From Cristiano Ronaldo to Diego Maradona and Neymar: 6 top footballers who went from rags to riches
First Published Nov 24, 2020, 1:01 PM IST
Football is one of the most popular sports in the world, which also helps in earning quite some money, especially for the ones who are talented. Rich athletes like Cristiano Ronaldo and even Diego Maradona were not precisely rich until they gained popularity in the sport.

When it comes to one of the wealthiest sports in the world, football is indeed one of them. Although numerous top athletes play the sport, only a notable few go on to become the richest ones.

While some footballers are already rich when they start playing the sport before making even more bucks, some come from a humble background. Nonetheless, it is their heavenly football skills, which even makes the rags to go riches, as we take a look at some of these footballers, who earned fortunes, despite starting low.
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