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5. Emmanuel Emenike | Net worth: $18 million

We are halfway through our list of richest footballers, and right in the middle of it are two players, one of whom is Emmanuel Chinenye Emenike. He was born in Otuocha on May 10, 1987, and his career began in 2007 with the youth team Delta Force.

These days, Emenike is playing on loan for Las Palmas, but a nasty knee injury has been keeping him from appearing on the field for quite some time now.

One of the reasons he accepted the loan was because he felt unsafe in his home in Greece, where he played for Olympiakos.

Previously, the player had also suffered from racism from football fans while playing for Spartak. However, all those hurdles did not stop him from having a net worth of $18 million.