Mikel Obi, Kanu Nwankwo and Jay-jay Okocha named in Africa’s top 10 richest footballers

Kanu Nwankwo, Mikel Obi and Austin Okocha are among the richest African football stars. Photo: Filed

The Nigerian trio of Austin Okocha, Kanu Nwankwo and Mikel Obi have been named in the list of highest earning African players of all time.
The list is based on a study carried out by French medium, Footendirect who calculated earnings and worth of African players.
According to the list, Cameroonian star, Samuel Eto’o is the richest African player with a cumulative earnings of $202M. Manchester City’s Yaya Toure is second with $170M while former Chelsea star, Didier Drogba is third with an estimated $155M.
Okocha($150M) and Kanu($100M) are 4^th and 5^th respectively while Mikel Obi is placed at number 8 with an earnings of $50M.
See the top 10 list below…

1. Samuel Eto’o/Antalyaspor : $202 million
2. Yaya Touré/Manchester City :$170 million
3. Didier Drogba/Montreal : $155 million
4. Jay-Jay Okocha : $150 million
5. Nwankwo Kanu : $100 million
6. Michaël Essien/Panathinaïkos : $70 million
7. Emmanuel Adebayor/Libre : $57 million
8. Obi Mikel/Chelsea : $50 million
9. Kolo Touré/Liverpool :$ 43 million
10. Sulley Muntari/Al-Ittihad : $40 million

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