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Below are the top 10 highest paid African footballers 2017 10. Seydou Keita Earning $1.4million Keita is currently the captain of the Malian national team. He played for FC Barcelona as a defender where he earned $4.2m annually. He signed a two-and-a-half-year deal in 2012 with Chinese side Dalian Aerbin FC in a contract worth €14 million per year. Returning to Spain, he signed with Valencia CF before signing a one-year contract with Italian club A.S. Roma in June 2014 in a deal worth €1 million. 9. Michael Essien Earning $2.9million He plays currently for AC Milan. Essien spent five years with Lyon in France and was one time the most expensive African player of all time when he signed a contract worth £24.4 million for Chelsea in 2005 According to sources, his contract with Milan ended in 2015 and he would have his salary cut in half. This will see Essien earning €2.5 million per season. 8. Steven Pienaar Earning $4.8million The South Africa born winger played for Everton and

1. Samuel Eto’o This Cameroonian football player plays for Turkish club Antalyaspor as a striker. The 35 year-old is the most successful and most decorated African player of all time. Samuel scored over 100 goals in five seasons with Barcelona; and is also the record holder in number of appearances by an African player in La Liga. The former Indomitable Lions captain was in fact once the highest-paid player in the world during his spell with Anzhi Makhachkala where he earned €20 million ($25 million) a year after taxes. Eto’o is now one of the richest footballer in the world. He is the richest footballer in Africa with a net worth of $95 million. 2. Didier Drogba He is the all-time top scorer and former captain of the Ivory Coast national football team. Drogba is best known for his career at Chelsea; for whom he has scored more goals than any other foreign player and is currently the club’s fourth highest goal scorer of all time. He has also been named African Footballer of the

Kunle Elebute Partner & Head, Advisory Services – Lead Partner, Financial Services Industry Education and Qualifications BA Economics, University of Manchester, United Kingdom.        Fellow, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria  Advanced Management Programme, Lagos Business School  Accredited valuations specialist by the KPMG Global Valuations Committee Executive Member, KPMG Global Infrastructure and Projects Group, Africa Years of Experience 30 Years Relevant Experience Kunle Elebute is Partner and Head of Advisory Practice of KPMG Advisory Services, Nigeria.  He has been involved in advisory services for most of his working life. Kunle qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1986 and has extensive experience in the areas of accounting, auditing, information systems audit and due diligence services working in Nigeria and West Africa.  He was admitted as a Partner in 1996 and was made responsible for the privatisation and emerging markets practice in 1999. He led