From poverty to wealth and a luxurious life and then back again to the tightness of life, this was the life of some football stars who reaped titles and big money during their career in the stadiums, but quickly lost it after their retirement.
The British newspaper "Sun" spotted 5 prominent football stars who lost their fortunes and even borrowed some of them for various reasons, and they are as follows:
Ronaldinho It
was reported that the former Brazilian star has only $ 7 in his bank account, while his debts amount to about $ 2.3 million, due to the imposition of a huge fine for building without a legal permit in a protected area in Brazil.
The failure of the former Barcelona star to pay the violations imposed on him to the Brazilian government led to the judge issuing a decision to confiscate his passport, which exacerbated his crisis and his involvement in another case due to which he recently spent some time in a Paraguay prison accused of entering the country with forged documents.
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Diego Maradona
bankrupted the Argentine legend in 2009 after he was named FIFA's Player of the Century, even though he broke the world transfer record twice during his busy career in the stadiums in the 1980s.
The Italian tax authority demanded Maradona pay about $ 55 million, taxes that it said the Argentine had not paid while wearing the Napoli shirt in the 1980s.
Paul Gascoigne
, the former English international, escaped from bankruptcy in 2016 due to his demand to pay taxes estimated at 54 thousand dollars, but he went through a turbulent period in his life as he accumulated debts amounting to 260 thousand dollars, due to his suffering from depression and his involvement in drug abuse.
David James
Although he has reaped more than $ 26 million in financial gain during his playing career, the former England international goalkeeper filed for bankruptcy in 2014.
Although James represented many prestigious clubs in the Premier League, including Liverpool and Manchester City, and was a promoter of an international clothing company and owned several real estate, he lost all his wealth due to his divorce from his wife in 2005, and even accumulated debts on him that the courts decided to sell his valuable sports souvenirs and his car. .
Asamoah Jian,
after the former Sunderland striker used to drive around in a Rolls-Royce car, has recently reached the point that he only has less than $ 800 in his bank account until he is unable to support his family.
According to reports, the former Ghanaian star, who was paid about $ 300,000 a week in the Chinese League, lost all his money due to problems with his family.