SO AMAZING
thank God 4 there life 2day
Dear sir/madam i hereby explaining my self 2 u i’m a student.i held from akwa ibom.i’m (18) years old. Tanx u.
Wow see money. Dey are really enjoying papaaa.
i dont tink dat statistics wit yaya bein top one in Africa is corect, eto’ fills shld b top one richest in Africa.”proved” eto is the 10th richest footballer in the world.i dint find yaya in top 10 richest in world.so how is dat posible 4 yaya havig edge dan eto.mind u eto remains higheist paid african in d world.
Thank God 4 what he has done 4u guys.
guyz if u are destiny to be great nothing can stop u just be focused
The highest paid in Nigeria today is osaze i hope you all know that, following by mikel obi Noverber 2012
Eto’s is richest.
Wit God nd hardworking is fundamental to success,u guy hav work hard is time to eat d fruits of ur labour.mikel obi and Eto are d african players i love most.but u pple should rember me in ur paradise.
wow this people are bless 4rm de almighty allah
All players got there onw time to reign and most perticularly
thousand of people are stupid,why can’t you work for your money,make it in life and do yours.