List Of Football Players With Billionaire Status, Who Is The Richest?

YOGYAKARTA - Dreams of becoming a professional football player are not only about fame, but also wealth. There are some soccer players with billionaire status with fantastic salaries to build a business empire.

Who would have thought that if accurate kicks and agile debris could bear abundant wealth? Some of the following successful footballers changed their talents to wealth coffers, even become billionaires.

Reporting from the Jagranjosh page, here are the seven richest footballers in the world who have the status of billionaires:

Faiq Bolkiah occupies the first position as the richest soccer player in the world. His wealth, which reaches 20 billion US dollars, does not come from his football career, but from his status as a member of the family of the Kingdom of Brunei Darussalam.

Although his salary is relatively small, Faiq Bolkiah's fantastic family fortune makes him the richest billionaire among footballers.

Cristiano Ronaldo is a football legend with a net worth of around 800 million US dollars. Famous for his extraordinary goalscoring ability, he has defended top clubs, such as Manchester United, Real Madrid, and Juventus before joining Al Nassr (Saudi Arabia).

Ronaldo's wealth is also supported by his own brand, CR7, which includes various products and sponsorship deals.

Considered one of the greatest players of all time, Lionel Messi has an extraordinary fortune, reaching 650 million US dollars. After his brilliant career at Barcelona, he joined Paris Saint-Germain and is now playing for Inter Miami.

The winner of eight Ballon d'Or titles, Messi has many sponsors, such as Adidas, who contributed greatly to his wealth coffers.

David Beckham is known for his global popularity. He has played for prestigious clubs, such as Manchester United and Real Madrid.

After retiring, Beckham successfully built a business empire. He is now the owner of the Inter Miami CF club and has many sponsorship deals that confirm his status as a global icon.

Neymar Jr. is famous for his creative style of play. After starting his career at Santos and playing for Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain, he had time to play with Al Hilal in Saudi Arabia.

However, a serious injury while defending the Brazilian National Team earned him a few minutes to play at Al Hilal. Neymar has finally returned to his childhood club, Santos, since January 2025.

Neymar's wealth is supported by fantastic salary and various sponsorship deals with big brands like Nike and Red Bull.

Dave Whelan, a former footballer who is now a successful businessman, is in sixth place with a net worth of around $230 million. Despite being known as the owner of the Wigan Athletic club, Whelan's financial success comes from his business.

Dave sold his sports clothing retail network JJB Sports, for 190 million pounds (around IDR 3.6 trillion) in 2007.

Known as one of Britain's best strikers, Wayne Rooney is seventh on the list. With a net worth of $216 million, the former Manchester United star made his name in football history by becoming the all-time leading goalscorer for the club and the England national team.

Rooney had received a weekly salary of 300,000 pounds (around Rp. 6.5 billion) and made him one of the highest-paid players of his time.

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