Top 7 African Footballers Who Own The Most Expensive Cars (See Photos)

When you’re paid millions of dollars every week to kick a ball around, there’s bound to be some incredible purchases scattered throughout your bank balance.

For footballers, one of the biggest and greatest purchases they make is their cars, splashing out ridiculous amounts of money for some very sweet-looking rides.

And we’re talking very sweet-looking cars here. Here are top seven most expensive cars driven by African Footballers.

7. Sulley Muntari (Ghana): Lamborghini Gallardo
Price estimate: £135,000

Ghanaian and AC Milan midfielder, Sulley Muntari drives a Lamborghini Gallardo car which is worth around £135,000. His love for cars knows no bounds as he also has a car pimping business.

6. Mikel Obi(Nigeria): Bentley Continental GT
Price estimate: £135,000

Mikel Obi’s present form might be nothing to write home about but he drives a classy 2008 Bentley Continental GT along with some other choice cars.

The 2008 Bentley Continental GT Speed is a high-performance edition of the Continental GT coupe featuring a powerful 12-cylinder engine, standard 20-inch wheels and luxury exterior and interior details. It costs a whooping £135,000 (about N35m)

5. Emmanuel Adebayor (Togo): Aston Martin DBS V12
Price estimate: £166,000

Togo’s Emmanuel Adebayor has a large fleet of luxury vehicles, including a Mercedes G-Class, a Bentley, a Porsche Carrera and a polar-bear-friendly Fisker Karma.

However, his nicest motor is probably an Aston Martin DBS Volante, the convertible version of the British marque’s highly celebrated V12 sports car. The Aston Martin – the DBS is the car made famous by its use by super spy James Bond in the early Bond film On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.

4. Didier Drogba(Ivory Coast): Mercedes SL65 
Price estimate: £330,000

Didier Drogba who recently moved back to Chelsea and retired from international football is definitely one of the legends of the game. He’s a true statesman for world football who modeled the game beautifully and achieved so much within it.

It is no surprise, therefore, that Drogba has himself a classy Mercedes SL65—a true statesman car if ever there was one.Sponsored Links

3. Obafemi Martins(Nigeria): Mercedes SLR McLaren Convertible
Price estimate: £335,000

Obafemi or Obagoal as he is fondly called plays for Seattle Sounders FC .He showed off this Mercedes Benz McLaren luxury convertible car some months back reportedly worth a whooping £335,000 (about N91 million).

2. El Hadj Djouf(Senegal): Mercedes McLaren SLR 
Price estimate: £400,000

Senegalese born-two time African footballer of the year,El Hadj Diouf is the second on this list with this beautiful white colored Mercedes McLaren SLR worth around £400,000.

He is now a free agent after stints at Leeds United,Sunderland, Bolton Wanderers, Blackburn Rovers and Liverpool throughout his career.

But with a car like the Mercedes McLaren SLR, does it really matter where he’s playing?

1. Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon): Bugatti Veyron
Price estimate: £1.55m

And the Number 1 spot goes to none other than Samuel Eto’o Fils.

The pick of the former Chelsea striker’s £4m fleet of cars is the £1.55m Bugatti Veyron, the world’s fastest car and also one of the most expensive.He is the only African footballer who actually owns one.

Eto’o has always been a fan of cars from £1.25m Aston Martin One-77 to £750,000 Maybach Xenatec.

He has said: ‘I like to have a few cars because it gives me choice and it doesn’t hurt anybody.