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Top 10 Richest African Footballers As Of 2023 by davidikwo13(m): 6:58pm On Nov 02, 2023
10. Sadio Mane – $20 Million
Sadio Mane left Bayern Munich to join Al-Nassr
A versatile forward, Mané is a prolific goalscorer whose main traits are his finishing, speed, technique, and trickery in possession, as well as his decision-making, tactical awareness, creativity, agility, balance, control, touch on the ball, and dribbling skills. Beyond his offensive, technical, and creative qualities, his high defensive work rate has also been noted by pundits.
Now he will play for Saudi Club Al Nassr alongside Ronaldo

9. Victor Moses – $21 Million
Moses began his career in the Championship with Crystal Palace before his performances caught the eye of Wigan Athletic, where he made his Premier League debut in 2010. After two years, his game had improved to the extent that European champions
Chelsea were interested, and he signed for them in the summer of 2012.

8. Michael Essien – $35 million
Essien was a physically strong midfielder who often played in a central midfield role. He was often touted as a box-to-box midfielder for his ability to exert energy in supporting both offensive and defensive play and for his powerful and tough tackling style, which has earned him the nickname “The Bison”.

7. Emmanuel Adebayor – $45 million
He was also known for his pace, strength, and technique, as well as his goalscoring and ability to link up with his teammates. However, he was also notorious for his lack of discipline. Adebayor represented Togo at the nation’s first and only World Cup appearance to date, the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.

6. John Mikel Obi – $45 million
Mikel’s football career started at the age of 16 with Enyimba Football Club of Aba in the Nigeria Football League. His success at this club paved the way for him to play for Nigeria’s U-17 team. His football career has been a success since then, and he went on to sign for Chelsea FC.

5. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang – $50 Million
Aubameyang is playing for the fifth French club in his career
Aubameyang is Gabon’s all-time top goal scorer. He made his senior debut for Gabon in 2009, aged 19, and appeared in four Africa Cup of Nations tournaments and the 2012 Summer Olympics. In 2016, Aubameyang was named African Footballer of the Year, the first Gabonese and second European-born player to win the award.

4. Yaya Toure – $70 million
Touré played primarily in the centre of the pitch as either a holding midfielder or a box-to-box midfielder, often switching between offensive and defensive stances throughout matches in the latter role. Touré was a complete and versatile midfielder. He was also capable of playing as a centre-back or in the number 10 role. His key strengths were his passing range, vision, and physical ability.
He was gifted with good technique and ball control, although he also excelled defensively at breaking down opposing attacking plays and winning back possession through his powerful tackling ability.

3. Didier Drogba – $90 million
He was noted for his physical strength, speed, ability in the air, powerful and accurate strikes, and ball retention. Drogba is renowned for performing in big games, with a goalscoring record at club level of 10 goals in 10 finals and winning 10 trophies.
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2. Mohamed Salah – $90 Million
Salah is predominantly known for his speed, movement, clinical finishing, agility, dribbling skills, first touch, and ball control, as well as his ability to use both his pace and flair on the ball to beat opponents and create scoring opportunities for himself or his teammates.
A versatile forward, he primarily plays as a winger on the right flank, a position that allows him to cut into the centre onto his stronger left foot and either shoot on goal or play quick exchanges with other players and make runs in behind the defence towards goal.

1. Samuel Eto’o – $95 million
In his prime, Eto’o was regarded by pundits as one of the best strikers in the world, and he is regarded as one of the greatest African players of all time, winning the African Player of the Year a record four times: in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2010. At the age of 16, Eto’o relocated to Real Madrid, one of the richest football clubs in the world.
Before arriving for Mallorca in 2000, when he scored 70 goals, he had multiple loan stints due to competition in his position from more seasoned players. Eto’o finished third in the voting for the FIFA World Player of the Year in 2005 while playing for Barcelona . He was also nominated twice to the FIFA FIFPro World XI, in 2005 and 2006. Eto’o has been able to invest in numerous real estate projects all around the world thanks to his extraordinary earning potential from his playing days.

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