2021 Richest Footballer in Nigeria: Footballer’s Net Worth & Cars

What is Football

Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word football normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly called football include association football (known as soccer in some countries); These various forms of football share to varying extent common origins and are known as football codes. Wikipedia

Top 10 Richest Footballer In Nigeria 2021

Rank	Name	Net worth in Naira
#1	John Mikel Obi	₦17.3 billion
#2	Odion Ighalo	₦16 billion
#3	Emmanuel Emenike	₦16 billion
#4	Obafemi Martins	₦12.6 billion
#5	Victor Moses	₦9.5 billion
#6	Ahmed Musa	₦9 billion
#7	Vincent Enyeama	₦8 billion
#8	Victor Anichebe	₦7.2 billion
#9	Alex Iwobi	₦5 billion
#10	Kelechi Iheanacho	₦4.1 billion

History of association football

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is rooted in medieval ball games and English public school games. The modern game of association football originated with mid-nineteenth century efforts among local football clubs to standardize the varying sets of rules, culminating in the formation of The Football Association in London, England in 1863.

The rules drafted by the association allowed clubs to play each other without dispute and specifically banned the handling of the ball (except by goalkeepers) and hacking during open field play. After the fifth meeting of the association, a schism emerged between association football and the rules played by the Rugby school, later to be called rugby football. Football has been an Olympic sport ever since the second modern Summer Olympic Games in 1900. Wikipedia

When it comes to measuring the greatest players in Nigeria, our focus should be on their history and lifestyle, We believe Nigeria has the richest and the most celebrated footballers in Africa. Football is no longer a sport for people with no future ambition. In compiling this list, I have considered both reputation and form. Some of these players are fairly new to the scene but are enjoying remarkable years, while others may be in a career lull but have enduring qualities that consistently place them among the continent’s greatest.

Join me let me introduce you to the top and most ranked richest footballers in Nigeria.

John Obi Mikel Net Worth – ₦17.3 billion

John Obi Mikel is a Nigerian football player who is born in Jos, Nigeria, in 1987, John Obi Mikel plays midfield for Chelsea and is part of the Nigerian national team. Mikel’s career began when he was chosen for the Pepsi Football Academy at the age of 12 and went on to play for Nigeria at the FIFA Under-17 World Championships. .

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Odion Ighalo Net worth – ₦16 billion

Odion Jude Ighalo is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for English Premier League club Manchester United, on loan from Shanghai Greenland Shenhua of the Chinese Super League. After starting his career at Nigerian clubs Prime and Julius Berger, Ighalo moved to Norwegian club Lyn in 2007.

He made his debut in football with the club (Prime) in the year 2005. But get fame as a football player after signing with the Italian football club (Udinese) in 2008. He played most of his career on loan deals during the year 2006-2014.

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Emmanuel Emenike Net worth – ₦16 billion

Emmanuel Chinenye Emenike is a Nigerian international footballer who plays as a striker. He most recently played for Belgian club Westerlo.

Emenike was called up to the Nigeria national football team for a friendly against Sierra Leone. He was called up to Nigeria’s 23-man squad for the Africa Cup of Nations. On 21 January 2013, he scored in Nigeria’s opening AFCON match against Burkina Faso in a 1–1 draw. He also scored the first goal in the quarter-final match between Nigeria and Côte d’Ivoire which Nigeria won 2–1. On 3 February, Emenike scored a 30-yard free-kick giving his country a 2–1 win over Côte d’Ivoire in the African Cup of Nations.

Obafemi Martins Net worth – ₦12.6 billion

Obafemi Martins’s net worth: Obafemi Martins is a Nigerian professional soccer player who has a net worth of $33 million. He is best known for his speed and for playing for the Nigerian national team.

Obafemi Martins was born in Lagos, Nigeria in October 1984. He is a forward who spent his youth career playing for Ebedei, Reggiana, and Inter Milan. Martins made his senior debut for Reggiana from 2000 to 2001. He played for Inter Milan from 2001 to 2006 and scored 28 goals in 88 appearances.

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Victor Moses Net worth – ₦9.5 billion

Victor Moses is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a winger on either flank for Premier League club Chelsea. 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.

Victor Moses is currently one of the richest and most influential football players in Nigeria with an estimated net worth of $25 million. He has been on that pay while he played for Fenerbahce and Inter on loan from Chelsea. That contract runs out in the summer of 2021.

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Ahmed Musa’s Net Worth – ₦9 billion

Ahmed Musa is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward and left winger for Saudi Arabian team Al-Nassr and the Nigeria national team. Musa became the first Nigerian to score more than once in a FIFA World Cup match, after scoring twice against Argentina in the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

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Vincent Enyeama Net worth – ₦8 billion

Vincent Enyeama is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He was also a member of the Nigerian national team from 2002 until October 2015, serving as its captain from 2013 until his retirement from international football. With 101 caps, he is Nigeria’s most capped player of all time. incent is a goalkeeper who started his senior career with Ibom Stars in 1999.

He played for the Stars until 2000 and appeared in 56 matches. He next played for Enyimba International F.C. from 2001 to 2004 and appeared in 100 matches. With Enyimba he won the Nigerian Premier League in 2001, 2002, and 2003, and the CAF Champions League in 2003 and 2003.

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Victor Anichebe Net worth – ₦7.2 billion

Victor Chinedu Anichebe is a Nigerian professional footballer who played as a striker. He is currently a free agent, having played most recently for Beijing Enterprises.

Anichebe made his reserve-team debut for Everton as a 15-year-old and his first-team debut less than two years later on 27 February 2006, as a substitute in the 89th minute of Everton’s FA Cup fourth-round tie against Chelsea, replacing Simon Davies. He signed his first professional contract with Everton, a two-year deal, in April 2006. On 7 May 2006, he scored his first Premier League goal, against West Bromwich Albion.[10] He was awarded Everton’s Reserve Player of the Season for the 2005–06 season.

Alex Iwobi Net worth – ₦5 billion

Alexander Chuka Iwobi is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a winger and forwards for Premier League club Everton and the Nigeria national team. He began his career at Arsenal, making 149 appearances and scoring 15 goals, and winning the FA Cup in 2017.

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Kelechi Iheanacho Net Worth – ₦4.7 billion

Kelechi Promise Iheanacho is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Leicester City and the Nigeria national team. In August 2017 the striker signed a contract with Leicester City that nets him a whopping salary of 3.6 Million Euro (3.1 Million Pound) per year.

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