8) Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon) – Net Worth: $75 Million
This Cameroon striker earned a world record salary of 20 million euros in 2011, during his time in Russia he was the world’s highest paid footballer. He was in the news in 2009 when he bought 33,000 euros worth of watches for his Cameroon National Teammates. He also makes money through endorsements and investments in telecommunication (SET) back in Cameroon. Wealth-X put his net worth at $75 million.
=6) Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast) – Net Worth: $90 Million
Didier Drogba’s enormous fortune is impressive, considering the Ivorian didn’t earn a big move until his 2004 transfer to Chelsea at the age of 26. Since then however the former Chelsea legend has signed a number of lucrative contracts. At the height of his powers at Chelsea he was paid $170,000 a week, a figure dwarfed however by the staggering $325,000 he earned in his short spell at Shanghai Shenhua. He currently earns $5.2million a year at Galatasaray, however with a number of lucrative sponsorship deals his actual earnings a year are far more.
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