Football being one of the most popular and lucrative sports in the world has continuously provide riches and fortune to many African footballers who comes from an impoverish backgrounds in Africa.
As such former Togolese international Emmanuel Adebayor is one of the players who came from poverty-stricken backgrounds in Africa, and went on to be become a millionaire through football.
Adebayor brought down the curtain on his extraordinary career he had at the grandest of stages recently, having played for great teams like AS Monaco, Arsenal, Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur, Real Madrid e.t.c.
While it is a known fact that the 39-year-old proved himself enough everywhere he goes says a lot about his legendary status as an African player who had the opportunity to grace the beautiful game.
Who Is Emmanuel Adebayor?
Adebayor is a decorated retired Togolese international who played at the highest-level in England, Spain, Turkey, Paraguay and Togo before he retired.
Adebayor as a professional footballer who had the chance to play the beautiful game at the highest level, became the first Togolese international to win the African Footballer of the Year in 2008 while at Arsenal.
He represented the Togolese national team at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, 2010 and 2013 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola and South Africa where he helped the team qualified to the quarter-finals.
Being the country most-decorated player with Five-time Togolese Footballer of the Year, Adebayor scored 32 goals in 63 appearances making him the all-time goal-scorer for the national team till date.
During his glittering career, he scored a total of 207 goals in 593 appearances, including 97 goals in the Premier League and others across all the club’s he donned their shirts.
Emmanuel Adebayor’s Facts & Wiki
Name: Emmanuel Adebayor
Date of Birth: February 26th, 1984
Place of Birth: Lome, Togo
Religion: Muslim
Height: 6ft 3inch
Position: Forward
Father’s Name: Shadrach Adebayo
Mother’s Name: Haija Adebayo
Spouse: Dillish Mathews Adebayor
Children: 2
Net-worth: $45million
Endorsements: 22Bet & Power Horse
Social Media: Twitter, Instagram & Facebook
Emmanuel Adebayor’s Net-worth
The former Arsenal and Manchester City forward bid the beautiful game of football farewell at the age 39-year-old after a resounding 22-year at the highest level.
Throughout his professional career Adebayor was paid eye-watering salaries starting from his time at Arsenal, Manchester City where he was paid £70,000 a-week equivalent $85,616 and at Tottenham Hotspur where he got £100,000 equivalent to $124,237 a-week.
Considering his endorsement deals and the money he made while playing, the Togolese legend is reported to worth around $45million.
In addition to his net-worth, Adebayor is reported to own a fleet of cars, jets, power-bikes and multimillion mansions in Ghana, Togo, England and United States.
He also own a car collections which includes Rolls Royce, Canam Outlander Spyder, Mercedes Benz, Porches, BMW and Range Rover.
Emmanuel Adebayor’s Achievements
Despite his talent at the highest-level Adebayor didn’t pick up many winner’s medals during his career, although he was a proud African Footballer of the Year Award in 2008.
He also won the Copa del Rey in 2010 during his loan spell at Real Madrid under the tutelage of Jose Mourinho.
Individually, he won the BBC African Footballer of the Year in 2007, BBC Goal of the Season in 2007-08, Premier League PFA Team of the Year 2007-08 and African Player of the Year in 2008.
Emmanuel Adebayor’s Social Media
Twitter: 249.9k followers
Instagram: 1.6m followers
Facebook: 2.6m followers
Article updated 2 months ago. Content is written and modified by multiple authors.
