The richest African footballer is Samuel Eto’o and he is worth over 202 million dollars.
The Cameroonian footballer who currently plays as a striker for Antalyaspor (Turkey 1. League) and formerly for the Cameroon national team has been adjudged the richest African footballer.
According to a study conducted and published by a French publication, Footendirect, Samuel Eto’o topped the list of the ten richest African footballers.
The full list is below:
- Samuel Eto’o/Antalyaspor : 202 millions de dollars
- Yaya Touré/Manchester City : 170 millions de dollars
- Didier Drogba/Montreal : 155 millions de dollars
- Jay-Jay Okocha : 150 millions de dollars.
- Nwankwo Kanu : 100 millions de dollars
- Michaël Essien/Panathinaïkos : 70 millions de dollars
- Emmanuel Adebayor/Libre : 57 millions de dollars
- Obi Mikel/Chelsea : 50 millions de dollars
- Kolo Touré/Liverpool : 43 millions de dollars
- Sulley Muntari/Al-Ittihad : 40 millions de dollars