RICHEST AFRICAN FOOTBALLERS AND THEIR NETWORTH

   
The list of richest African footballers tries to explain and appreciate the success African footballers have enjoyed in the last decade, thanks to the increasing popularity of the game and huge investment. The number of African players plying their trade in Europe has increased over the course of Last decade due to the lucrative opportunity of playing in Europe  and this has contributed to the increase in wages and salaries for African players in Europe. Moreover, this trend has led to significant reduction in wages of African players plying their trade in Africa due to weak investments in African leagues. No African player plying his trade in Africa made the list. 

Nine out of ten players on the list has either played in the Premier League or is currently playing in the Premier League and most of them have played for clubs that have one the Champions League at least once in Europe. From the analysis, it was deduced that wage difference in Europe also affects African players i.e African players in the Premier League makes as twice as much as their counterpart in other European leagues. It shows wage disparity despite the increasing wages in football affects African footballers. 
  The list of richest African footballers also shows that despite the increasing wages for African footballers in Europe, no North African player made the list. This trend is owed to the fact that many North African players still prefer to play in their local leagues especially players from Egypt and Tunisia. 
  
The first person on the list is Samuel Eto, the former Camerounian international who had trophy laden spells with Barcelona, inter Milan, chelsea etc has an estimated networth of 160 million dollars, at one time Eto was the highest paid player in the world.  Second on the list is Didier Drogba, the lvorian legend has a networth of about 110 million dollars, the surprise inclusion on the list is the reigning african player of the year aubumeyang. The complete list is as follows :
  1. Samuel Eto-$160 million 
  2. Didier drogba-$110 million 
  3. Yaya toure-$70 million dollars
  4. Asamoah Gyan- $55 million dollars 
  5. Mikel obi-$45 million 
  6. Adebayor-$38 million 
  7. Kolo toure-$32 million 
  8. Sule muntari-$25 million 
  9. Michael Essien-$22 million 
  10. Aubameyang - $17 million 

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