Top 20 highest-earning footballers of 2011
- By Lin Liyao
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Zlatan Ibrahimović, A.C. Milan
2011 earnings: €12.5 million
Zlatan Ibrahimović, born in 1981, is a Swedish footballer of Bosnian and Croatian descent who currently plays as a striker for A.C. Milan and the Swedish national team. He started his career at Malmö FF in the late 1990s and joined Milan in August 2010. He has won many awards, including five Guldbollen (2005, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010), two UEFA Team of the Year (2007 and 2009), and was twice named Swedish Male Athlete of the Year (2007 and 2010).
Didier Drogba, Chelsea
2011 earnings: €12.8 million
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Didier Drogba [livefootball4u.om] |
Didier Drogba, born in 1978, is an Ivorian footballer who plays the center forward position. He currently plays for Chelsea in the Premier League and is the captain and all-time top scorer of the Côte d'Ivoire national football team. Drogba made his professional debut at age 18 for Ligue 2 club Le Mans in France and signed for Chelsea in July 2004. He has scored more goals for Chelsea than any other foreign player and is currently Chelsea's 6th highest goal scorer of all time.
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