Playing football is a profession that rakes in a lot of money. The average footballer is expected to earn between $10,000 and $80,000 per month and that is why many players come across as rich people. However, it is not always rosy for these footballers, many of whom have their wages drastically reduced after tax.

But there are also others who genuinely earn a lot. It is very easy to attribute 7out of every 10 flashy cars you see on the streets to be being owned by a footballer. The truth, though, is that footballers, and all other athletes for that matter, have very limited time to play at the top.

The career of the average footballer spans between 10 and 15 years. As a result, those who are not able to save or invest enough during their playing days turn out to be miserable after hanging their boots.

In fact, there have been many cases in recent times of famous footballers who became broke after retirement. Here are four footballers who found themselves in such a situation:


4_Emmanuel Eboue

3_David James

2_John Arne Riise

1_Ronaldinho


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkhwtF88OOs

Don't tell me Ronaldinho whom I grew to watch play is bankrupt?

Who told you Ronaldinho is bankrupt

If you check them very well you will understand that toto and gambling are the major course of their bankrupt...

Majority of our youth in Nigeria with gambling addiction can never be richand most of them will definitely have issue in their marriages.

If all Nigeria youths can see gambling the way I sees it.
All the gambling shops will close their shop within a month.

Thelannister:
Don't tell me Ronaldinho whom I grew to watch play is bankrupt?

my brother ronaldinho is bein bankrupt

Facidio:
Who told you Ronaldinho is bankrupt

Google it

masterflowx:

If you check them very well you will understand that toto and gambling are the major course of their bankrupt...

Majority of our youth in Nigeria with gambling addiction can never be rich and most of them will definitely have issue in their marriages.

If all Nigeria youths can see gambling the way I sees it.
All the gambling shops will close their shop within a month.

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Pathetic. This beggars belief.

If a very average footballer earns 20,000 pounds per week for 10 years without any increase, he'll have grossed over 10 million pounds (over 4billion Naira) during this period. Now consider an elite footballer who earns multiples of 20,000 pounds a week for up to 15 years, who most likely would have grossed over 100 million pounds, then also add mega income from endorsements, you are probably looking at 150 - 200 million pounds (60 - 80 billion Naira) from a glittering career.

How can such a person go broke?? I can understand Ifeanyi Udeze or Femi Opabunmi going broke. But Ronaldinho, how can you be broke?? It's just beyond my understanding.

For David James, you don't need a soothsayer to tell you a huge chunk of his dough ended up in the purse of those sweet in the middles.

Mynd44 front page please.

Ronaldinho is not bankrupt, sir.

U guy's to Google and see

Pantoo:
my brother ronaldinho is bein bankrupt

I hope you know the meaning of bankruptcy?

Only Eboue I know of

lordizak:
I hope you know the meaning of bankruptcy?

Yerh

cRobo:
Only Eboue I know of

ok