Ronaldo Tops List Of 2018 Richest Footballers (See List)

Real Madrid and Portuguese star, Cristiano Ronaldo has been named the richest footballer alive. The former Manchester United man topped the  list of 13 richest footballers.

Net worth data released by Sunday Times rich list, Forbes, Goal.com and financial services site; Gobankingrates.com., showed that only three out of the thirteen footballers are worth over £100 million ($128.6 million).

However, Paris Saint-Germain start, Neymar, who is the world most expensive footballer in the world is in a distant seventh position.

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1: Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid — net worth £250 million ($321.5 million).

Ronaldo earns £19 million ($24.4 million) a year at Real Madrid. Though Ronaldo is paid £5 million less than Messi, he has more sponsors. Ronaldo is “a human billboard for a global portfolio of sponsors” like Nike, Tag Heuer, and Armani. He also has his own CR7 brand, which sells aftershave and clothes.

2: Lionel Messi, FC Barcelona — net worth £230 million ($295 million).

Messi is paid £26 million a year ($33.4 million) a year at Barcelona. He gets £500,000 a week from his latest contract renewal with Barcelona. The Argentine forward also makes £21 million ($27 million) a year from sponsorship agreements with Adidas, Pepsi, Gillette, and Turkish Airlines.

3: Zlatan Ibrahimović has a net worth of £110 million ($141 million). He signed a one-year contract extension with Manchester United last summer. Though he is battling to regain his full fitness after he sustained career threatening injury last season. Regardless, he has a lucrative Nike contract and even patented his own name in Sweden.

4: Wayne Rooney, Everton — net worth £93 million ($120 million).

Rooney left Manchester United as the club’s leading goal scorer of all time. He took a 50% pay cut to join Everton, which reportedly pays him £7.8 million per year.

5: Eden Hazard, Chelsea FC — net worth £77 million ($100 million).

Hazard earns £12.4 million ($16 million) per year at Chelsea. The Belgian attacking midfielder is sponsored by Nike, but also endorses trading card company Topps and Biscoff biscuit manufacturers, Lotus Bakeries.

6: Gareth Bale, Real Madrid — net worth £56 million ($72 million).

Real Madrid pays Gareth Bale £18.2 million ($23.4 million) a year. The Welsh international has a contract with the 12-time European champions until 2022. His sponsorship agreements with Adidas, Electronic Arts, Sony, and Footlocker are worth £9 million ($11.5 million) a year.

7: Neymar, Paris Saint-Germain — net worth £49 million ($63 million).

Neymar became the most expensive football player last summer when he left Barcelona for Paris Saint-Germain this month.

The deal earned him a £26 million per year contract but the Brazilian also receives a salary from his sponsors Nike, Panasonic, Gilette, Claro, and Red Bull. He’s a partner in business management company NN Consultoria, and even has his own emojis available for download.

8: Yaya Touré, Manchester City — net worth £43 million ($55 million).

Yaya Touré refused approaches from AC Milan and Inter Milan to sign one-year contract extension at Manchester City last season. He was previously earning £10.4 million ($13.3 million) a year, but might have had to accept a 50% pay-cut just to stay at the Etihad Stadium.

9: Sergio Agüero, Manchester City — net worth £40 million ($51 million).

Agüero earns £10.4 million ($13.3 million) a year at Manchester City, but earns even more — £14 million ($18 million) — from his sponsors, Puma and Pepsi.

10: John Terry, Aston Villa — net worth £39 million ($50 million).

Veteran defender, John Terry left Chelsea in 2017 as the club’s most successful player of all time. He joined Aston Villa last July on a £4 million ($5 million) per year deal.

11: David Silva, Manchester City — net worth £36 million ($46 million).

Manchester City pays Silva £10.4 million ($13.3 million) per year but the Spaniard tops his income with an Adidas boot deal worth £5 million ($6.4 million).