Which football player is richer than Messi and Ronaldo combined: you didn’t even know about him

Which football player is richer than Messi and Ronaldo combined / UNIAN collage, photo ua.depositphotos.comLionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are football players who will go down in history not only as the best athletes of the 21st century, but also as one of the highest paid football players in the world. Although their combined wealth is not even a fraction of the wealth of one Chelsea football player, the Mirror writes.

Messi, 37, has won countless trophies with Barcelona, ​​PSG and Inter Miami, while Ronaldo has an equally impressive CV with Real Madrid, Manchester United, Juventus and Al-Nassr.

According to Celebrity Net Worth, Messi has earned eight Ballon d’Ors, 12 league titles, four Champions Leagues and a World Cup, and his net worth is approximately $850 million. At the same time, Ronaldo’s net worth – with his five “Golden Balls” and seven championship titles – is estimated at around $800 million.

However, even if you add those two numbers together to get a total net worth of $1.66 billion, they don’t come close to matching Fayk Bolkiah’s substantial net worth of $20 billion.

What is known about the 26-year-old billionaire, who could not establish himself in the Premier LeagueThe nephew of the Sultan of Brunei and one of several heirs to a $250 billion fortune, Bolkiah was born in Los Angeles but began his football career at Newbury’s youth team before continuing through the academies of Southampton, Chelsea and Leicester City”, without ever taking the field.

In 2020, the left winger moved to Maritimo, signing his first professional contract, but again failed to feature for the first team, making just one appearance for the U23s and never playing at professional level.

Holding American and Brunei citizenship, Bolkiah has also represented the country six times on the international stage, scoring one goal during that time. Although he never made it to the Premier League, he played for Chelsea’s youth team, where he was reminded daily of his riches.

“You’d never think he was 12th in line to the throne. You wouldn’t think of him as royalty. He was a humble guy, worked hard every day like all the academy players. We used to joke that he didn’t need was to play football, but he wanted to play because he loved football,” said one of the football players who played with him in the team.

Earlier, UNIAN reported who became the best football player of 2024 according to the version of FIFA. Lionel was on the list, but Ronaldo wasn’t even there.

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