africa is indeed a blessed continent filled with great talents in every sector including football
in africa football has improved so much in recent years as most of its footballers have played a
crucial part in playing for their home countries and football clubs worldwide including european
clubs asian clubs and many others welcome to tuna cheki in today's video we'll look at the
top 10 richest african footballers before we get into the video remember to subscribe and
ring the notification bell so that you don't miss any of our videos number 10 asamor john net worth
25 million dollars ghana leagues france italy china united arab emirates and turkey ghanian
assamoy john made the 10th position as one of the richest footballers in africa in 2021 with
a net worth of 25 million dollars his records playing in different countries have helped him
achieve this position in the ranking in his early career asomore was regarded as one of the finest
african strikers owing to his skills and goal scoring abilities in the 2010 world cup he helped
his country ghana to reach the quarter-final stage following the world cup tournament ghana
became the third african country to reach the quarter-final stage in the world cup competition
currently he plays for lijon cities in ghana after returning to his homeland in november 2020
number 9 pierre-emerick abumayan net worth 30 million dollars gabon league england gabonese
pierre america bomayan is currently ranked as the ninth richest footballer in africa with a
net worth of 30 million dollars obama yang is a gabonese professional striker that plays in
the premier league for london club arsenal in 2018 abumayang joined arsenal in the club's record fee
worth 56 million pounds currently he receives a lucrative weekly salary worth 350 000 pounds
a huge salary that has increased his net worth to become the fifth richest footballer in africa in
2021 he has also won many individual awards that have increased his net worth number eight michael
essien net worth 35 million dollars ghana league france spain italy and england michael essien is
a ghanaian midfielder who has a net worth of 35 million dollars his successful career started
in 1999 when he played for ghana the africa under 17 championships where european football
scouts noticed him and later started playing for french clubs at 22 years old in 2005 he signed for
chelsea fc for the second most expensive transfer deal for the club of 26 million pounds for five
years in august 2012 he signed on an on loan deal with real madrid and went on to score two goals
currently he joined the coaching staff of danish side not jealous for the 2021 season the 37 year
old is taking a big step towards his coaching dream having long talked about his ambition
fc naught's jealous has signed the former black star lyon real madrid and chelsea player as part
of the club's coaching staff for the season of 2020-2021 further increasing his net worth
number seven emmanuel adebayon net worth 45 million dollars togo league england spain and
turkey togolese emmanuel adebayo is the seventh richest footballer currently in africa with a
net worth of 45 million dollars he currently plays as a striker for paraguayan club olympia
adebayor's lucrative network which has placed him as one of the richest footballers in africa is
from his past successes in different european top clubs including arsenal manchester city tottenham
crystal palace and real madrid in manchester city adebayor earned an annual salary worth 25
million dollars while in tottenham he received a yearly salary of 5 million dollars his early
five years in mets and monaco also helped him make little money that increased his net worth
adebayo has also played for the turkish super league for four years number six john obi michael
net worth 49 million dollars nigeria league england norway kuwait nigerian john michael
obi is a sixth richest footballer in africa with a massive 45 million dollar net worth playing for
chelsea one of the biggest clubs in the premier league in the past years michael obi has acquired
some wealth to become one of the richest footballers in africa michael obi started his
football career as a midfielder in the nigerian local football team plateau united before joining
lynn football club in norway in 2014. after two years in norway michael obi joined the english
club chelsea where he spent 11 years he earned lots of money at the london club before moving to
qinjin china where he played for tedda receiving over 7.5 million dollars on an annual basis
number five sedog keita net worth 51 million dollars mali league spain and china mali's most
famous soccer star sedol keita has a net worth of 51 million dollars he began playing for the senior
mali national team in 2000 the malian midfielder has recently returned to spain with valencia after
a year in the chinese super league kata earned a reported 16 million before tax in his year with
a chinese super league club dalian arabian fc before that move he had been an important part
of the barcelona sport for four years having impressed at sevilla and in the french league
number 4 muhammad salla net worth 70 million dollars egypt league england muhammad salla is
currently the fourth richest footballer in africa with an impressive net worth of 70 million dollars
salah an egyptian professional footballer plays as a winger for english top club liverpool
due to his great talents and efforts in liverpool salah is currently liverpool's highest paid player
with an annual salary of 23.1 million dollars adding to his previous salaries in the past
years salah's net worth plus his numerous endorsements with different companies that
earning him over 12 million have contributed to him becoming the richest footballer in africa
number three yaya toure net worth 72 million dollars ivory coast league england monaco belgium
and germany yaya toure has enjoyed an illustrious career on both clubs
and international levels earning him a total net worth of 72 million dollars
placing him at number three position as africa's richest footballer he has played for manchester
city where he scored 79 career goals over the course of eight seasons he was an important
player for the ivorian coast national team as well as winning the africa cup of nations in
2015 and netting 19 times in 101 appearances he is a known philanthropist and is involved in giving
back to the community as well is outspoken about race issues in football and is a keen
advocate for preservation of animals especially elephants as well as a supporter for unicef
number two didier drogbar net worth 90 million dollars ivory coast leagues england canada france
china turkey and the usa didier drogba is an ivorian retired professional footballer who played
as a striker he is best known for his career at chelsea for whom he has scored more goals than
any other foreign players and is currently the club's fourth highest goal scorer of all time
after years of playing in various clubs around africa and europe drogba landed at chelsea in
2004 where he remains a valuable and famous player to this day as of 2021 didier drogba's
net worth is 90 million dollars making him the second richest footballer in africa and the
richest african footballer spot goes to number one samuel etto net worth 95 million dollars cameroon
leagues spain italy england russia and qatar samuel etto is a former cameroonian footballer
who has a net worth of 95 million dollars and was once earning an annual salary of 26 million
dollars widely regarded as one of the best strikers of all time in international play
eto scored two goals at the 2010 africa cup of nations tournament bringing his scoring record for
the event up to 18 goals and helping to earn him african player of the year honors a fourth time
he also helped cameroon qualify for the 2010-2014 world cup though the team failed to win a match
in a their appearances in august 2014 ettore retired from international competition he's also
known for leading the high-achieving cameroonian national team of his era which won many trophies
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