Izuchukwu OkosiIn the past 10 to 15 years, there were Super Eagles players that took the world by storm with their impressive club and country performances.
These Nigerian players strutted their skills on the local and international scenes which inadvertently led to clubs abroad seeking their services.
And they made ‘a big kill’ at their clubs, earning handsomely with a couple of them known to have invested their money wisely.
Football is big business and that in return means that today’s footballers stand a great chance to earn mind boggling amounts of wages.
So in the current Nigeria setup, which player has been found to be the richest and what is his net worth?
Prime Business Africa presents to you the young man who is earning quite big and is generally considered the richest male national team player due to his vision and investments outside of football.
On Saturday, Ahmed Musa marks his 31st birthday.
Born on 14 October 1992, the onetime Kano Pillars forward has done extremely well for his career and is reaping the benefits.
Is Musa currently the richest Nigerian football player one might ask having read the introduction.
The answer is arguably a ‘yes’ based on his business decisions.
Before a dive into his net worth, let us recap his club and international football career so far.
Musa started his professional football career in the Nigeria Professional Football League as a player of JUTH FC in 2008 before playing for Kano Pillars.
Dutch side, VVV Venlo became the first foreign club to snap up the Nigerian. He then played for other clubs like CSKA Moscow (two stints), Al Nassr, Leicester City, and Turkish sides, Fatih Karagumuruk and Sivasspor.
Musa, who was a junior international is the highest scoring Nigerian player at the FIFA senior World Cup with four goals in 2014 and 2018.
On the business side of things, the former Maisu Gida star, Musa has two fuel stations located in the pyramid city of Kano named Myca-7 which was commissioned in 2017.
Musa also unveiled a sports and fitness centre in Kano which set him back by half a billion Naira.
The speedster also invested in real estates in Abuja, London and Kano.
Musa’s current market value is estimated at €18.00m as at 27 September 2023, while it was only €1.30m as at 25 May 2016.
Musa’s total transfer fees so far in his career according to stats from Transfermarkt is €41.00m.
In terms of market value, earning huge amounts on a weekly and monthly basis and being on the rich list of players, SS Napoli of Italy striker, Victor Osimhen however is Nigeria’s current most valued player due to his current world class status.
The 2023 FIFA Ballon D’Or nominee and likely winner of the 2023 African Footballer of The Year prize is a bride of many clubs in Europe and in Saudi Arabia.
Osimhen who recently had a face off with the Serie A club over a tacky social media post has two estates in Lagos to his name and is humanitarian.
Musa has been able to put smiles on the faces of some Nigerians with Prime Business Africa witnessing him giving out the sum of N25, 000 to a woman who deals in buying and selling of clothings in Asaba, Delta state in one of the games played by the team at the Stephen Keshi stadium in 2019.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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