A look at the top 15 highest-paid Nigerian players.
A list of the 15 top earning Nigerian footballers
Nigerian footballers, like their colleagues all over the world, are considered to be elite earners.
From their social media pages, it is easy to
see how rich these guys are; from the latest cars to posh homes in
choice areas, Nigerian footballers are truly paid well to enjoy the fine
things of life.
However, many do not know in real terms how
much these guys earn. For this Pulse List, we look at the top 15
highest-paid Nigerian players.
It’s not easy getting the real
numbers so Pulse has done a lot of research on the internet, interviews
with some agents and sports business experts to come up with this list.
This is the most authentic list of this kind you would find anyway because of the work that was put towards it.
Note: Conversion rate; N1= £557, €498
1. Odion Ighalo/Manchester United-£130,000 (N71M)
Odion Ighalo will be at Manchester United until January 2021 (Twitter/Odion Ighalo)
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Striker Odion Ighalo might have been on top of
this list by a wider margin if he never took a pay cut to join
Manchester United on loan from Chinese side Shanghai Shenhua in January 2020.
Ighalo will play for Manchester United until January 2021 after he extended his loan deal.
2. Victor Moses/Chelsea, Inter-£110,000 (N60M)
Victor Moses currently plays with Inter (Instagram/Inter)
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Victor Moses is a well-travelled footballer
but while he has been in Turkey and now Italy while on loan from
Chelsea, his wages remains £110,000 per week when he got when he signed
an extension with the London club in March 2017.
He has been on that pay while he played for Fenerbahce and Inter on loan from Chelsea. That contract runs out in the summer of 2021.
3. Wilfried Ndidi/Leicester City-£75,000 (N41M)
Wilfred Ndidi is one of Nigerian top earning footballers (Getty Images)
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Nigerian midfielder Wilfred Ndidi has enjoyed a remarkable career in the Premier League with Leicester City. Ndidi joined the Foxes in January 2017 and was good right away.
Since then, he has proven to be one of the
most consistent midfielders in the whole of Europe. He was rewarded with
a six-year contract in August 2018. With that contract, the 23-year-old
is on £75,000 per week.
4. Ahmed Musa/Al-Nassr-£60,000 (N33M)
Ahmed Musa moved to China to get a big pay (Twitter/Al Nassr)
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After impressing in the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Suadi Arabian went all out to get Nigerian forward Ahmed Musa.
Musa had not been a success in the Premier
League and Leicester City were more than happy to get more than the club
record £16.6 million that they had signed the Nigerian for. That was
how highly Al Nassr rated the Nigerian forward.
The club also gave the Nigerian a deal that would earn him £60, 000 on a weekly basis.
Kelechi Iheanacho is on a decent wage at Leicester City (Reuters)
Reuters
Kelechi Iheanancho joined Leicester City in
the summer of 2017 as a highly-rated teenager for the reported sum of
£25 million. The striker was put on a weekly salary of £60000 which
makes him one of the top-earning Nigerian players.
There’s a report from the UK Sun that suggests that the Nigeria international earns more than £100,000 per week but that sum has not been quoted anywhere else.
6. Alex Iwobi/Everton-£50,000 (N27.3M)
Alex Iwobi left Arsenal to join Everton without a pay rise (James Williamson - AMA/Getty Images)
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Nigerian midfielder Alex Iwobi in the summer of 2019 left his boyhood club Arsenal to join Everton. The move didn’t give Iwobi a bigger pay, instead, he remained on the same weekly salary he was at Arsenal.
7. Moses Simon/Nantes-€37,500 (N18.3M)
Moses Simon is the highest earner at his club (Twitter/Nantes)
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Nigerian forward Moses Simon in the summer of 2019 joined Nantes on loan from Spanish side Levante. He remained on his €37,500 per week which he was at Levante to become the highest-paid player at Nantes.
After impressing while on loan and finishing
the 2019/2020 season as the club’s Player of the Year, Simon was given a
permanent contract based on that same salary.
8. Ola Aina/Torino-€35,500 (N17.1M)
Coming through the ranks at Chelsea gave Ola
Aina the leverage to get a decent wage at Torino[Torino]
Coming through the ranks at a club like
Chelsea and being on the fringes of the first team gives kind of
increases your value which goes on to aid your career. This is what
happened to Ola Aina who got a €35,500 per week deal when he joined
Torino from Chelsea.
9. Isaac Success/Watford- £30,000 (N16.4M)
Playing in England gives Isaac Success the
opportunity to earn that much without being much of an important player
for his club (Getty Images)
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Isaac Success joined Watford in the summer of 2016 after coming through at Spanish side Granada.
He was put on £30,000 per week. He hasn’t delivered at all at Watford
but playing in the Premier League means his wage is not an issue for the
club. That said, he is expected to leave Watford after this season.
10. Henry Onyekuru/Monaco, Galatasaray- €32, 500 (N16M)
Henry Onyekuru's parent club Monaco put him on a decent wage (Galatasaray)
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Monaco have one of the highest wage bills in
Ligue 1 and Nigerian forward Henry Onyekuru enjoys the benefit of that.
Onyekuru joined Monaco in the summer of 2019. Despite leaving on loan to
Galatasary, the Nigerian is still on his €32, 500 per week salary.
11. Victor Osimhen/Lille-€25,000 (N12.2M)
Victor Osimhen is expected to get a pay rise wither at Lille or another club
AFP
Victor Osimhen joined Lille in the summer of
2019 with a point to prove on a weekly salary of €25,000. Osimhen is not
among Lille’s top earners but he smashed expectations at the club and
finished as their highest goalscorer and Player of the Year.
The 21-year-old is expected to leave Lille very soon or get an improved contract which will make him move higher on this list.
12. Kenneth Omeruo/Leganes-€20,000 (N10M)
Kenneth Omeruo currently plays for Leganes in Spain (Getty Images)
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Kenneth Omeruo has been playing at Leganes
since 2018. The first season at the La Liga club was on loan before it
was made permanent. He is on €20,000 per week salary at the Spanish
club.
13. Leon Balogun/Brighton/Wigan-£18,269 (N10M)
Leon Balogun could see his salary drop if he does not leave Wigan (Twitter/Wigan)
Twitter
Super Eagles defender Leon Balogun joined
Premier League side, Brighton, in the summer of 2018 but struggled to
make any impact. He joined Wigan to play out the remainder of the
2019/2020 season. His £18,269 weekly salary is expected to be cut as he
has left Brighton permanently after the expiration of his two-year
contract. His next salary will be dependent on where he plays next.
14. Anthony Nwakaeme/Trabzonspor-€16, 666 (N8.1M)
Anthony Nwakaeme recently got an improved
contract from Trabzonspor to stop a move to China (TwitterTrabzonspor)
Twitter
Next on the list is forward Anthony Nwakaeame
who recently got a new contract from Trabzonspor which prevented him
from leaving for a club in China. Nwakeame joined Trabzonspor in the
summer of 2018 and his impressed at the club.
15: Willian Troost-Ekong/Udinese-€14,250 (N7M)
William Troost-Ekong recently got a contract extension with Udinese (Simone Ferrard/Petrussi)
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Super Eagles defender William Troost-Ekong
joined Udinese in the summer of 2018 and has been one of their most
consistent players. He recently signed a new contract with Udinese and that is expected to increase his salary from June 1.
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