Top 10 Highest Paid African Footballer in 2016

African Footballer's were working hard now day's specially in the sports field . Today we have been bringing you the list of the most highest paid footballers from Africa who are playing in different football leagues around the world such as (Premier League , Serie A , German Bundesliga and Italian Serie A) . Asamoah Gyan is one of the most paid footballer from Africa , he is currently playing for the football club (Shanghai SIPG F.C) , he get paid up to weekly salary £227,000. While he is chased by the Manchester City midfielder in the list Yaya Toure who earned weekly wage up to (£220,000).

TOP 10 MOST PAID AFRICAN FOOTBALLERS 2016

Players	Football Club	Salary	Weekly Wage
Asamoah Gyan	Shanghai SIPG F.C.	£11.5 Million	£227,000
Yaya Toure	Manchester City	$15 Million	£220,000
Emmanuel Adebayor	Crystal Palace	£5.84 Million	£120,000
Mikel John Obi	Chelsea	$5.8 million	£80,000
Samuel Eto’o	Antalyaspor	€8 Million	€80,000
Christopher Samba	Dynamo Moscow	£5.8 Million	£70,000
Alex Song	West Ham United	€5 million	£60,000
Medhi Benatia	Bayern Munich	€4 Million	£55,000
Didier Drogba	Montreal Impact	€4 Million	£50,000
Michael Essien	Panathinaikos F.C.	€2.5 Million	£42,000

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#1 : Asamoah Gyan : Shanghai SIPG : Weekly Wage (£227,000)
Asamoah Gyan who is international player of Ghana team , currently playing the Chinese football league and one of the highest paid footballer in the world from Africa with the salary of per week (£227,000).

#2 : Yaya Toure : Manchester City : Weekly Wage (£220,000)
Yaya Toure is one of the richest African footballer for a long period of time but due to the Asamoah Gyan new agreement with Chinese club , Toure become 2nd most paid footballer from Africa.

#3 : Emmanuel Adebayor : Crystal Palace : Weekly Wage (£120,000)
Well the salary of Emmanuel Adebayor that explain in the table is from his contract with Tottenham Hotspurs , once we received updates about his earnings from the club Crystal Palace with whom he recently signed in 2016.

#4 : Mikel John Obi : Chelsea : Weekly Wage (£80,000)
John Obi Mikel , the professional footballer from Nigeria currently plays for the richest football clubs of Premier League (Chelsea) and according to some news football sources he get paid weekly wage upto (£80,000).

#5 : Samuel Eto’o : Antalyaspor : Weekly Wage (€80,000)
Samuel Eto has been the greatest footballers from Cameroon . He is currently playing for the club in Turkey (Antalyaspor). Well his per week wage is estimated up to (€80,000)

#6 : Christopher Samba : Dynamo Moscow: Weekly Wage (£70,000)
Christopher Samba is listed among top defenders from Africa , he played for the football clubs like (QPR and Blackburn Rovers) . He is currently part of the Russian football league team Dynamo Moscow.

#7 : Alex Song : West Ham : Weekly Wage (£60,000)
Alex Song is one of the top midfielders who played for the football clubs such as Arsenal and Barcelona . He is currently playing his football career at West Ham on a loan deal.

#8 : Medhi Benatia : Bayern Munich: Weekly Wage (£55,000)
Medhi Benatia signed up with one of the top teams of German Bundesliga (Bayern Munich) after leaving AS Roma in 2014 . He represent the national side of (Morocco) football team in international competition.

#9 : Didier Drogba : Montreal Impact: Weekly Wage (£50,000)
Didier Drogba is one of the top goal scorer in Premier league . He played for the clubs like (Chelsea and Galatasaray). He is currently the most paid footballer in the Montreal Impact MLS league team .

#10 : Michael Essien : Panathinaikos F.C: Weekly Wage (£42,000)
Michael Essien is currently playing for the Greece league team (Panathinaikos). Before that he represent the football clubs like (Chelsea , Milan and Real Madrid) as a defensive midfielder.