Below is a list of Ghana’s top five wealthiest players as of 2021-2022, along with their current net worth.
Ghana has a long history of producing outstanding football players. The vast majority of them were from well-known clubs all throughout the world. Football has long been a lucrative and highly rewarding vocation, as you are aware, and as a result, the popularity and excitement around the activity on and off the field attract a wide audience. The work is well worth it, even though the game needs tough preparation from the grassroots up to as many competitions as one is able to engage in.
Many Ghanaian footballers have made it big in the game and are now among the wealthiest players on the continent. The top five richest players in Ghana as of 2022 are the subject of this article. Players from Ghana, of course, are an addition to many rich African players who found their way to the best European leagues in the last two or even three decades. Ghanaian football fans adore their superstars and attend every game in which they feature. It is no wonder that their ardent fans rush to any of the big and best online casinos in Ghana to bet on their favorite Ghanaian football player’s team to win.
#1 Michael Kojo Essien ($35 Million Net Worth)
Even though he is no longer active, Michael Kojo Essien is the wealthiest footballer in Ghana. He was nicknamed “The Bison” for his forceful and courageous performance, and he played in the middle, where he thrived. He has also made over 50 appearances for Ghana’s national team.
Essien landed a role as a pro footballer with Liberty Professionals in his home country. In 2000, he relocated to France to join Bastia, where he played for three seasons and made more than 60 appearances before joining Ligue 1 champs Lyon in 2003. After winning back-to-back league titles with Lyon in 2003-04 and 2004-05, Essien was voted Ligue 1 Player of the Year in 2005. During his five-year stay in France, he became a French citizen.
Essien announced his retirement from international football in July 2018 after more than 12 years of consistent duty with Ghana. He claimed to have decided to withdraw before the 2014 FIFA World Cup, but that former Ghana coach James Kwesi Appiah had asked him back to help the team.
Without a question, Michael Essien is Ghana’s wealthiest footballer. He is also one of Africa’s wealthiest footballers too, according to Forbes.
#2 Asamoah Gyan ($23 Million Net Worth)
Gyan made his Ghanaian Premier League debut in 2003 with Liberty Professionals, scoring 10 goals in 16 games. In 2008, he moved to Ligue 1 team Rennes, where he scored 14 goals in 48 league appearances over two seasons. Gyan joined Sunderland in 2010 and scored 10 goals in 34 Premier League games over two seasons, shattering the club’s transfer record.
Ghanaian striker and former national team captain is the second richest footballer in Ghana. He is the all-time leading goal scorer for the Ghana national team, with 51 goals. In 2006, 2010, and 2014, Asamoah Gyan represented Ghana in the FIFA World Cups.
He is not only one of Ghana’s wealthiest soccer players but also among Africa’s top 10! His lucrative position has enabled him to accumulate assets such as the $3 million McCarthy Hill estate and a Rolls Royce worth roughly $400,000. Asamoah just received a license to operate “Baby Jet Airlines”, a private airline in Ghana. When he played for the Chinese team Shanghai, he earned £227 thousand a week after taxes, equating to £11.9 million per year.
As a result of this, he was once the eighth best-paid player in the world and the highest-paid footballer in Africa.
#3 “Sulley” Ali Muntari ($22 Million Net Worth)
Suleyman Ali Muntari, also known as “Sulley”, is a Ghanaian professional footballer who can play both defensive and offensive midfield. Muntari’s abilities were first highlighted while he was competing in youth tournaments with the Liberty Professionals youth team.
He joined Ghana’s U20 team at the turn of 16. They came vice-champions of the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship in Argentina, losing the final match to the host nation.
This footballer has collected substantial benefits not only through his lucrative playing career but also from his multiple contracts with England’s wealthiest clubs. In Ghana’s top five wealthiest players, he is placed third.
#4 Kevin-Prince Boateng ($20 Million Net Worth)
Kevin-Prince Boateng, who was born in Germany and is of mixed ancestry because his father is Ghanaian and his mother is German, is the next richest footballer in Ghana.
He is a talented midfielder who can also play up front and is noted for his ball-juggling skills. Boateng was described as “gifted with strength, pace, deadly instinct in front of goal, and a rare flamboyance in the attacking third” in a 2014 profile on FIFA’s official website. He has formerly played for England’s Tottenham and Portsmouth, Italy’s Milan, Germany’s Schalke and Eintracht Frankfurt, Spain’s Las Palmas, and, and is currently with Hertha Berlin in the Bundesliga.
Kevin-Prince Boateng enjoys rapping in his spare time in addition to playing professional football. Fans were ecstatic when he unveiled the video for his first rap song, “King”, in 2018.
He is largely regarded as one of Ghana’s top forwards and one of the best attackers at all of the clubs where he has played. His most recent annual income at Fiorentina, which we were aware of, was believed to be roughly €600,000.
#5 Jordan Ayew ($18 Million Net Worth)
Jordan Pierre Ayew is the son of Ghanaian football icon Ayew Pele. He is the younger brother of Andre Ayew. He is a part of the national squad as well as the roster of Crystal Palace, a Premier League club in Europe.
He previously played for French Ligue clubs Marseille, Sochaux, and Lorient, before moving to England and playing for Aston Villa, Swansea City, and currently Crystal Palace, where he earns a £1.7 million annual wage.
Jordan Ayew is presently the fifth wealthiest footballer in Ghana.