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Bonnie Mugabe<\/p>\n

29 April 2011<\/p>\n

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FORMER Amavubi Stars captain Olivier Karekezi has been listed as the country’s highest paid footballer.<\/p>\n

According to soccerlens.com, the former APR star, who now plies his trade at Sweden’s Osters FC, earns $52,000 (Rwf30.9m) a year.<\/p>\n

Across the region, Burundi’s Saidi Ntibazonkiza who plays for MKS Cracovia in Poland earns a $315,000 (Rwf187.425m) while Djibouti’s Ismail Ahmed Kadar Hassan who features for Slovakia’s F.K. Dunajska Streda rakes in $51,500 (Rwf30.6m) a year.<\/p>\n

Somalia’s Abdisalam Ibrahim who plays for England’s second division side Scunthorpe earns $340,000 (Rwf202.3m) while Kenya’s McDonald Mariga (Inter Milan) earns $1,300,000 (Rwf773.5m).<\/p>\n

On the continent, Ivory Coast and Manchester City’s Yaya Toure still tops the list with $18,200,000 (Rwf10.8bn) a year.<\/p>\n

Cristiano Ronaldo is the highest paid footballer in the world with a staggering $19.5 million annual wage bill.<\/p>\n

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