Famara Diedhiou is a 33-year-old Senegalese international soccer player who currently plays for Turkish Super Lig club Alanyaspor, and has a net worth approximated to be above $1 million. He started playing professional club football in 2012 and has played for clubs such as ASM Belfort, Epinal, Gazelec Ajaccio, and English second-tier side Bristol City.
The former Bristol City striker started representing the Senegal national team in 2014 and was part of the country’s AFCON 2021 winning team. We have been able to gather information on how he made his decent fortune from playing.
Famara Diedhiou Made Over A Million From His Professional Football Career
The Senegalese striker’s net worth is currently above $1 million as already shown above. He earned the money from his professional club career which is 14 years old, now.
Diedhiou started earning from his senior club career in 2012 when he joined ASM Belfort, and a year later, moved to Epinal. In the 2013/14 football season, he played for Gazelec Ajaccio and Sochaux.
According to transfermarket.com, he signed a €380,000 deal with Clermont in July 2016 at the end of his contract with Sochaux, and within that same transfer window, Angers SCO paid £1.36 million (€1,560,620) to sign him.
After playing for a year, English Championship side Bristol City signed the Senegal striker for a club record £5.3 million on a four-year deal. At the time, the fee paid on his head beat the record that was initially held by Jonathan Kodjia who was signed from Angers for £3.25 million in 2015.
In 2021 at the expiration of his contract with Bristol City, he joined Turkish Super Lig side Alanyaspor on a free transfer.
Moving forward, Diedhiou’s salary is currently €18,492 (£16,125) weekly and €818, 207 (£712,732) annually. Besides, he earned about £4 million ($4.5 million) from playing for Ajaccio, Clermont, Angers, and Bristol City.
Below is a tabular summary of his earnings with his previous clubs and the current one so far:
Based on the figures from the table, the Senegal striker earned more while he was playing for Bristol. It is followed by Alanyaspor, Angers, Clermont, and Ajaccio.
He Is Currently Worth €4 Million ($3.9 Million) At The Transfer Market
In terms of numbers at the transfer market, the value of Famara Diedhiou is dropping. In 2020, his highest value was €7 million, but it has dropped to €4 million as of October 2022.
Similarly, his total transfer market fee is €7.98m. That can go up if he joins another club at the end of his current contract with Alanyaspor, or will remain unchanged if he decides to extend the deal.
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