Ghana striker Asamoah Gyan is Africa’s highest paid sportsman, according to the latest figures from ESPN The Magazine’s Money Issue salary survey project. The list is likely to draw controversy, as other financial reports had placed Ivorian starYaya Toure at the top of the list. However, this list comprises the earnings that represent salary and/or prize money from the 2011 calendar year or most recent season.
Due to confidentiality of information for certain players, official salary figures were not available. In that case, ESPN used earnings that were based on information from multiple sources including leagues, agents, sports federations, cultural centers and the United Nations. The Black Starsplayer shares the ‘title’ with Liberia’s Tamba Hali, who plays American football as an outside linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs.
Worldwide, Barcelona’s Lionel Messi keeps his status as football’s highest earner. He has bagged earnings of $43.5 million yearly – that’s from wages, bonuses, sponsorships and endorsements.
The top earners in African sport: (in US dollars)
Algeria: Nadir Belhadj [soccer] $2 779 000
Angola: Manucho [soccer] $865 579
Botswana: Mogogi Gabonamong [soccer] $354 000
Burkina Faso: Charles Kabore [soccer] $1 118 000
Burundi: Saidi Ntibazonkiza [soccer] $352 000
Cameroon: Samuel Eto’o [soccer] $13 337 000
Cape Verde: Cafu [soccer] $250 000
Central African Republic: Romain Sato [basketball] $1 733 810
Chad: Misdongarde Betoligar [soccer] $21 500
Comoros: Kassim Abdallah [soccer] $112 031
Democratic Republic of Congo: Bismack Biyombo [basketball] $2 798 040
Democratic Republic of Congo: Christopher Samba [soccer] $8 000 000
Egypt: Mohammed Zidan [soccer] $2 580 000
Egypt: Mohamed Abu Treika [soccer] $2 580 000
Equatorial Guinea: Rodolfo Bodipo [soccer] $430 000
Ethiopia: Aselefech Mergia [Distance running] $263 000
Gabon: Eric Mouloungui [soccer] $960 264
Gambia: Ousman Jallow [soccer] $350 000
Ghana: Asamoah Gyan [soccer] $16 000 000
Guinea: Ibrahima Yattara [soccer] $2 300 000
Guinea-Bissau: Almami Moreira [soccer] $505 000
Ivory Coast: Yaya Toure [soccer] $15 407 800
Kenya: McDonald Mariga [soccer] $1 300 000
Liberia: Tamba Hali [American football] $16 000 000
Libya: Tareq al Tayeb [soccer] $1 500 000
Madagascar: Anicet Andrianantenaina [soccer] $120 000
Malawi: Tamika Mkandawire [soccer] $571 000
Mali: Frederic Kanoute [soccer] $8 600 000
Mauritania: Pascal Gourville [soccer] $353 000
Mauritius: Jonathan Bru [soccer] $49 607
Morocco: Moubarak Boussoufa [soccer] $4 300 000
Mozambique: Simao Junior [soccer] $516 000
Namibia: Collin Benjamin [soccer] $900 000
Niger: Alhassane Issoufou [soccer] $200 000
Nigeria: John Mikel Obi [soccer] $4 854 670
Rwanda: Edwin Ouon [soccer] $300 000
Senegal: Mamadou Niang [soccer] $7 000 000
Seychelles: Michael Mancienne [soccer] $2 400 660
Sierra Leone: Teteh Bangura [soccer] $1 111 230
Somalia: Abdisalam Ibrahim [soccer] $850 000
South Africa: Steven Pienaar [soccer] $4 200 000
South Sudan: Luol Deng [basketball] $12 341 275
Togo: Emmanuel Adebayor [soccer] $13 325 600
Tunisia: Anis Ben-Hatira [soccer] $1 000 280
Tunisia: Ammar Jemal [soccer] $1 000 280
Uganda: Mathias Kiwanuka [American football] $4 750 000
Zambia: Chris Katongo [soccer] $458 000
Zimbabwe: Nick Price [golf] $1 313 439
source:ghananation..com
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