Odion Ighalo
The richest among the football
players of Nigeria is Odion Ighalo. He was born in Lagos, in 1989. He started
his career in 2007 by playing with Prime F.C and Julius Berger FC. On 16
September 2007, he made his Tippeligaen debut, by scoring the 2-0 home win and
was noticed by other clubs in the country.
In 2008 he signed for Udinese Calcio
and appeared in Seria A. After a year, he was loaned to Granada CF. However, he
was still owned by the Udinese. He has been there for several years and in 2014
he joined Watford. He earned the Premier League Player of the Month and was
voted as a Man of the Match, both in 2015.
At the beginning of 2017, he joined
the Chinese Super League club Changchun Yatai F.C. He is the centre-forward
(according to his contract) until the end of 2020. After being bought by the
Chinese club, his market value has grown to almost 11 million dollars. His
weekly payment is about $250 000 – that’s about N81 375 000! Can you believe
it? Now he is an international player in one of the biggest clubs in China.
Ahmed Musa
No doubt, Odion Ighalo is quite
wealthy. However, there is a player whose market value is higher that Odion’s.
His name is Ahmed Musa. He is younger than Odion (24 years old). Currently, he
is playing for the club Leicester City and the Nigeria national team. He is
famous for being the first Nigerian who has scored more than once in a FIFA
World Cup match.
His career began in 2007 at the GBS
Football Academy. During the following three years, he was loaned to JUTH F.C,
and Kano Pillars F.C. He also held a record until November 2011 – as a player
who scored the highest number of goals in the history of the Nigeria Premier
League.
In 2012, he became a part of CSKA
Moscow. Four years later he moved to Leicester City. His market value is about
20 million dollars. However, his weekly payment is about 77000 dollars (about
N25 063 500) which is significantly less that Odion’s.
There you have it – the richest
football players in Nigeria. They are professionals in their job and we are
proud that their homeland is Nigeria.
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