Top 10 footballers with the highest net worth

#6 Ronaldo Nazario - $150 million

Ronaldo Nazario de Lima is one of the few footballers to have played for Barcelona, Real Madrid, Inter Milan and AC Milan and still be universally loved by all the fans. A Brazilian legend and a multiple Ballon d'Or winner, Ronaldo amassed quite a bit of wealth during his footballing career playing for top clubs across Europe.

He has also taken part in many lucrative endorsement deals with his deal with sportswear giants Nike being his most profitable one. Ronaldo is still linked with Nike and he also has plenty of other business interests as well.

Ronaldo was the co-owner of A1 team Brazil, along with motorsport legend Emerson Fittalpadi. Ronaldo also co-owns the sports marketing company 9INE, with his friend, mixed martial artist Anderson Silva, one of his famous clients.

The Brazil legend also owns a minority stake in Fort Lauderdale Strikers which plays in the North American Soccer league.

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A Bengaluru lad through and through, Ashwin Hanagudu is a huge fan of Liverpool and unsurprisingly pledges his sworn allegiance to RCB in the IPL. With over 8+ years of experience in this field, Ashwin manages multiple verticals at Sportskeeda and as of July 2024 is the most-read author in the football section.

Apart from his duties at Sportskeeda, Ashwin Hanagudu is also an active table tennis player and has played multiple state ranking and national tournaments representing Karnataka.

A huge sports fan, some of the athletes and sportspersons he admires in no particular order are Virat Kohli, Steven Gerrard, Mohamed Salah, Cristiano Ronaldo, Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Neeraj Chopra and PV Sindhu

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