With Football fans showing love for the game, and also with continents producing world-class, well-recognized, and top players, Africa will not be left out.
The continent of Africa makes it a whole as it produces some of the most talked-about players in current and past times in football’s history.
Africa has produced some of the players that playing for the best teams in the world and is really doing well for themselves, helping shape their clubs, as well as representing and making their continent and countries very proud.
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This very post on Townflex is to highlight some of the top or highest-paid African Players, this result is not based on entire earnings but rather based on weekly salaries.
The list is being topped by Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a forward or on the right-wing for Premier League club Liverpool Mohamed Salah Hamed Mahrous Ghaly well-known as Mo Salah taking £350k/£400k a week, following his renewal of contract as he takes over from Senegalese international footballer, Sadio Mane following his recent move from Liverpool to Bayern Munich and is now earning a fee of £250k.
Top 10 Highest Paid African Footballers 2022
10 Victor Osimhen – £112,000
Unquestionably one of the top attackers in Europe right now, Victor Osimhen ranks No. 10 on the list of highest-paid African footballers and currently earns an astounding £112,000 every week.
After a sluggish start to life at the Italian Club, the 23-year-old Nigerian international has cemented himself as the talisman of Serie A side Napoli.
Osimhen joined Napoli from Lille in the winter of 2020 for a fee of about £67 million, making him the most expensive African player in history. In the 2021/22 season, he won the MVP award for the Serie A Young Player of the Year.
9. Naby Keita £120k
Naby Laye Keïta is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Premier League club Liverpool and the Guinea national team. He earns £120k per week
8. Wilfried Zaha £130k
Dazet Wilfried Armel Zaha is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Crystal Palace and the Ivory Coast national team. He earns £130k per week.
7. Nicolas Pepe £140k
Nicolas Pépé is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for the Premier League club Arsenal. He earns £140k per week.
6. Achraf Hakimi £176k
Achraf Hakimi Mouh is a professional footballer who plays for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and the Morocco national team. He mainly plays as a right-back. He earns £176k per week.
5. Dede Ayew £180k
André Morgan Rami Ayew, also known as Dede Ayew in Ghana, is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Qatar Stars League club Al Sadd and captains the Ghana national team. He earns £180k per week.
4. Thomas Partey £200k
Thomas Teye Partey is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Arsenal and the Ghana national team as its assistant captain. He earns £200k per week.
3. Riyad Mahrez £200k
Riyad Karim Mahrez is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Premier League club Manchester City and captains the Algeria national team. Mahrez began his career as a youth player for French club AAS Sarcelles. He earns £200k per week.
Riyad Mahrez has officially extended his contract at Manchester City. The Algerian’s deal was due to expire next summer, but his new contract is set to run till June 2025.
2. Sadio Mane £250k
Sadio Mané is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the Senegal national team. He is considered to be one of the best players in the world and amongst the greatest African players of all time. he earns £250k per week.
1. Mo Salah £400k / £350k
Mohamed Salah Hamed Mahrous Ghaly is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Liverpool and captains the Egypt national team. He earns £350k per week, but some reports from other publishing platforms suggest that he earns £400k per week.
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