Based solely on their annual salaries, these are the highest-paid African soccer players:
Yaya Toure
Country of citizenship: Ivory Coast
Club: Manchester City
Annual salary: $13.5 million
Samuel Eto’o
Country of citizenship: Cameroon
Club: Inter Milan
Annual salary: $12 million
Emmanuel Adebayor
Country of citizenship: Togo
Club: Manchester City
Annual salary: $12 million
Kolo Toure
Country of citizenship: Ivory Coast
Club: Manchester City
Annual salary: $10.3 million
Frederic Kanoute
Country of citizenship: Mali
Club: Sevilla FC
Annual salary: $8.6 million
Didier Drogba
Country of citizenship: Ivory Coast
Club: Chelsea
Annual salary: $8 million
John Mikel Obi
Country of citizenship: Nigeria
Club: Chelsea
Annual salary: $5,800,000,
Michael Essien
Country of citizenship: Ghana
Club: Chelsea
Annual salary: $5,500,000
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