Faiq Bolkiah: Meet footballer who’s 4x richer than Ronaldo despite Al Nassr move

Cristiano Ronaldo is currently the highest-paid footballer on the planet with a staggering  €200M per year, more than any player in history.

The Portugal star is raking home fortunes at the twilight of his trophy-laden career following a move to Al Nassr, Saudi Arabia pro-league giants.

The breakdown of the salary will see the former Juventus star earn €16.67M/month and €3.888M per week. A further breakdown shows that he will earn €555,555 per day, €23,150 per hour, €386 per minute and €6.5 per second.

However, despite the bigger pay, the former Manchester United talisman is far behind Faiq Bolkiah, another soccer in the log of richest footballers in the world.

The 24-year-old former Arsenal and Chelsea youngster is estimated to be worth a staggering £20billion.

Faiq who has 247k followers on the photo and video-sharing plaform Instagram is a member of the Bruneian Royal Family and a Bruneian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Thai club Chonburi.

Faiq is the son of Jefri Bolkiah, Prince of Brunei and nephew of Hassanal Bolkiah, the current Sultan of Brunei. He was born in Los Angeles and holds both Bruneian and American citizenship. He was educated in Great Britain at Bradfield College.

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