REVEALED: Top 5 RICHEST African Players in 2017

"It appears Ghana captain, Asamoah Gyan, is not in the top five rich list.\r\n\r\nFootballers are generally well to do in the financial aspects.Footballers seem to be leading celebrities when it comes to the luxurious and the lavish lifestyle.\r\n\r\nThese footballers legends represents African continent and mostly their countries. African footballers now features at the world\u2019s football top table.\r\n\r\nHere are the richest African footballers in 2017:\r\n\r\n 1. Samuel Eto\u2019o \r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_25329\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"980\"] Samuel Eto\u2019o[\/caption]\r\n\r\nThis Cameroonian football player plays for Turkish club Antalyaspor as a striker. The 35 year-old is the most successful and most decorated African player of all time.\r\n\r\nSamuel scored over 100 goals in five seasons with Barcelona; and is also the record holder in number of appearances by an African player in La Liga.\r\n\r\nThe former Indomitable Lions captain was in fact once the highest-paid player in the world during his spell with Anzhi Makhachkala where he earned \u20ac20 million ($25 million) a year after taxes.\r\n\r\nEto\u2019o is now one of the richest footballer in the world. He is the richest footballer in Africa with a net worth of $95 million. \r\n\r\n 2. Didier Drogba \r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_25330\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"620\"] Didier Drogba[\/caption]\r\n\r\nHe is the all-time top scorer and former captain of the Ivory Coast national football team.\r\n\r\nDrogba is best known for his career at Chelsea; for whom he has scored more goals than any other foreign player and is currently the club\u2019s fourth highest goal scorer of all time. He has also been named African Footballer of the the year twice. He won the accolade in 2006 and 2009.\r\n\r\nDidier\u2019s enormous fortune is impressive, by considering that he didn\u2019t earn a big move before transfer to chelsea, but then after he had different lucrative contracts.\r\n\r\nThe forward is now playing for Montreal Impact and his salary is estimated at $15.8 million with a net worth of $90 million.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n 3. Yaya Toure \r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_25331\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"615\"] Yaya Toure[\/caption]\r\n\r\nToure is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Premier League club Manchester City. He is the former captain of Ivory Coast national team. His net worth is nearly $70 million .\r\n\r\nThe 34-year-old is one of the world\u2019s best players. He was also voted African Footballer of the year 4 consecutive times.\r\n\r\nThe experienced midfielder helped the Ivory Coast while captaining them to victory in 2015; and He also helped City earn their first league title in 44 years.\r\n\r\n 4. Emmanuel Adebayor \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nTogo\u2019s all time top scorer has had well-paying contracts in different clubs he played for in English Premier League. while at Manchester city the striker earned a reportedly $268,000 million.\r\n\r\nAdebayor helped Togo to qualify for the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations, scoring 11 goals in the qualifiers, more than any other player in the African qualifiers.\r\n\r\nThe Togolese who plays as a striker for Turkish club \u0130stanbul B\u00fcy\u00fck\u015fehir, has set up projects in Togo and all accross the continent.\r\n\r\nHis Net worth is $25 million. \r\n\r\n 5. Michael Essien \r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_25332\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"3000\"] MADRID, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 08: Real Madrid player Michael Essien receives a new Audi Q7 at the Jarama racetrack on November 8, 2012 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Carlos Alvarez\/Getty Images)[\/caption]\r\n\r\nHe is a Ghanaian midfielder who was the most expensive african footballer in history when he joined Chelsea in 2005.\r\n\r\nThe Ghanaian has achieved great success at Chelsea winning the Premier League and Champions League amongst others, and reportedly earns $5million a year.\r\n\r\nThe 34-years-old now plays for the Panathinaikos and the Ghanaian national team and has a net worth of $35 million.\r\n\r\nCredit: Pulse.com.gh"

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