Football’s craze has always been at the top among all the sports. Being the most successful game, football players are also paid million dollars for their hard work. Similarly, people show interest to know about the world’s richest football players. Let’s talk about the richest footballer in the world. 

Richest footballer in the world 2023

Faiq Bolkiah

Faiq Bolkiah comes from the royal family
Faiq Bolkiah comes from the royal family
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As per the reports, the 24-year-old footballer, Faiq Bolkiah is the richest football player. He comes from the Bruneian Royal Family so has been living a lavish lifestyle right from his birth. Reportedly, Bolkiah has a net worth of around $20 Billion in 2023. Similarly, he has been active in his football career since 2009. 

Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo is the richest football player
Cristiano Ronaldo is the richest football player
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Cristiano Ronaldo, the 37 years are old Portuguese footballer has an estimated net worth of around $500 Million. Similarly, his salary per year is estimated to be around $62 Million. Also, some online closets have revealed his annual earnings to be around $215 Million. Besides his football career, he earns a huge amount from brand endorsement, advertisement deals, and more. 

Lionel Messi

Lionel Messi with his family
Lionel Messi with his family
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Lionel Messi is 37 years old professional football player from Argentina. He has around $460 Million. His major earning source is his successful football career. Besides games, he earns a hefty amount from brand endorsement and commercials. Similarly, Messi’s annual salary is estimated to be around $60 Million

David Beckham

David Beckham is a former footballer
David Beckham is a former footballer
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A former English footballer, David Beckham has around $450 Million as his net worth. Further, he earns around $50 Million per year. Yes, he earned a huge amount from his former football career. He added a good sum to his name from involvement in various brands endorsement. Currently, he has some business ventures which provide him million-dollar profits. 

Neymar 

Neymar is a Brazilian footballer
Neymar is a Brazilian footballer
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A Brazilian footballer, Neymar has an estimated net worth of around $200 Million. He earned such a huge net worth from his professional football career. Likewise, the 30 years old footballer earns around $42 Million per year. He plays for Paris Saint-Germain and the Brazil National Team. 

Wayne Rooney

Wayne Rooney is an English football manager and a former professional football player. He has around $170 Million as his net worth. Similarly, the media personality earns above $2 Million per year. 

Kylian Mbappe

Kylian Mbappe
Kylian Mbappe is one of the richest footballers in the world
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The 24 years old French footballer, Kylian Mbappe (who shortly dated model, Ines Rau) is the most successful footballer of recent times. He has an estimated net worth of around $150 Million. Similarly, Mbappe reportedly is the highest-paid footballer in recent times. Within a short time of his career, he made it to the journey of million dollars. Moreover, the sportsperson plays for Paris Saint-Germain and the France National Team. 

Alexandre Pato

The 33 years old Brazilian footballer, Alexandre Pato has around $150 Million as his net worth. He plays as a striker. Further, the Golden Boy winner earned a major part of his wealth from his football contracts, brand endorsement, and advertisement deals. 

Gareth Bale

Gareth Bale is a former footballer
Gareth Bale is a former footballer and one of the richest footballers in the world
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A Welsh former footballer player, Gareth Bale has around $145 Million as his net worth. He has been one of the greatest players of his time. Further, Bale earned a huge amount as a football player. Similarly, his annual salary in recent times is around $2 Million. 

Zlantan Ibrahimovic 

Zlantan Ibrahimovic is estimated to have a net worth of above $120 Million. His net worth and earnings vary as per the sources, however, he is one of the richest football players in the world with an annual salary of around $15 Million. 

Andres Iniest

Andres Iniest, the 38 years old footballer from Spain has an estimated net worth of around $120 Million as of 2023. He earns above $30 Million per year. Furthermore, Iniest plays as a midfielder and as the captain of J1 League Club Vissel Kobe

Eden Hazard

Eden Hazard
Eden Hazard
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The 32 years old Belgian football player, Eden Hazard has a net worth of around $100 Million. Similarly, his annual salary is estimated to be around $15 Million. He plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for the team La Liga Club Real Madrid.

Mohamad Salah

The Egyptian professional football player, Mohamed Salah has around $90 Million. Similarly, the sportsperson’s annual salary is estimated to be around $18.2 Million. He plays as a forward for the team, Premier League club Liverpool and is the captain of the Egypt national team.

Robert Lewandowski

 Robert Lewandowski lifting his victory
Robert Lewandowski lifting his victory
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The 33 years old Polish football player, Robert Lewandowski has around $85 Million. Similarly, his annual salary is around $23 Million. The 6 feet tall footballer plays as a striker for La Liga Club Barcelona and he is the captain of the Poland national team. 

Other footballers having million of dollars of net worth are Mathieu Flamini, Dave Whelan, Pele, Ronaldinho, Samuel Eto’o, Francesco Totti, and more. 

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