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1. TOP 10 RICHEST FOOTBALLERS IN 2023
Footballers are certainly amongst the highest-
paid athletes in the world with a good number
of them commanding staggering salaries. In
this video, we will review review the top ten
richest footballers in the world currently
Football as we know it is one of the most
lucrative sports in the world.
The beautiful game which is played in more
than 200 countries worldwide, is one of the
most watched sports on the planet and has
seen a host of football players across the globe
achieve fame and fortune with a select
number of superstars racking home millions
of dollars yearly.
In this video, we will review the Top 10 Richest
footballers on the planet in 2023 by Net Worth
as per WealthyGorilla.
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10. Alexandre Pato
With an estimated net worth of one hundred
and fifty million dollars, the former AC Millan

2. star is ranked tenth in the list of richest
footballers.
Alexandre Pato is a 33-year-old Brazilian
professional footballer who last played as a
striker for MLS club Orlando City.
The talented Brazilian played for clubs like
Internacional, Corinthians, Chelsea, Villareal,
and AC Milan.
A report by the DailyMail reveals that Pato
grew his wealth through various investments
ranging from CoverGirl Cosmetics
endorsements, real estate, a chain of
restaurants, a vodka line, a fashion line as well
as others.
As of March 2023, Alexandre Pato’s net worth
is estimated at $150 million, making him the
10th richest footballer in the world.
9. Ronaldo Nazario

Ronaldo is the 9th richest footballer in the
world with an estimated net worth of 160
million dollars.
Ronaldo or Ronaldo Nazário, is a Brazilian
business owner and president of La Liga club
Real Valladolid, owner of Brasileiro Série A
club Cruzeiro, and a former professional
footballer who played as a striker for
Real Madrid, Barcelona, Inter Milan as well as
other clubs.

3. Nicknamed O Fenômeno ('The Phenomenon')
and R9, he is widely considered one of the
greatest players of all time.
His individual accolades include being named
FIFA World Player of the Year three times and
winning two Ballon d'Or awards.
How does Ronaldo spend his money? Ronaldo
has accumulated an impressive collection of
cars and real estate with his outstanding net
worth and earning capacity.
The 46-year-old Brazilian legend owns some of
the most expensive cars in the world,
including several Bugatti, a Maserati, and a
Lamborghini Aventador.
Ronaldo’s Brazilian home includes many
bedrooms, a large swimming pool, and an
extensive garden for practicing sports and
hosting parties.
Ronaldo has also been sponsored by
sportswear company Nike since the early part
of his career, appearing in a series of Nike
commercials since 1996.
As of March 2023, net worth is estimated at
$160 million, making him the 9th richest
footballer in the world.
8. Wayne Rooney

Wayne Rooney is the 8th richest footballer in
the world and by estimate, he's worth 170
million dollars.

4. Wayne Rooney is an English former
professional footballer who played as a striker
for Premier League club Manchester
United, Everton and the England national
team.
Rooney has played much of his career as a
forward, and he has also been used in various
midfield roles.
The 37-year-old is the record goalscorer for the
England national team, and for Manchester
United.
Rooney now manages MLS club D.C United,
having coached Championship club Derby
County.
Rooney has endorsement deals with Nike,
Nokia, Ford, Asda, and Coca-Cola. He appeared
on seven consecutive UK-version covers of
Electronic Arts' FIFA video game series from
FIFA 06 to FIFA 12
7. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Net Worth) - $190
million

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is the 7th richest footballer
in the world and the richest footballer in the
Serie A with an estimated net worth of 190
million dollars.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic is a Swedish footballer of
Bosnian and Croatian descent.
Widely regarded as one of the greatest strikers
of his generation, the 41-year-old Swede

5. currently plays for Serie A and European giant
AC Milan.
Ibrahimović is renowned for his acrobatic
strikes and volleys, powerful long-range shots,
and excellent technique and ball control.
He has scored over 570 career goals, including
more than 500 club goals, and has scored in
each of the last four decades, while making
appearances for Malmo, Ajax, AC
Milan, Inter, Juventus, Barcelona, Paris Saint
Germain, Manchester United, and LA Galaxy.
In November 2019, it was announced that
Ibrahimović had bought 23.5 percent of the
shares in Hammarby IF, a Swedish top flight
club from Stockholm.
Ibrahimović is under contract with Nike and
features in their television advertising where
he has appeared in numerous ads alongside
other players endorsed by the company.
He’s also very fluent on social media, Zlatan
has over 58 million Instagram followers, the
most for a Swede.
As of March 2023, Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s net
worth is approximately $190 Million, making
him one of the richest soccer player in the
world.
6. Neymar Junior.

Neymar is the 6th richest footballer in the
world in 2023 with an estimated net worth of

6. 200 million dollars.
Neymar is a Brazilian professional soccer
player, and currently one of the most popular
and influential soccer players in the world and
widely regarded as the one of most naturally
gifted players in the world.
The 31-year-old talented playmaker currently
plays for Paris Saint-Germain, having played
for Santos FC and FC Barcelona with whom he
won a treble in 2015.
Neymar finished third for the FIFA Ballon d'Or
in 2015 and 2017, has been awarded the FIFA
Puskás Award, has been named in the FIFA
FIFPro World11 twice, the UEFA Team of the
Year twice, and the UEFA Champions League
Squad of the Season three times.
Off the pitch, he ranks among the world's most
prominent sportsmen with a following of over
205 million on Instagram, making him the
third most followed footballer on the planet.
Neymar has signed many sponsorship deals
since his reputation began to grow from the
age of 17.
In March 2011, he signed an 11-year contract
with American sportswear company
Nike,which ended in August 2020 after a Nike
employee made a sexual assault complaint
against him.

7. Neymar has since signed with German
sportswear company Puma.
In March 2011, Panasonic paid US$2.4 million
to secure Neymar's services for two years.
Prior to signing for Barcelona, has also signed
other sponsorships from Volkswagen, Tenys Pé
Baruel, Lupo, Ambev, Claro, Unilever and
Santander.
Neymar was featured on the front covers of
the video games Pro Evolution Soccer 2012
and Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 on the North
American version.
He has also appeared in movies like 'Return of
Xander Cage’ as himself and the popular
Netflix crime series ‘Money Heist’ as Monje
Joao.
As of March 2023, Neymar Jr.’s net worth is
approximately $200 Million, making him the
6th richest footballer in the world.
5. Dave Whelan (Net Worth) - $210 million.
Though, not being a very successful and
famous footballer, the former English
international opened a series of supermakets
after his retirement in 1966.
The former left back has since become a
successful businessman. Having played
for Blackburn Rovers (from 1956 to 1960)
and Crewe Alexandra (from 1962 to 1966).

8. Whelan is the former owner of club Wigan
Athletic, having also been the chairman of the
club for twenty years, before passing the
position over to his grandson, David Sharpe,
who eventually passed the ownership over to
International Entertainment Corporation.
The 86-year-old Englishman owns a fishing
sports store JJB Sports having purchased it in
1977.
Focusing on mainly sporting goods, JJB Sports
became a chain of 7 stores by 1980. It is
currently ranked as the UK’s second biggest
sports retailer.
As of March 2023, Dave Whelan’s net worth is
estimated to be $210 Million, making him one
of the wealthiest football players of all time.
4. David Beckham (Net Worth) - $450 million

David Beckham is the 4th richest footballer in
the world in 2023, with an estimated net worth
of 450 million dollars.
David Robert Joseph Beckham is an English
retired professional footballer from London.
He is the first English player to win league
titles in four countries: England, Spain, the
United States and France.
He has played for Manchester United, Preston
North End, Real Madrid, Milan, LA
Galaxy, Paris Saint-Germain, and
the England national team, for which he held

9. the appearance record for an outfield player
until 2016.
Beckham is widely considered to be one of the
most successful English players of all time.
He retired from professional football at the
end of 2013. The following year Beckham
bought an MLS expansion team - Inter
Miami for $25 million.
Beckham's many endorsement deals make him
one of the most influential athletes in the
world.
Having worn Adidas football boots from the
start of his career, in 2003 he signed a $160
million lifetime contract with Adidas, earning
nearly half the money upfront, and will
continue to earn percentages of profits on all
of his branded Adidas products.
He had a 10-year collaboration with PepsiCola
that expired in 2009. In 2021, he became a
global ambassador for Italian luxury car
brand Maserati.
The 47-year-old Englishman featured in EA
Sports' FIFA video game series; he was on the
cover for the UK edition of FIFA 98.
In November 2020, EA Sports had an
agreement with Beckham to feature him in
FIFA 21, in which he would earn £40m from a
three-year deal.

10. Aside Sports, David Beckham also once
featured in the legendary cartoon, Scooby-Doo.
During his playing career (which ended in May
2013), Beckham generated an estimated £1
billion in shirt and boot sales. And in 2006,
Lloyd's of London insured his legs for £100m,
at the time he was playing for Real Madrid.
In June 2020, Beckham became a minority
owner of the London-based esports
organization Guild Esports.
Beckham also has over 77 million Instagram
followers, the most for a person from the UK
and the fifth most followed football
personality on the planet.
As at March 2023, David Beckham’s net worth
is estimated at $450 million.
3. Cristiano Ronaldo .

Cristiano Ronaldo is the 3rd richest footballer
in the world in 2023 with an estimated net
worth of 500 million dollars.
With his extraordinary talent, skills and
enviable success, the Portuguese footballer, is
arguably the best footballer of all time.
The 37-year-old former Portugal international
currently plays for Saudi Arabia league
giants Al Nassr having sealed a mega-money
move to the Middle East in December 2022.

11. Ronaldo has won five Ballon d'Or awards and
four European Golden Shoes, the most by a
European player.
He has won 32 trophies in his career, including
seven league titles, five UEFA Champions
Leagues, the UEFA European Championship
and the UEFA Nations League.
Ronaldo holds the records for most
appearances (183), goals (140), and assists (42)
in the Champions League, goals in the
European Championship (14), international
goals (118), and joint-most international
appearances (196).
He is also one of the few players to have made
over 1,100 professional career appearances,
and has scored over 800 official senior career
goals for club and country.
The former Real Madrid striker is also the Los
Blancos’ all-time top scorer.
In addition to playing professional football,
Ronaldo’s net worth has been significantly
boosted throughout his career due to a string
of endorsement deals and other sponsorships
with clothing brands.
He’s put his name to everything from sports
clothing and soft drinks, to financial services
and video games.
These endorsements have earned Ronaldo
large sums of money on an annual basis,

12. earning $110 million in a one-year period from
June 2018 to June 2019 alone.
Ronaldo has signed many sponsorship deals
for consumer products, including sportswear,
football boots; since November 2012, Ronaldo
has worn the Nike Mercurial Vapor
personalized CR7 edition.
Ronaldo was featured as the cover star of EA
Sports' FIFA video game FIFA 18 and was
heavily involved in the game's promotion.
His iconic "Siiu" goal celebration features in
the FIFA series, accompanied with his own
voiceover. He was also the face of Pro
Evolution Soccer, appearing on the covers of
the 2008, 2012 and 2013 editions of the game.
Ronaldo has established a strong online
presence. He is undisputedly the most popular
sportsperson on social media, racking over 700
million total followers across Facebook,
Twitter and Instagram by February 2021,
making him the first person to pass half a
billion followers.
He is the most-followed person on Facebook
(162 million), the most-followed on
Instagram (554 million) and the most-followed
sportsperson on Twitter (107,9 million), and
his sponsors reportedly earned $936 million in
media value across his accounts between June
2016 to June 2017.

13. Ronaldo opened a fashion boutique under the
name CR7 (his initials and shirt number) on
the island of Madeira in 2006 and opened a
second in Lisbon in 2008
In partnership with Scandinavian
manufacturer JBS Textile Group and the New
York fashion designer Richard Chai, Ronaldo
co-designed a range of underwear and sock
line, released in November 2013.
He then expanded his CR7 fashion brand by
launching a line of premium shirts and shoes
in July 2014.
In September 2015, Ronaldo released his own
fragrance, "Legacy", in a partnership with
Eden Parfums.
Demand for a replica Ronaldo shirt has been
high throughout his career.
In 2008, Ronaldo's number 7 Manchester
United shirt was the best-selling Premier
League sports product.
In 2015, Ronaldo's number 7 Real Madrid shirt
was the second best-selling worldwide, after
Messi's number 10 Barcelona shirt.
And in 2018, within 24 hours of his number 7
Juventus shirt being released, over 520,000
had been sold, with $62.4 million generated in
one day.
Ronaldo is also a keen collector of some of the
most expensive luxury automobiles in the

14. world, with a Lamborghini Aventador and
Rolls-Royce in his collection.
He owns a variety of real estate, from an
apartment in Trump Tower in Manhattan to a
luxury villa in La Finca worth $6.2 million.
He’s a proud owner of a collection of the most
expensive watches you can buy, he’s been
spotted wearing a Hublot Masterpiece MP-09
Tourbillon Bi-Axis worth $1.2 million.
He’s also been recently spotted rocking a
‘Caviar Flying Tourbillon’ watch covered with
388 gemstones and worth £630,000.
As of March 2023, Cristiano Ronaldo’s net
worth is estimated at $500 million, making
him the 3rd richest footballer in the world.
2. Lionel Messi
With his outstanding contribution to modern
football, Lionel Messi needs no introduction.
With anestimated net worth of 600 million
dollars, the Argentine is the second richest
footballer in the world.
He is known for his goal-scoring records and
his immaculate ability to dribble the ball past
opponents.
The 35-year-old playmaker currently
represents Ligue 1 club Paris Saint Germain.
Messi has won a record seven Ballon d'Or
awards, a record six European Golden Shoes,

15. and in 2020 was named to the Ballon d'Or
Dream Team.
Before his controversial exit in 2021, he had
spent his entire professional career with
Barcelona, where he won a club-record 35
trophies, including 10 La Liga titles, seven
Copa del Rey titles and four UEFA Champions
Leagues.
With the Argentina national team, he won the
2021 Copa América and the 2022 FIFA World
Cup.
Messi holds the records for most goals in La
Liga (474), most hat-tricks in La Liga (36) and
the UEFA Champions League (eight), and most
assists in La Liga (192) and the Copa América
(17).
He also has the most international goals by a
South American male footballer(98).
Messi has scored over 795 senior career goals
for club and country, and has the most goals
by a player for a single club (672).
Outside of football, Messi enjoys living a
relatively private life.
A Ferrari F430 Spider, a Maserati GranTurismo
MC Stradale, and an Audi R8 Spyder, all worth
hundreds of thousands of dollars, are amongst
his collection of automobiles.
Messi’s prime piece of real estate is an old
home 16 miles outside Barcelona, in the town

16. of Castelldefels, which has a view of the
Catalan mountains.
He also owns a one-zero eco house that is
designed and custom-built by Luis Garrido.
Messi has spent $2,000,000 just on renovation
for his home.
The Albiceleste captain enjoys traveling by his
private jet. The jet includes a kitchen, two
bathrooms, and 16 seats that can be folded to
beds.
The jet is valued at $15 million, and during the
summer, Messi travels around with his family
on a yacht which can cost $50,000 per week.
In addition to his hefty salary and bonuses,
much of his income derives from
endorsements.
Messi’s main sponsor since 2006 is the
sportswear company Adidas.
As Barcelona's leading youth prospect, he had
been signed with Nike since the age of 14, but
transferred to Adidas after they successfully
won the claim to his image rights in court.
Over time, Messi established himself as their
leading brand endorser, and from 2008, he
had a long-running signature collection of
Adidas F50 boots.
In 2015, he became the first footballer to
receive his own sub-brand of Adidas boots, the

17. Adidas Messi.
At the start of his career, Messi mainly held
sponsorship contracts with companies that
employ sports-oriented marketing, such as
Adidas, Pepsi, and Japanese video game
company Konami.
But as from 2010, his marketing appeal
widened, due to hisnincreased achievements
as a player, leading to long-term endorsement
deals with luxury brands Dolce & Gabbana
and Audemars Piguet.
Messi is also a global brand ambassador for
Gillette, Turkish Airlines, Ooredoo, and Tata
Motors, among other companies.
He was the face of Konami's video game series
Pro Evolution Soccer, appearing on the covers
of PES 2009, PES 2010, PES 2011 and PES 2020.
He subsequently signed with rival company
EA Sports to become the face of their video
game series FIFA and has since appeared on
four consecutive covers from FIFA 13 to FIFA
16.
Messi also has an incredible fanbase on social
media.
He also has over 430 million Instagram
followers, the second highest for an individual
and sportsperson after Cristiano Ronaldo.
His iconic 2022 FIFA World Cup celebration
post from 18 December 2022 is the most liked

18. post on Instagram with over 70 million likes.
In June 2021, Messi signed a five-year deal to
become an ambassador for the Hard Rock Cafe
brand.
And in May 2022, Messi was unveiled as Saudi
Arabia's tourism ambassador.
As of March 2023, Lionel Messi has a net worth
of $600 Million dollars, making him the 2nd
richest footballer on the planet.
1. Faiq Bolkiah
With his name not sounding popular in the
ears of many football fans, Faiq Bolkiah tops
the list of wealthiest footballers of all time,
with an estimated net worth of 20 billion
dollars, Being the only billonaire and the
youngest in the rank.
Mainly because of his roots, the young
Bruneian is the wealthiest footballer on the
planet.
Faiq Bolkiah is a professional footballer and
the son of Jefri Bolkiah, the Prince of Brunei.
The 25-year-old currently plays as a midfielder
for Thai League 1 club Chonburi and has
represented Leicester City at Youth levell.
Faiq Bolkiah’s uncle, Hassanal Bolkiah is the
Sultan of Brunei, an oil-rich country.
Faiq was born in Los Angeles, California, and
is a dual citizen of Brunei and the United

19. States.
As of March 2023, Faiq Bolkiah’s net worth is
estimated at $20 billion, making him the
number 1 richest footballer in the world.