Mikel Obi
• Makes $110,000 a week
• Earns $440,000 a month
Super
Eagles midfielder, John Obi Mikel retained his place as one of Africa's
and Nigeria's richest soccer players after Ventures Africa informed
that the Chelsea star earns a whooping sum of N924million annually.
According
to a financial survey carried out, Mikel, who is yet to feature for
Stephen Keshi’s new-look Eagles, makes $110,000 (about N17.5m) a week
and is the highest paid Nigerian footballer.
His
endorsers include Pepsi and Samsung, while he has had a nomadic career
in Nigeria, South Africa, Norway and England. His annual salary is $5.8
million (about N924million).
Top
on the continent’s list of mega bucks earners are as follows; Samuel
Eto’o, Didier Drogba, Michael Essien, Yaya Toure, Kolo Toure, Emmanuel
Adebayor and Frederic Kanoute.
Samuel Eto’o
With
an estimated net worth of $50 million, Eto’o became the highest paid
footballer ever when he transferred from Inter Milan to small but
ambitious Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala in August 2011. Anzhi is owned
by Russian investor Suleiman Kerimov, who is worth an estimated $6.5
billion. Eto’o earns a salary of €20 million ($24.5 million) after tax
per season, more than the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.
Puma and Ford are major sponsors.
Didier Drogba
Former
Chelsea striker Drogba recently signed for Chinese club Shanghai
Shenhua in a deal that will see him earn approximately $314,000 a week.
Even at Chelsea Drogba collected a cool $8.6 million a year, and his net
worth is estimated at $30.7 million. He has an endorsement deal with
Pepsi and has used the proceeds to build a children’s hospital in his
home city of Abidjan. Other endorsement deals include those with
Samsung, Nike and Orange France.
Michael Essien
Ghanaian
Essien, though often injured, still collects $110,000 each week from
his club Chelsea, with his net worth calculated at $22.7 million. He
earns $5.5 million each year. When he moved from Lyon to Chelsea in 2005
his $38 million fee made him the most expensive African footballer in
the world at the time. He has endorsement deals with Samsung, Pepsi and
MTN.
Yaya Toure
Manchester
City’s title-winning midfielder Yaya, the younger brother of defender
Kolo, has a net worth of $11.4 million on the back of his annual $14
million salary. He is the highest paid African player in the Premier
League, earning $320,000 a week, which he tops up with image rights
payments of $2.5 million a year and an additional $1.3 million bonus for
Champions League qualification.
Kolo Toure
Yaya’s
younger brother Kolo may have a less starring role at Manchester City
these days but he has still accumulated great wealth from his time in
England. His annual salary of $10.3 million should go some way to easing
the pain of a suspension forced on him by his club after a failed drugs
test in March 2011. With a net worth of $11.4 million, he also has a
boot deal with Adidas.
Emmanuel Adebayor
His
move from Manchester City to Tottenham Hotspur – if completed – may make
a dent in his annual salary, but while he remains on his City wages he
retains an annual salary of $12 million and $220,000 a week. He signed
from Arsenal in 2009 for a fee of $40 million. He endorses energy drink
Power Horse.
Frederic Kanoute
Mali
striker Kanoute, who last played for Sevilla in Spain having previously
had stints in France and England, has an annual salary of $8.6 million.
The devout Muslim in 2007 paid $700,000 to purchase a Seville mosque for
Muslim locals.
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