Odion Ighalo’s Net Worth 2022, Biography | Career and more

Odion Ighalo’s Net Worth 2022, Biography | Career | Cars | Wife | Salary and House

Odion Ighalo Biography

Odion Jude Ighalo, better known as Odion Ighalo, is a professional Nigerian footballer born on June 16, 1989 in Lagos, Nigeria. He is currently a striker for the internationally renowned English club Manchester United, though he is on loan from the Chinese Superleague club Shanghai Greenland Shenhua.

In 2005 and 2006, he began his football career by playing for Nigerian clubs Prime and Julius Berger. In 2007, he joined Lyn, a Norwegian football club, and in 2014, he joined Watford, a championship club, and was promoted to the Premier League ranks.

Odion Ighalo joined the Chinese Superleague in January 2017 for a fee of £20 million. Before joining Shanghai Greenland Shenhua in January 2020, he returned to the Premier League on loan with Manchester United until the end of the 2019/2020 season.

Odion Ighalo 2018 represented Nigeria in the 2018 World Cup and was the footballer with the most goals in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations campaign, leading Nigeria to third place. Odion Ighalo was discovered by a FIFA agent named Marcelo Houseman and recommended to Norwegian club Atta Aneke, who signed him in 2007.

Real name	Odion Jude Ighalo
Date of birth	16 June 1989
Country of Origin	Federal Republic of Nigeria
Source of Wealth	Football
Net worth	$38.5 Million ₦16 billion
Salary	N60 million (£130,000) per week
Wife	Sonia Ighalo
Current Team	Al Shabab FC (#89 / Forward)

 

Odion Ighalo is of what nationality?

He is a Nigerian national of the Igbo ethnic group who has been a member of his country’s national team for quite some time. How old is Odion Ighalo? On June 16, 1989, the Nigerian striker was born. He will be 32 years old in April 2022. Gemini is his zodiac sign.

 

Family of Odion Ighalo

Ighalo is a married man with children away from the pitch. Odion Ighalo’s wife’s name is Sonia, but the couple has since divorced. They are the parents of two sons and one daughter.

Odion Ighalo and his lovely wife are now estranged.

 

Ascend to fame

He made his soccer debut at Nigerian clubs such as Prime for five years before joining Berger in 2006. In 2007, he moved to a Norwegian side, but he began his professional career in Udinese, Italy. He joined EFL Championship club Watford in 2014 and was promoted to the Premier League in the 2014/15 season.

His star rose when he made his Nigerian national team debut in 2015 and later represented the country at the 2018 World Cup. He was also named the top scorer in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification campaign, and he led the team to third place at the AFCON 2019. He signed a three-year contract with the Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club in 2022.

 

Honours

The following is a list of the Nigerian-born icon’s accomplishments and titles throughout his soccer career:

• Watford: Football League Championship runner-up (2014/15)
• Shanghai Shenhua: Chinese FA Cup (2019)
• Nigeria: Africa Cup of Nations third place (2019)

 

Odion Ighalo’s breakthrough

Odion Ighalo signed for the Chinese club Changchun Yatai in 2017, before moving on to the CSL giants Shanghai Greenland Shenhua in 2019. During his time at the Chinese club in 2018/2019, he declined a transfer to Barcelona for personal reasons. He signed a loan deal with Manchester United in January 2020.

Ighalo spent approximately N500 million in December 2017 to open an orphanage home in Ijegun, Ajegunle, where he was raised as a child. His story of rising from obscurity to prominence is an inspiration to many Nigerians, as he continues to excel professionally and as a philanthropist throughout the country and internationally.

Odion Ighalo Earnings

Odion Ighalo’s childhood dream has always been to play for Manchester United, his favorite football team. This is one of the many personal reasons he turned down a move to Barcelona. So, when he moved to Manchester United, he decided to take a pay cut in order to realize his dreams. Odion Ighalo has signed a permanent contract with Saudi Arabia’s Pro League side Al Shabab after leaving Chinese Super League club Shanghai Shenhua.

Manchester United paid a loan fee of 4 million pounds to Shanghai Shenhua to acquire Ighalo, and Ighalo reportedly agreed to a 50% pay cut on his weekly wages of 300,000 pounds in order to make the official move to the Red Devils, where he currently earns 165,000 pounds per week for the duration of his loan period. He joined Manchester United on February 1, 2020, and his contract was extended until January 20, 2021, so he currently earns £160,000 per week at Saudi club Al-Sadd, where he is now the manager.

 

Odion Ighalo Career Earnings:

YEAR	WEEKLY WAGE	YEARLY SALARY	CLUB	POSITION	LEAGUE	AGE	CONTRACT EXPIRY
2020	£300,000	£15,600,000	Man Utd	AM/F C	English Premier Division	30	31-12-2021
2019	£29,000	£1,508,000	Shanghai Shenhua	AM/F C	Chinese Super League	29	130
2018	£100,000	£5,200,000	Changchun Yatai	AM/F C	Chinese Super League	28	31-12-2020
2017	£100,000	£5,200,000	Changchun Yatai	AM/F C	Chinese Super League	27	31-12-2020
2016	£29,000	£1,508,000	Watford	AM/F C	English Premier Division	25	29-06-2020
2015	£7,800	£405,600	Watford	ST	Sky Bet Championship	24	29-06-2017
2014	£3,800	£197,600	Granada C.F., SAD	ST	LIGA BBVA	24	29-06-2017

 

Odion Ighalo’s Net Worth 2022

Odion Ighalo’s Net Worth 2022 is currently estimated to be $38.5 million. making him Nigeria’s second richest footballer. From 2014 to 2017, he earned a weekly wage of 45,000 pounds per week (N21, 994,091) while working for Watford. According to some reports, Ighalo will be paid 8,000 pounds for each goal he scores for Manchester United, 9,000 pounds for each game he plays in, and 3,000 pounds for draws. His weekly wage is estimated to be 200,000 pounds.

 

Odion Ighalo houses and cars

The international striker recently opened a beautiful mansion in Lekki, Lagos. The house epitomizes the phrase “simple but luxurious.”

 

Odion Ighalo automobiles

Owning a fleet of cars isn’t a big deal for Ighalo, who is one of Nigeria’s richest footballers. He would rather donate his money to charity than buy expensive cars. He has been seen with a white Range Rover Velar and a Mercedes-Benz G-wagon, both worth N50 million.

Splurging on expensive cars should not be a problem for someone with a net worth of nearly N9 billion. Everyone wants a car, and if you can afford one, you should get one. For someone as wealthy as Ighalo, he is quite frugal with his car spending, preferring to donate more money to charitable organizations, which is admirable.