Eto'o still Africa's richest player

Cameroon legend Samuel Eto’o is still Africa’s richest player according to the 2015 edition of the ‘Goal Rich List’ by Goal.com.

With an estimated wealth of €87m, the Sampdoria’s striker is number 7 on the global ranking led by Real Madrid’s Portuguese international Cristiano Ronaldo (€210m).

That’s a bit of a slide down the table for the four-time African Player of the Year, who was in the top three in 2014.

The only other African player to feature in the list’s top 20 is Manchester City’s Ivoirian midfielder Yaya Touré, who is lying 15th on the log with an estimated wealth of €62m.

2015 GOAL RICH LIST (In Euro)


1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), 210 million


2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona), 200 million


3. Neymar (Barcelona), 135 million


4. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (PSG), 105 million


5. Wayne Rooney (Manchester United), 103 million


6. Kaká (Orlando City), 96 million


7. Samuel Eto’o (Sampdoria), 87 million


8. Raul (New York Cosmos), 85 million


9. Ronaldinho (Queretaro), 83 million


10. Frank Lampard (Manchester City), 80 million


11. Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern), 75 million


12. Rio Ferdinand (QPR), 72 million


13. Gigi Buffon (Juventus), 68 million


14. Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), 64 million


15. Yaya Touré (Manchester City), 62 million


16. Franck Ribéry (Bayern), 61 million


17. Francesco Totti (Roma), 60 million


18. Gerard Piqué (Barcelona), 58 million


19. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City), 58 million


20. John Terry (Chelsea), 56 million