2021 Top Ten Richest Nigerian Footballers and Total Assets

1. John Obi Mikel – total assets of ₦23 billion

John Mikel Obi is the richest Nigerian footballer. Nigeria’s richest football player is Mikel Obi, who played the vast majority of his at Chelsea.

John Mikel Obi total asset is esteemed at ₦23 billion. For quite a long time, he gained his abundance playing for Chelsea, one of the Premier League’s best clubs.

Mikel Obi is a midfielder who began his football profession in the Nigerian football team Plateau United prior to joining Lyn Football club in Norway in 2014.

Following two years in Norway, Mikel Obi joined English club Chelsea, where he went through eleven years at the London club where he brought in heaps of cash prior to moving to Chinese Side Tianjin TEDA in 2017. In the Chinese fledgling, he got over 3.6 billion naira on a yearly premise.

In his time at Chelsea, Mikel Obi was an essential piece of the club’s crew that won the 2009 Premier League Cup; where he made 25 Appearance for Chelsea.

Since leaving China, Mikel Obi has played three distinct clubs, including Middlesbrough in the English Championship, Trabzonspor in the Turkish Super League and as of now Stoke city in the English Championship.