Top 10 Richest Footballers in the World

Top 10 Richest Footballers in the World

10. Eden Hazard

Eden  Hazard

Net Worth: $100 Million A professional footballer from Belgium , Hazard currently receives over £500,000 pounds per week as a winger for Real Madrid. He owns a huge mansion in Spain worth about $12 Million dollars and also a fleet of expensive cars.

9. Pele

Pele

Net Worth: $100 Million Born as Edison Arantes do Nascimento, Pele is a retired football player with an incredible net worth.During his international career, he won three FIFA World Cups: 1958, 1962 and 1970, the only player to do so. He is considered by many fans, players, and experts as among the best football players of all time.

8. Francesco Totti

Francesco Totti

Net Worth: $101.6 Million Totti is an Italian professional football player who gained recognition as Young Footballer of the Year during the 1998-1999 season. The very next year he was named as the “Italian Footballer of the Year” and received his nomination for Ballon d’Or.

7. Gareth Bale

Gareth  Bale

Net Worth: $125 Million The Wales striker Gareth Bale is known for his impressive left foot, speed, and physical qualities. Bale has signed deals with companies like Nissan, Lucozade, BT Sport, EA Sport, Konami, and Adidas earning millions of dollars from these endorsement deals.

6. Wayne Rooney

 Wayne Rooney

Net Worth: $145 Million An English  striker for Premier League club Manchester United, Rooney has  signed a couple of Lucrative endorsement deals with numerous companies  like Coca-Cola, FIFA, Nokia, Adidas. According to the 2012 France Football survey of the world’s best-paid players, Rooney is ranked fifth in the world.

5. Alexandre Pato

 Alexandre Pato

Net Worth: $145 Million Alexandre Pato began his career at the age of 16, and he was later on signed up by Sports Club Internacional to compete for the Campeonato Brasileiro Sub 20. In 2006, Pato led the team to win the FIFA Club World Cup.

4. Dave Whelan

Dave  Whelan

Net Worth: $220 Million Dave Whelan is an English former footballer. During his football career, he played for Blackburn Rovers and Crewe Alexandra. At present , Whelan is the owner of the Football league Championship club Wigan Athletic.

3. Lionel Messi

Lionel  Messi

Net Worth: $400 Million Voted as the player of the year over the past two seasons, Messi earned a whopping $28 Million dollars from his campaigns for Pepsi, Gillette, and Turkish Airlines according to a Forbes estimate.Currently, he is the highest-paid footballer with a salary of £615,000 Pounds per week.

2. David Beckham

David Beckham

Net Worth: $450 Million A retired professional football player, David is known to be the first English footballer to become a league titleholder in four different countries. Beckham spent 20 years playing football, and in 2004 he was named the highest-paid football player.

1. Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo

Net Worth: $460 Million Ronaldo is arguably the richest player in the world. Coupled with his numerous endorsement deals, his net worth keeps climbing up the scale in a steady flow. Cristiano’s weekly salary at Juventus where he plays to date is calculated to be about $660,000 dollars per week.