TOP 10 RICHEST FOOTBALL PLAYERS IN THE WORLD!

The sports website “Goal.com“, has recently published a list containing the top 10 richest football players in the World. They named it the “Goal Rich List 2014” and it’s basically the result of data provided by a vast group of analysts, who accounts for the a wide set of revenue and income flows reported by the top football players across the globe.

The top 10 richest football players in 2014:

#1 – Cristiano Ronaldo
Nationality/Country: Portugal
Club: Real Madrid
Wealth level: 148 million euros

#2 – Lionel Messi
Nationality/Country: Argentina
Club: Barcelona
Wealth level: 146 million euros

#3 – Samuel Etoo
Nationality/Country: Cameroon
Club: Chelsea
Wealth level: 85 million euros

#4 – Wayne Rooney
Nationality/Country: England
Club: Manchester United
Wealth level: 84 million euros

#5 – Kaká
Nationality/Country: Brazil
Club: AC Milan
Wealth level: 82 million euros

#6 – Neymar
Nationality/Country: Brazil
Club: Barcelona
Wealth level: 80 million euros

#7 – Ronaldinho
Nationality/Country: Brazil
Club: Atletico Mineiro
Wealth level: 78 million euros

#8 – Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Nationality/Country: Sweden
Club: PSG
Wealth level: 69 million euros

#9 – Gianluigi Buffon
Nationality/Country: Italy
Club: Juventus
Wealth level: 63 million euros

#10 – Thierry Henry
Nationality/Country: France
Club: New York Red Bulls
Wealth level: 57 million euros

This year (2014), Real Madrid superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo, became the richest footballer in the World, leaving Barcelona‘sLionel Messi behind him in second place, just as it had already happened in the recent FIFA Ballon d’Or 2013 event, that took place in Zurich last January.

With assets valued in roughly 148 million euros, Ronaldo manages to top Messi for a very small margin of 2 million euros. Thisranking also shows us how Ronaldo‘s influence in Real Madrid and Portugal over the past 12 months has increased significantly.

Cristiano Ronaldo made it to the number one of this top 10 richest football players list of 2014, naturally succeeding the former Manchester United, Real Madrid and LA Galaxy super star, David Beckham. Since this list can only contain footballers still in the active, Beckham is no longer an eligible candidate, since he retired from football at the end of the last season (2012-2013).

One of the players that has recently seen his income and overall wealth increased was Manchester United‘s Wayne Rooney, who saw his contract with the Old Trafford club being renewed for a £300.000 a week salary. Still, he’s currently ranked as the 4th richest football player in the World.

Barcelona‘s new signing Neymar, is most likely Brazil‘s most popular football  player in the World these days. After his highly controversial transfer and contract conditions/details scrutiny, he ended up being ranked in 6th by Goal.com‘s “Rich List of 2014“. Apparently,  they’ve already took into account that Neymar‘s father actually pocketed a 40% commission of the total amount of his transfer value.

Other poopular football players like Chelsea‘s Samuel Etoo (who basically got extremely rich during his 2 years adventure inRussia, while playing for Anzhi Makhachkala), Kaká (AC Milan), Ronaldinho (Atletico Mineiro), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (PSG) orThierry Henry (New York Red Bulls), help completing this renowned ranking list.