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10 Highest Paid African Footballers in the European League in 2021

Africans have great potential in sports, movies, and entertainment with national and international recognition. 

Most of these African footballers, especially those in the leading football clubs in Europe (called the European League), earn high and are very wealthy beyond people’s imaginations.

Some participate actively in different leagues such as the Bundesliga league, La Liga, Chinese Super League, and English league.

Below are the lists of these paid African footballers in the European League in 2021:

1. Sadio Mané – Senegal 

Sadio Mané (born on April 10th, 1992) is a Senegalese skilled soccer player who plays as a winger for the European Premier League, Liverpool, and the Senegal National Team. 

He is the first-highest paid among the African footballers who earn high in Africa as of 2021.

Sadio Mane’s weekly wage and net worth 

Sadio Mane earns 100,000.00 pounds per week while his net worth is approximately $20 million.

Football career 

Sadio Mané began his football career with Ligue 2 club, Metz. He later joined the Austrian club Red Bull Salzburg in 2013. 

He later transferred to the Southampton Football Club (The Saints for Nickname), Hampshire, in the southeast of England. 

In 2016, he signed for fellow Premier League side, Liverpool, and to date, he is still playing for Liverpool F.C.

2. Dazet Wilfried Armel Zaha – Ivory Coast

Dazet Wilfried Armel Zaha (born on 10th November 1992) is the second-highest paid professional footballer in Africa, from Côte d’Ivoire. 

He is a forward player for the European Premier League, Crystal Palace, and the Ivory Coast national team. 

He always plays nearest to the opposing team’s goal and always scores many goals as a forward. 

Zaha advanced into the Crystal Palace F.C.’s first team in 2010. He played for three full seasons at Selhurst Park, scoring 18 goals.

Dazet Wilfried Armel Zaha’s weekly wages and net worth

He earns about £130,000 per week while his net worth is 47.9 million

Football career 

From 2010 – 2013, Wilfried Zaha played for Crystal Palace and Cardiff City on a loan deal in 2014.

Again, he signed with Manchester United for an initial loan deal of £10 million, the most expensive Crystal Palace player sold to another team.

From 2013 to 2015, he played for Manchester United, and then in 2015, he played for Crystal Palace.

3. Naby Keita – Guinea

Naby Keita (born on February 10th, 1995) is a Guinean soccer player ranking among the highest-paid African footballers in the European League in 2021.

He is the third of the wealthiest paid African footballers, playing as a central midfielder for Liverpool – a Premier League club and the Guinea national team.

The weekly wages and net worth 

The weekly wages of Naby Keita is about £120,000, while the rough estimate of his net worth is $15 million.

Football career of Naby Keita

Keïta started his football career first from his hometown, where he joined the Horoya AC club, from there, he moved to France in 2012, joining the youth team of FC Istres.

In 2013, he got a promotion to the first team of Istres, and in 2014, he joined the Austrian top division side Red Bull Salzburg.  

4. Kelechi Promise Iheanacho – Nigeria

Kelechi Promise Iheanacho (born on 3rd October 1996 ) is a Nigerian skilled soccer player in the European League.

He is the fourth most paid among others, earning a high income per week as of 2021.

Iheanacho, as fondly called by fans, plays as a forward for a Premier League club, Leicester City, and the Nigeria national team.

Weekly wages and net worth of Kelechi Promise Iheanacho

Kelechi Promise Iheanacho earns about £90,000 (Euro) per week while his net worth is $5 million.

Football career of Kelechi Promise Iheanacho

Kelechi Promise Iheanacho started his career as a footballer from 2011 to 2014, where he joined the Taye Academy, from there, at the ending of 2014, to 2015, he plays with Manchester City.

Again, his career as a senior African footballer started in 2017 when he joined Leicester City. 

Among the national teams played by Iheanacho are from 2013 to 2015, when he plays for Nigeria.

5. Ahmed Musa – Nigeria

Ahmed Musa (born on 14th October 1992) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward and left winger for the Turkish Süper Lig club, Fatih Karagümrük, and the Nigerian national team.

He is also on the list of the highest-paid African footballers in the European League in 2021, and he is the fifth most paid footballer. 

The weekly wages and net worth of Ahmed Musa 

Ahmed Musa has a weekly wage of $40,000, and his net worth is about $400 billion.

There are several opinions about his salary and net worth. 

Some websites say that he earns 60,000 pounds as the weekly salary while his annual salary is 16.5 million Euros.

Football career of Ahmed Musa

Ahmed Musa started his football career when in 2008 when he plays GBS Football Academy, and from 2008–2009, he played for the loan for Judith.    

From 2009 to 2012, Ahmed Musa joined the Kano Pillars, and from 2012 to 2016, a football group known as the CSKA Moscow assigned him.         

Also, from 2016 – 2018, he joined Leicester City, and in the same year, 2018, he played for CSKA Moscow. 

Then, from 2018 to 2020, he moved over to the Al Nassr.

Recently, in early 2021 Ahmed Musa plays in the Kano Pillars and finally moved over to Fatih Karagümrük club now.

6. Thomas Teye Partey – Ghana

Thomas Teye Partey (born on 13th June 1993) is a well-talented Ghanaian footballer with outstanding performance.

He is one of the African footballers in the European League as of 2021 who earns big, ranking as the sixth most paid.

He plays as a midfielder in football and has gained more admiration from the public.

  • The weekly wage and net worth of Thomas Teye Party

Thomas earns a weekly pay of $260,000 per week when he signs a contract with Arsenal, while his net worth was as of 2020 when he joined the Arsenal team was $45 million.

  • The football career of Thomas Teye Party

Party began his football career in 2013 at a Spanish club known as Atlético Madrid, he also played for Mallorca and Almería, and then in 2020, he joined Arsenal. 

7. Pierre Emrick Aubameyang – Gabon

Pierre Emrick Aubameyang (born on 18th June 1989) is one of the African football superstars in the European League as of 2021, who earns high.

He is from Gabonese, and he is known for his goal-scoring abilities.

People refer to Aubameyang as a sticker for his specialty skills in football, and he takes the seventh position as the richest footballer in Africa as of 2021.

Pierre Emrick Kayserispor’s weekly wage and net worth 

The weekly salary of Pierre Emrick Aubameyang is £250,000, while his net worth is £56 million.

Aubameyang’s net worth and weekly salary

Pierre Emrick Aubameyang receives a weekly wage of $250,000, while his net worth is approximately $50 million.

The football career of Pierre Emrick Aubameyang

Pierre Emrick Aubameyang started his football career with the Italian club AC Milian; from there, he went to Saint-Étienne as of 2011. 

He won an accolade, knaown as Coupe de la Ligue title and joined Borussia Dortmund as of 2013.

Pierre Emrick Aubameyang played for the Borussia Dortmund club for over five years before signing a contract award with the Arsenal team.

Note: Pierre Emrick Aubameyang is the highest-paid African footballer in Arsenal.

8. Asamoah Gyan – Ghana

Asamoah Gyan, born on22 November 1985, is an African professional footballer from Ghana. 

He played as a striker for Legon Cities FC and happened to be the former captain of the Ghanaian National Team. 

Asamoah Gyan is among the footballers in the European League in 2021, and he is the eighth on the list of those that earn higher.

Weekly wage and net worth 

Asamoah Gyan’s weekly wage when Shanghai SIPG assigned him was $227,000, while his net worth as of 2020 was roughly $23 million.

Asamoah Gyan’s football career 

As fans fondly call him, Gyan started his career as a footballer when he first joined the Ghanaian premier league in 2003, where he showed his professional skills. 

Many professional leagues and club managers spotted him and began to show interest in his kind of soccer talent.

In 2011, he joined the Al-Ain Club that became a jackpot for him to get an increment in his weekly wages.

Also, between 2015 and 2017, Asamoah Gyan played for Shanghai SIPG, and he went to Al Ahli Duba to play from 2016 to 2017.

Lastly, this Ghanaian professional soccer player joined the Kayserispor team from 2017 to 2019.

9. Mohamed Salah – Egypt

He is an Egyptian football player who has gone so far in his career, born on 15th June 1992, and the ninth of the highest-paid African footballers. 

Mohamed Salah is one of the African footballers in the European League as of 2021, receiving a considerable amount of money.

He is a winger when it comes to his football skills.

Note: Mohamed Salah is one of the best players globally, and people know him for his dribbling talent and speed ability in football.

Mohamed Salah’s weekly wage and net worth 

The weekly pay of Mohamed Salah is $ 200,000, while the net worth as of the beginning of 2021 is estimated to be $90 million. 

His football career 

Mohamed Salah first started his career as a footballer in Egypt with a club known as Al Mokawloon Al Arab SC.

He joined Swiss Side Basel and was signed in 2014 by the Premier League side Chelsea.

From 2015 to 2017, he played for Roma, and in 2017 he was assigned by Liverpool.

10. Obafemi Martins – Nigeria

He is on the list of the highest-paid African Footballers in the European League in 2021 from Nigeria. 

Obafemi Martins, born on 28th October 1984, is the tenth while listing the wealthiest footballer in 2021.

He’s a sticker and a professional African soccer player recognized for his speed.

Weekly wages and net worth

The weekly pay of Obafemi Martins is about $175,000 per week, and his net worth is $25 million

Obafemi Martins’ football career 

Obafemi Martins started his senior career in Serie around 2002, with Inter Milan, before moving to Premier League club Newcastle United in 2006, and then in 2009. He joins the Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg.

He played for the Rubin Kazan club between 2010 and 2012, and during that period, in 2011, he played for Birmingham City.

Also, from 2013 to 2015, Obafemi Martins was with the Seattle Sounders FC and joined the Shanghai Shenhua club from 2016 to 2018.

Finally, in 2020, he plays for Shanghai Shenhua and Wuhan football club.

Who is the most paid player in Africa 2021?

The richest footballer in Africa in 2021 is Sadio Mane, with an impressive weekly wage of 100,000.00 pounds while his net worth is approximately $20 Million.

Who is the most paid player in Africa 2020?

The richest footballer in Africa as of 2020 was Samuel Eto’o Fils. 

Currently, he is among the wealthiest and most influential football players in Cameroon, with an estimated net worth of $95 million.

The most expensive football player in Africa as of 2020 is who?

The expensive player as of 2020 is the Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen from French Club Lille, bought for $96 million (81.3m Euros).

Bottom Line

African players have gone out of their way, acquiring wealth and a name for themselves, participating actively in local and international tournaments, and doing well in their careers.

The above arrangement might not be exact due to different opinions about their net worths but serves as a guide to the highest-paid African footballers in the European League in 2021.

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