Many footballers are known to be from very poor families. Some have made enormous sacrifices to realize their dream of becoming great footballers who have been able to accumulate big money. However, some other footballers have grown up in wealthy families. They played football just for fun and did not necessarily need financial support. These are ten footballers from rich backgrounds;
1. Gérard Piqué
This FC Barcelona defender was born into a wealthy family. He studied at one of the best high schools in Spain.
2. Frank Lampard
This British footballer comes from a large family of footballers in England. While his father was a player of the West Ham English club and his uncle was Harry Redknapp, a major English football coach.
3. Kaka
This former Real Madrid player is not from a poor family. The Brazilian comes from a wealthy family in Brazil’s capital. He has two brothers who are also football players.
4. Van Persie
This former Gunner has always wanted to become a professional footballer and his parents have always been available to support him morally and economically. Van Persie was born in Rotterdam to an artistic family. José Ras, his mother, is a painter and jewellery designer who also teaches special needs children. Bob, his father, is a sculptor. After Van Persie’s parents divorced he was brought up by his father. At school, Van Persie was one of the most misbehaved children and was excluded from class almost daily.
5. Diego Forlán
He also comes from a family with a high and stable income. Since his youth he has demanded that his parents create a foundation to help those less fortunate.
6. Shaun Wright-Phillips
Adopted by Ian Wrigth at the age of 3, the Briton had the chance to join a wealthy family when he was still very young. So he did not play football to try to be rich. His adoptive parents had already given him what he wanted.
7. Mario Götze
Dortmund midfielder and World Cup winning goalscorer Mario Gotze arrived at Borussia Dortmund at the age of 8 in the lower category. His detractors suggest that it was his father’s money that helped him become a big star.
8. Hugo Lloris
Totenham goalkeeper was born into a large family in Nice with a lawyer mother and a banker father.
9. Al-Saadi Gaddafi
Son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, Al-Saadi was captain of the national team and president of the Libyan Football Federation with the support of his father.
source; howafrica.com