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The beautiful country is not just one of the top 10 richest African countries (as ranked by Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and primary exports, 2020), some athletes are also fortunate enough to make the list of richest footballers in Nigeria.
Nigeria is a country where football is so loved by the people. Over and above that, many young persons are always fascinated by the prospect of professionally playing the beautiful game.
It is unarguable today that football has taken some of the present-day Super Eagles players from grass to grace. Not many are born with a silver spoon in their mouth.
Consequently, AllNews presents to you 10 Richest Footballers In Nigeria.
Check them out below:
Super Eagles captain, Musa, 28, shot into limelight while playing at home for Kano Pillars. Proportionately, he was the highest earner at Al-Nassr of Saudi Arabia (a club he represented between 2018 and 2020).
Al-Nassr paid €16.5 million to Leicester City of England for the services of Musa in the summer of 2018.
He reportedly earned N2.5b yearly at the Riyadh-based club.
On 15th of June 2017, Musa commissioned a 500 million naira Sports Facility in Kano State. The sports centre was funded with his personal money.
Although retired from international football, Ighalo plays for arguably the biggest clubside in the world, Manchester United.
During his time in China, the 31-year old earned cool money with Shanghai Greenland Shenhua.
Ighalo's net worth is reported to be $60 million in 2019.
The Ajegunle hero, who is now 'a big boy', runs an Orphanage home.
Ighalo reportedly spent 500 million Naira - around £1m - to build the home.
It houses between 30 to 40 children and has separate apartments for boys and girls.
They take babies and pledge to look after them until they reach 18, teaching academic studies and sports.
For Christmas 2018, the one-time Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) top scorer opened a multi-
Ighalo' residence in Nigeria
The interior of Ighalo's house
Having started his senior career at Manchester City and then signing for Leicester City for a substantial deal, the 24-year-old's net worth is estimated to be around €20.9 million (£18 million).
AC Omonia of Cyprus defender, Abdullahi is fairly rich.
In 2019, he opened a football academy in his home town in Sokoto state.
According to the 27-year-old former Kano Pillars man, he is 'giving back to the community'.
Chukwueze, 21, plays for a top side in Spain - Villarreal.
Chukwueze is believed to earn a yearly salary of £780,000 (around 390,022,464.00 Nigerian Naira) with The Yellow Submarine.
In 2019, American multinational footwear manufacturing company, Nike rewarded the Super Eagles’ winger with a four-year contract.
It has been such a meteoric rise for Osimhen, who plays for Napoli of Italy.
The 21-year-old joined Wolfsburg after his impressive displays for Nigeria at the U17 World Cup in 2015, where he scooped the Golden Boot and Silver Ball awards to help the Golden Eaglets win the title.
Osimhen, however, struggled for game time with the German side, featuring in only 12 Bundesliga games before his departure - first tentatively to Charleroi of Belgium, before transferring to Lille of France, where he excelled.
The forward's net worth is estimated to be $2.31 billion.
Osimhen is one of the richest footballers in Nigeria who many believe can buy anything he wants.
This is a young man who once hawked sachet water, otherwise known as pure water, and other household commodities on the streets for his family's survival.
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Growing up in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, Omeruo was like many others – in want - but had a passion for football that saw him play on dry and overused pitches just outside of the city.
Omeruo, an AFCON winner with Nigeria in 2013, has been involved in the national football team set-up since 2009.
He played for finalists, Nigeria, at the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup held on home soil, a tourney he described as "life-changing" in a 2019 interview with Goal.
The ex-Chelsea man also featured for the Flying Eagles team that reached the quarter-finals at the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia in 2011.
Omeruo is believed to have a net worth of $3 million.
An African star, Mikel Obi is as well a Chelsea cult hero.
Now with Stoke City, Mikel's net worth 2020 is $50 million in 2020.
Highly-rated defensive midfielder, Ndidi of Leicester City's net worth is claimed to be staked at ₦13.7 billion (€30.3 million).
Ndidi is earning a reasonable amount of money from his profession.
The 23-year-old owns a BMW X3, which he has been pictured with in Lagos.
Barcelona Femení forward, and reigning African Women's Player of the Year (she has won it four times), Oshoala is valued at $1.5 million.
Football is the primary source of her earnings.
Before she moved to the Chinese football club, Dalian Quanjian FC, Oshoala's salary was put at £35k per annum (that is about N17 million). She had played for Liverpool and Arsenal ladies.
In 2015, Oshoala set up her own foundation (Asisat Oshoala Foundation), "which basically encourages girls to go ahead with their dream of turning professional".
According to the 26-year-old, "we’ve helped about 5,000 girls. It’s my little bit to help girls in Lagos".
Oshoala is perhaps the richest Nigerian female footballer.
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