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There are many Nigeria athletes whom are rich but this list contain the top 5 richest Nigeria athletes. When we talk about athletes, they are people who participate or competes in one or more sports that involve physical strength, speed or endurance. Athletes may be professionals or amateurs.
Many of us can see that most Nigerian athletes are footballers, some are into golf, and boxing. We can take a look at Antony Joshua who’s a Nigeria athletes in boxing and has won many awards in his job, and he is the richest Nigeria athletes.
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1. Anthony Joshua – Net Worth $80 million
Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua, OBE is a British professional boxer. He was born in Watford, Hertfordshire in England, But spent most of his childhood at his country home Nigeria. He is a two-time unified world heavyweight champion, having held the WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and IBO titles since December 2019, and previously between 2016 and June 2019.
At regional level, he held the British and Common wealth heavyweight titles from 2015 to 2016. Anthony Joshua net worth as of 2021 is $80 million, making him the number 1 in the top 5 richest Nigeria athletes and one of the richest boxers in the world.
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2. Mikel Obi – Net Worth $60 million
John Obi Mikel is a Nigerian professional footballer who currently plays for EFL Championship club Stoke City. Mikel began his career with Nigeria club Plateau United, since then he has plays for the likes of Norwegian club Lyn, English club Chelsea, Chinese side Tianjin TEDA, EFL Championship club Middlesbrough, Turkish club Trabzonspor, and currently Stoke city.
Mikel Obi won 2 premier league titles with Chelsea, 3 FA Cup, Football League Cup, FA Community Shield, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League. He also won the Turkish Cup with Trabzonspor and 2013 Africa Cup of Nations with Nigeria. Mikel Obi is one the richest Nigeria athletes and one of the richest footballer in Africa with a net worth of $60 million in 2021.
3. Odion Ighalo – Net Worth $43 million
Odion Jude Ighalo is a Nigerian professional footballer who currently plays as a striker for Saudi club Al Shabab. He started his football career at Nigerian clubs Prime and Julius Berger, after which he moved to Norwegian club Lyn in 2007.
Since then he has played for Italian club Udinese, Spanish club Granada. English club Watford, Chinese clubs Changchun Yatai and Shanghai Greenland Shenhua, Premier League side Manchester United and currently plays for Saudi Arabian club Al Shabab. Odion Ighalo worth $43 million, making him the 3rd richest Nigeria athletes.
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4. Obafemi Martins – Net Worth $41 Million
Obafemi Akinwunmi Martins is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Chinese Super League side Wuhan Zall. He left Nigeria for Italy at age 16, he has since played for a number of top-division clubs around Europe.
He started his senior career in Italian club Inter Milan, before moving to English club Newcastle United since the he has played for German club VfL Wolfsburg, Russian side Rubin Kazan English club Birmingham City, United State club Seattle Sounders FC and he is currently in Al Shabab of Saudi Arabia.
Martins with Inter won the Serie A title, 2 Italian Cup, and Italian Super Cup, League Cup Birmingham which he scored the winning goal He has played European football with Inter, won the UEFA Intertoto Cup with Newcastle. He is 4th on the list of the richest Nigeria athletes with estimated net worth of $41 Million.
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5. Victor Moses – Net Worth $27 Million
Victor Moses is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a winger on either flank for Russian club Spartak Moscow, he is on loan from Premier League club Chelsea. Moses started his football career in the Championship with Crystal Palace.
Since he has played in numerous club across Europe, the likes of Wigan Athletic, where he made his Premier League debut. He has then plays for some English side like Chelsea, Liverpool, Stoke City, West Ham United. Moses spent subsequent loan spells with Fenerbahçe, Inter Milan and Spartak Moscow where he is playing currently.
Moses won a Premier League, FA Cup and 2 UEFA Europa League with Chelsea, he also came as runner-up in UEFA Europa League with Inter Milan and won the 2013 Africa Cup of Nation with Nigeria. He currently worth $27 Million.
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