Top Highest Paid Kenyan Footballers in 2023
Have you wondered how much renowned Kenyan professional footballers earn? In this article, we delve into the careers and finances of the local players who have played in the local premier league clubs.
Football has become a lucrative sport, with Footballers arguably among the highest-paid professionals in the world. Kenya has produced many star footballers who have played in the country’s Premier League and at the international leagues in other parts of the world, including the English Premier League.
1) Michael Olunga
Michael is a renowned footballer in the country who plays as a striker for Qatar’s league club, Al Duhail, and is the National Team Harambee Stars captain. He earns a salary of 37500 pounds per week, equivalent to 6.6 million Kenyan Shillings, which ranks him as the highest-paid Kenyan footballer in 2023.
Olunga has a successful career. He was the first Kenyan footballer to score a hat trick in the Spanish league, Laliga, in 2018, and he also had an impressive performance in his international debuts while playing for former and current clubs.
2) Victor Wanyama
Victor is a renowned footballer and midfielder for Harambee Stars and CF Montreal Football Club. He earns 35000 pounds weekly, equivalent to 6.1M Kenyan Shilling. He formerly played for Premier League Clubs, including Tottenham Hotspur and Southampton, and the Scottish Football Club Celtic, where he had a successful football career with an impressive performance in 2012 at the UEFA Champions League, where he scored the first goal for Celtic, giving a victory of 2-1 over Barcelona.
The footballer has been an icon to younger footballers through his inspiring story, where he started his football journey playing for the local football clubs in the country before making his first debut at Kenya’s National Team and eventually moving to the international stage and playing for the English Premier League Clubs.
3) Lawrence OlumÂ
Lawrence is a Kenyan Professional footballer who plays as a defender and a Midfielder; he is amongst the top-paid Kenyan Footballers, earning an average weekly salary of 13950 pounds, an estimated Kshs256000.Since he started his football career, He has played for several clubs, including MLS’s Sporting Kansas City, MLS’s Orland City, and MLS’s Minnesota United FC. In 2019, he joined the Minnesota United club and moved to Miami FC in 2020.
Olum represented the Kenya national team in November 2012 at the 2012 CECAFA Cup.