Top 7 Richest Football Players

#7 Wayne Rooney - £50m

Wayne Rooney was born on 24 October 1985. He is an English football player and currently plays as a forward for Premier League club Manchester United. He made his debut in 2002 at the age of 16. Rooney has a nickname “Wazza”. Rooney scored his 200^th goal for United and become the fourth highest goal scorer of all time.

#6 Samuel Eto’o - £52m

Samuel Eto’o was born on 10 March 1981. He is currently plays for the English club Chelsea. He has the record of maximum number of appearances by an African player in La Liga. He became the first player to win two European continental trebles in 2010.




#5 Ronaldinho - £63m

Ronaldinho was born on 21 March 1980. He plays for Brazilian football club Atletico Meneiro. He won FIFA World Player of the Year award in 2004 and 2005.

#4 Ricardo Kaka - £66.5m

Ricardo Kaka was born on April 22, 1982. He is a Brazilian football player and currently plays for Italian Serie -A club AC Milan. Kaka started his football career at the age of eight when he began to play for a local club. Kaka was the first sportsperson who has 10 million followers on Twitter

#3 Cristiano Ronaldo - £112m

Cristiano Ronaldo was born on 5 February 1985. He is Portuguese football player and currently plays as a forward for Spanish club Real Madrid. He was the first player in England who won all four main PFA and FWA awards.

#2 Lionel Messi - £115.5m

Lionel Messi was born on June 24, 1987 in the city of Rosario, Argentina. He is known as the best footballer in the world. He broke many records and currently the he won his third golden boot.

#1 David Beckham - £175m

David Beckham has earned the most money in his football professional contracts and off the pitch doing modeling for popular brands, he owns couple of high grossing company’s of his name and Beckham brand it self is huge. He born in May 2, 1975 in Leytonstone, Great London, UK.