Top 10 Highest Paid African Footballers 2016
2. Samuel Eto’o
Club: Sampadoria
Country: Cameroon
Weekly Wage: €170k
One of the best African players of all time, and also still one of the best right now despite being older now. Samuel Eto‘o is currently playing for Italian side Sampadoria in the Italian Serie A. Samuel Eto’o had an amazing spell with Barcelona from 2004-2009 scoring alot of goals for the Spanish giants during his time in Spain and was arguably one of the best strikers at that time.
Samuel Eto’o has also played for a number of top European sides which are Real Madrid, Inter Milan, Chelsea, Everton… etc and has been one of the top players at each club he has played for and is currently playing for Sampadoria in the Serie A . The Cameroonian has scored over 300 goals inhis playing career and will still be looking to further that record as he feels he still has some goals in his boots.