If you're trying to think of the richest footballers in the world, it's normal to have your mind immediately flip to the likes of Lionel Messi, Neymar or Cristiano Ronaldo – or maybe just a great player playing for a top-class European club.

In reality, it just so happens to be a 20-year-old Leicester City Reserve player, Faiq Bolkiah. The Brunei international is the richest footballer in the world.

The enigmatic young man, the nephew of the Sultan of Brunei, is worth an estimated £15 billion ($20 billion)– blowing the estimated net-worth of Ronaldo, between £200 million and £250 million, out of the water.

Someone might ask: What use is it to have so much money? Essentially, to do whatever you want.

One of the main interests that Bolkiah has is playing football with his pet tiger. His father, Jefri Bolkiah, who owns at least 2,300 cars, is not far behind either because he spent about €14 million on his 50th birthday, according to British sources, when he hired Michael Jackson for a private concert with his family.

The teenage player is currently playing at Leicester City Academy and had come from southern England's AFC Newbury. In 2009, Brunei joined the famous Southampton Academy but they refused to offer him a contract.
Soon afterwards, Arsenal gave him a trial, and he appeared in the Lion City Cup where he scored a goal for them.

He was interested in several clubs but he went to great lengths to sign for Chelsea, who offered him a two-year deal. Yet, Bolkiah left the club to agree on a three-year contract with the Foxes.

Made in Los Angeles, USA, Bolkiah also decided to play his international football with the Brunei national football team.

Full details about Leicester's Bolkiah are scarce, having featured only for their reserve side and never even being named as a replacement in a first-team fixture.

On the official Foxes website, there is little or no detail about the player. Their academy side doesn't even have a roster, though a visit to his Instagram, which is his only official social media page, offers more details.

Bolkiah boasts 122,000 followers, and describes himself as a Leicester professional athlete. He is sponsored by Adidas, according to his profile, and is involved in the squad, posting semi-regular photos of his training with the second string of Leicester.

He also made his full international debut with Brunei, representing his country at the Under-21 and U-23 levels for the first time, as well as the Southeast Asian Games in 2015.

In that tournament, he bagged his first senior international goal, scoring against Timor Leste in a 1–2 defeat, and has since won five more senior caps.

Although he has never made a senior appearance at club level, he has probably already made more money playing for Leicester's reserve sides than Ronaldo and Messi have earned during their entire careers in football.

The brother of the Sultan of Brunei, Bolkiah's uncle, reportedly invested about £7,000,000,000 over 15 years as the director of the Brunei Investment Agency.

It is known that Prince Jefri Bolkiah spent up to £35,000,000 a month on luxury items, such as cars, watches and white gold pens. He boasts a collection of the elite cars, including Bentleys, Ferraris, and Rolls-Royces.

Over the years, Prince Jefri has earned a reputation as a notorious playboy, sharing a large chunk of his luxurious riches with young Faiq Bolkiah, but in fairness to the young Leicester player, he remains modest and keen to concentrate on his football career because of his pure love of sport and not the glamorous lifestyle associated with it.

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Baby face
Money is good sha...

Nice! Longing to see his football career

Make person just go kidnap this one... Choi.... Evans where u dey Na... I get work for u o... �

fleezybone:
Make person just go kidnap this one... Choi.... Evans where u dey Na... I get work for u o... �

lol

If your parents are rich and you want to be popular, you can. Forget football which (evidently) he might not have a talent for. Just be a celebrity rich person and make friends with the likes of Ronaldo and Messi, Neymar and Mbappe.

Heck! You can even buy a Premier league side. How much is Arsenal again that he can't pry it out of Stan and Josh Kroenke's hands before they snuff life out of that once great football club.

If this boy does not know how to use money to make money and acquire celebrity status, he should call me for advise.

As an aside: this 20 year old can make 80 year old Nigerian ladies lose home training because of money. Nigerian women have become a disgrace once money is involved.