When you hear people talking about the richest professional footballer in the world, I know most of us would be quick to argue that it’s either Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar Jnr, or even Lionel Messi.
Well, I am here to tell you, neither of the aforementioned revered footballers comes close to the richest footballer alive.
Football players like David Beckham, Ronaldinho, Cristiano Ronaldo have managed to earn a quick buck outside the football pitch through endorsements and branching out capitalizing on their brand but still, their net worth doesn’t come close to one Faiq Bolkiah.
Faiq Bolkiah is estimated to be worth a clean £20billion and he still maintains to lead a humble and quiet life that most people don’t know about.
Well, in case you are wondering how he got to make such a huge sum of money, Faiq Jefri Bolkiah is a prince, a member of the Bruneian Royal Family, and a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Portuguese club Marítimo and the Brunei national team. He serves as the captain of the national team.
Faiq Bolkiah is the nephew of the Sultan of Brunei.
Once linked to Wolves, the dynamic winger is one of the heirs to Hassanal Bolkiah’s £22billion fortune.
Faiq who once turned down an opportunity to play for the US football team is the captain of the Brunei international football team.
After playing youth football for AFC Newbury, Faiq signed a one-year deal with Southampton’s famed youth academy in 2009.
He didn’t quite turn enough heads to secure a full-time contract and went on trial at Arsenal in 2013, playing for the Gunners in the 2013 Lion City Cup.
Chelsea offered him a two-year deal in 2014 but he left Stamford Bridge in December 2015 to sign for Leicester in a three-year deal.
His dad is Jefri Bolkiah, a brother of the oil tycoon, so that makes Faiq a member of their royal family but that hasn’t stopped Faiq from shunning his family’s billions to pursue a career in football.
