Top 5 Richest Indian Footballers
Cricketers may be on top of the money ladder, but footballers are not
far behind either. With the birth of new
leagues and tie-ups, some players are making mega bucks,ISL or Indian
super league is a football league which has a major fan base in India.
The latest ISL 2016 was the third season of ISL and it turned out to be
amazingly exciting. ISL officially started in the year of 2014. In 2016,
57 matches were played and numerous actors, cricketers, as well as
businessmen, were seen supporting it. In the following segment, we will
take a look at Top 5 Richest Indian Footballers. Enjoy!
5.Arata Izumi(Rs 68 lakhs)
At number 5 of top 5 richest Indian footballers is the Japanese-born
Indian footballers Arata Izumi,who played for Atletico de Kolktata for
the first 2 seasons and then switched to FC Pune CITY in the 3rd season
of ISL,he played for Mumbai FC in the I-League in the 2016 season.Arata
enjoys a salary of 68 lakhs per season in the ISL.Arata is 34 years old
and was born in japan.
His father is a Gujarati and mother is Japanese. Izumi gained Indian
citizenship which made him eligible to play for India at the
international level On 24 August 2012. Since then he has been playing
exclusively in ISL.
At number 4 is Khangebam Thoi Singh,he plays for chennayin FC in ISL and
Bengaluru FC in the I-League,He is from Thoubal, Manipur and he is
currently 26 years old,Thoi started his football journey by
participating in the national level under 16 championship. He
represented Manipur in that trophy. Thoi signed a 3-year contract in
2007 with Mahindra United. He scored the winning goal in the final of
the 2008 Durand Cup against Churchill Brothers while being at Mahindra
united.Thoi currently is in contract worth Rs 86 lakhs with chennayin
FC.
3.Rino Anto ( Rs 90 Lakhs)
At number 3 is the defender from Kerala Rino Anto.He plays for Kerala
blasters in the ISL and Bengaluru FC in the I-League,Rino is from
thrissur and is 28 years old,he started his football journey by joining
the TATA Football Academy,he graduated from the academy in the year 2008
and continues to impress his fans and his team through his performance.
2.Eugenson Lyngdoh ( Rs 1.05 Crores)
Eugenson is number 2 in this list of Top 5 Richest ISL Footballers.He has a contract worth 1.05 crores with FC Pune city,He is currently 30 years old and is from the land of shillong, Meghalaya. Eugenson plays central midfield for Bengaluru FC in the I-League.Initially Lyngdoh was pursuing a degree in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering. Eventually he dropped out of it in the third year to focus only on football. That turned out to be a great step for him in the long run as we all can see.
1. Sunil Chetri ( Rs 1.20 Crores)
At number 1 is our Captain Sunil Chhetri,he has a contract worth 1.2 crores with the franchise Mumbai City FC.Sunil is the all time top scorer for the indian national football team,Sunil plays for Bengaluru FC in the I-League. He also aided India in winning the Nehru cup thrice, namely the years were 2007, 2009 and 2011.Sunil also has been the Aiff player of the year four times in the year 2007,2011,2013 and 2014.
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