10 Richest Soccer Players in the World

Lionel Messi
Lionel Messi

10 Richest Soccer Players in the World

Football, or soccer in America, is one of the most popular kinds of sports with more than 3.5 billion fans around the world.  There are so many things we get attracted to soccer by, including incredible skills, goals, strategies as well as celebrations, which differ in various countries and are even specifically invented by players to stand out from the rest.

For many people in the world, soccer isn’t just sport. It’s a religion with its own idols and rules. Soccer is a very spectacular kind of sports. Besides witnessing battles for the

victory at the field, no less interesting events may take place at the tribunes, where the fans do their best to support their team.

No one will be surprised to discover that soccer players are pretty rich people. The professional soccer players earn much more than professional athletes in other kinds of sports. The wealthiest of them play in Europe. Spain, France, England, Italy and Germany are the countries with the highest salaries for soccer players. The salaries in MLS are much lower, but many players from European clubs finish their career in American clubs, having the highest wages in the league.

Besides having salaries at their clubs (which are very high), the majority of players receive huge sums for advertising products and brands and investing money into property. Also, it becomes pretty popular among soccer players to run their own businesses, which have to do with everything, but the most popular directions are clothing and perfumes.

So, let’s discover who the richest soccer players in the world are and how they earned so much money.

10Frank Lampard

Frank Lampard

9Ronaldinho

Ronaldinho

8Raul

Raul

7Samuel Eto’o

Samuel Eto’o

6Kaka

Kaka

5Wayne Rooney

Wayne Rooney

4Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

3Neymar

Neymar

2Lionel Messi

Lionel Messi

1Cristiano Ronaldo