According to goal.com, football superstar Lionel Messi’s total assets are about 400 million USD as of August 2021. Most of this money comes from his professional competition contracts.

Meanwhile, Spanish newspaper El Mundo revealed that Messi signed a $675 million contract with Barcelona in 2017 for a four-year term, meaning he receives an average of $169 million per year.

In 2019, Forbes magazine ranked him as the 4th highest-earning celebrity in the world with a total income of 127 million USD, as well as the highest-paid sports athlete globally. At that time, Messi’s income was 18 million USD higher than Cristiano Ronaldo and 22 million USD higher than Neymar da Silva Santos Junior.

Wage

The contract when Messi was still playing for Barcelona was revealed, showing that this superstar received a salary of about 610,000 USD/week.

After leaving Barcelona, ​​many estimates show that Messi could receive about 35-41 million USD at PSG club each season. Not to mention the individual and team rewards if they win the championship.

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Similar to superstar Ronaldo, player Messi also receives a lot of income from advertising contracts. Of course, the popularity of these two superstars makes many competitors like to use it as a comparison, for example Nike hired Ronaldo and Adidas signed a contract with Messi.

In 2016, many rumors suggested that Ronaldo had signed a lifetime advertising contract with Nike and the total value of this deal could be up to 1 billion USD. Similarly, Messi is also said to have signed a lifetime advertising contract with Adidas but the specific number was not disclosed.

In addition to Adidas, Messi also signed advertising contracts with many brands such as Pepsi, Gillette… In 2019, Forbes magazine estimated the total value of this superstar’s advertising brand at about 35 million USD/year.

Social network

Messi has the second most Facebook followers in the world among global athletes with about 90 million likes per post. He also has an Instagram account with the third largest number of followers in the world among male superstars with about 186 million people.

Invest

While Ronaldo focuses on his own brand business with many product lines under his name, Messi is not much interested in this. Instead, this superstar focuses more on investing in real estate.

Messi currently owns 2 houses, one of which he bought in 2009 for about 2 million USD in Argentina. According to the media, Messi also bought another villa near the Mediterranean coast as well as many properties in France and Europe. However, his investment documents are quite private and it is difficult for the press to find authentic information.

In addition, Messi is also famous for his hobby of supercars. This star owns many sports cars of famous brands such as Ferrari, Audi, Mercedes, Lexus… This player also bought a private jet in 2018 for more than 15.5 million USD, which is Not to mention the cost of refurbishing the aircraft’s interior.

In addition, Messi also bought a yacht worth more than 13.8 million USD.

Of course, with such a huge income, Messi’s family also often does charity work. In 2020, this soccer superstar is said to have donated $1.1 million to help Argentines fight the Covid-19 pandemic.