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<\/p>\nAfrican footballers have been able to make impact in Europe and other foreign countries where they ply their trades. In this write-up, you will learn about the top 10 richest footballers of African origin.<\/p>\n
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He is from Cameroon. His net worth is $90 million. He has won the African Player of the Year award for up to 4 times.\u00a0 He was once the highest paid player in the world. He has an extravagant lifestyle and he donates to a number of charity organizations.<\/p>\n
He is from Ivory Coast. His net worth is $70 million. He has a very impressive career. He moved to chelae in 2004 when he was 26 years of age.\u00a0 He had also signed a number of highly lucrative contracts since then.\u00a0 He was earning up to $170,000 per week at Chelsea at one point.<\/p>\n
Yaya Toure<\/strong><\/p>\n He is another player from Ivory Coast. His net worth is $65 million. He has been awarded as the best African football player for three consecutive times since 2011.\u00a0 He is one of the very popular Golden Generation from Ivory Coast.<\/p>\n He is from Togo. His net worth is $27 million. He is the all time highest goal scorer for the Togolese national football team.<\/p>\n He has played in a number of European football clubs.\u00a0 He was earning up to $268,000 per week when he was in Manchester City. \u00a0He is also involved in a host of Charity works.<\/p>\n He is from Ghana. His net worth is $25 million. In his heydays, he was the most expensive footballer of all-time from African origin, earning up to 24.4 million pounds, that was when he moved to Chelsea from Lyon. He was nominated as World Best Player and African Best Players a number of times.<\/p>\n He is from Ivory Coast. His net worth is $18 million. He has plied his trade in a number of big European clubs, like Liverpool, Manchester City and Arsenal. He is part of the Ivorian national team.<\/p>\n He is from Nigeria. His net worth is $15 million. He became very famous after just 6 appearances for Lyon Oslo. He was so famous to the extent that both Chelsea and Manchester United wanted to sign him; that was when he was 18 years of age. Chelsea finally signed him when\u00a0 he was 18 years of age in 2006.<\/p>\n He is from Mali. His net worth is $12 million.\u00a0 He was playing in Lyon before he moved to West Ham in England in 2011. He won African Best Player Award in 2007 when he was playing with Sevilla.<\/p>\n He is from Mali. His net worth is $10 million. He was initially in playing in the Chinese Super League, but has now moved to Valencia in Spain.\u00a0 He was once a very important part of the Barcelona football team.<\/p>\n He is from Congo. His net worth is $8 million. He plays as a defender.\u00a0 He made his wealth from the contract he signed with Anzhi Makhachkala, which earned him $160 per week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" African footballers have been able to make impact in Europe and other foreign countries where they ply their trades. In … <\/p>\nEmmanuel Adebayor<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Michael Essien<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Frederic Kanoute<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Seydou Keita<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Christopher Samba<\/strong><\/h2>\n