Oba-Goal (left) at the recent wedding of Super Eagles striker Peter Olayinka.

Is it possible for former Super Eagles star striker now turned Lagos celeb Obafemi Martins to now have fallen on hard times after the huge fortune he made?

Some reports have suggested Martins, 36, has a net worth of over N48 billion which makes him the country’s 3rd richest football star.

His investment portfolio includes landed properties in Lekki and Ajah in Lagos as well as a hotel and a night club (which has yet open).

It is said the much-traveled striker, who has played in the Premier League, Serie A, La Liga and Bundesliga, made a whooping N8 billion during his stint at Shanghai Shenhua in China.

However, it has been learnt from some of his increasingly shrinking entourage that there may be a lot more than has been reported with rumours he is no longer as he has been promoted.

It has been alleged that the banks have received his beautiful home in Como, Italy, over a payment default.

He has sold three of four houses in the affluent Victoria Garden City (VGC) in Lekki, Lagos.

Rumour also has it that he plans to sell his yacht, which is worth over N500 million.

He has distanced himself from his family and fallen out big time with many of his close friends, some of whom he had grown up with in the tough Lagos neigbourhood of Orile.

His foundation, which in 2019 reportedly spent over $2 million to buy wheelchairs for the physically challenged and subsequently donated them to the Lagos State Government, has not been active for the past three years.

“Things are no longer great for ‘Oba’”, admitted a source close to the former Inter Milan star, who is in his fifth marriage now.

“What you see on the outside is not really what it is.

“The night club has yet to open and that was almost three years since he paid N680 million to lease the Ikoyi property that will house it.

“Even the hotel they are talking about and which he has spent hundreds of millions of naira on, is uncompleted.”

His contract with Chinese club Wuhan was terminated before it had expired and it is not known if he would still play football again.

Credit: ScoreNigeria


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Don't worry about martins he is ok.

Our Obagoal dey ok nothing do am OP

His trying to rid himself of fair weather friends

Four ex-wives and a yacht require a lot of money since you got to pay to park them.

Baba don finally catch sense. He didn't need those things. Old age don come time to retire and enjoy a quiet and fulfilled life.

You expect him to flaunt wealth like Ozo of that rubbish show who's really got nothing?

He is cutting cost.Any Nigerian/international footballer who goes broke is curse.
They shouldn't say they were dupe because they don't need anyone to tell them what business to invest in.They have reap what they sow from football already.
But na 2 clubs don terminate him contract before they expired.What is really happening to obagoal?

Sponsored article from a bitter friend. Probably Martins ghosted him.

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Dalil8:
Haha....

He's far from broke. That guy just likes to keep it private.

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Really? Private indeed
What will you then call Yobo, Mikel, Kanu etc??

Obafemi Martins is one of if not the lousiest ex super eagles player. Always acting like he is new to money & behaving like a childish hiphop star wannabe despite his old age.

This man is in his forties o forget the football age. Yet he doesn't want to grow up. Obafemi is older than Yobo, Mikel, Musa yet you will think they are his seniors.

Allowing himself to be slapped around by a small Burna Boy of yesterday, clubbing with small boys he should be mentoring.

Private my foot!

DoggoneDogg:
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Really? Private indeed
What will you then call Yobo, Mikel, Kanu etc??

Obafemi Martins is one of if not the lousiest ex super eagles player. Always acting like he is new to money & behaving like a childish hiphop star wannabe despite his old age.

This man is in his forties o forget the football age. Yet he doesn't want to grow up. Obafemi is older than Mikel, Musa yet you will think they are his seniors.

Allowing himself to be slapped around by a small Burna Boy of yesterday, clubbing with small boys he should be mentoring.
Private my foot!

Why are you taking it personal Bros ?
How is clubbing a childish act
How exactly did he “act as if he is new to money “
U literally made no sense up there guy

delzbaba:
Don't worry about martins he is ok.

Dunno why I find this funny though

chocboi78:
Why are you taking it personal Bros ?
How is clubbing a childish act
How exactly did he “act as if he is new to money “
U literally made no sense up there guy

How old is he & how is his lifestyle "private" like you said??

Marriage and divorce are two major things that can make a man go broke; in his fifth marriage even the likes of Ronaldiho and miike tyson went broke after marriage there are so many daughter of eve in the so called developed world their mission is to destroy and scatter a man life for the money they will get after divorce ;i wish Martin well

Football money is hard earn money.. Not ritual money or yahoo yahoo money.. Aged already he realise that he doesn't need to flaunt all his wealth

Joysticks:
He is cutting cost.Any Nigerian/international footballer who goes broke is curse.
They shouldn't say they were dupe because they don't need anyone to tell them what business to invest in.They have reap what they sow from football already.
But na 2 clubs don terminate him contract before they expired.What is really happening to obagoal?

He's old.

DoggoneDogg:
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Really? Private indeed
What will you then call Yobo, Mikel, Kanu etc??

Obafemi Martins is one of if not the lousiest ex super eagles player. Always acting like he is new to money & behaving like a childish hiphop star wannabe despite his old age.

This man is in his forties o forget the football age. Yet he doesn't want to grow up. Obafemi is older than Yobo, Mikel, Musa yet you will think they are his seniors.

Allowing himself to be slapped around by a small Burna Boy of yesterday, clubbing with small boys he should be mentoring.

Private my foot!

You called burna man small?They might be age mate.

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Joysticks:
You called burna man small?They might be age mate.

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Burna Boy is a small boy. When Martins was counting his first billions at Inter in 2003, Burna Boy was in JSS3.

Even today, Burna Boy does not have 1 billion naira.

I know you indomie generation swallow anything your beloved fake artistes spew on their social media pages hook, line & sinker so I'm not surprised anyone would compare Burna Boy to Martins.

They are not mates. Period.

DoggoneDogg:
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Burna Boy is a small boy. When Martins was counting his first billions at Inter in 2003, Burna Boy was in JSS3.

Even today, Burna Boy does not have 1 billion naira.

I know you indomie generation swallow anything your beloved fake artistes spew on their social media pages hook, line & sinker so I'm not surprised anyone would compare Burna Boy to Martins.

They are not mates. Period.

So na you born burna to know the year he started school?So na school you take dey judge somebody's age?

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Joysticks:
So na you born burna to know the year he started school?So na school you take dey judge somebody's age?

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Burna Boy is 30. Or is it a lie? We know his mother, right?

If he's 30 (1991), it means in 2003 he was 12.
Now what class will a 12 year old Nigerian boy in the early 2000s be?? Answer...

Meanwhile, Martins was playing for Inter Milan in the same 2003 claiming 18 years old (actually late twenties). He was earning around £30,000 weekly then...


Obviously, you are not intelligent enough to engage me on this subject if something this simple is not clear to you. Dumbo.

Football life exist for a maximum of 14years, very few footballers play beyond 14 yrs on a professional level.

So is left for you to invest wisely in those years of your glory

DoggoneDogg:
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Burna Boy is a small boy. When Martins was counting his first billions at Inter in 2003, Burna Boy was in JSS3.

Even today, Burna Boy does not have 1 billion naira.

I know you indomie generation swallow anything your beloved fake artistes spew on their social media pages hook, line & sinker so I'm not surprised anyone would compare Burna Boy to Martins.

They are not mates. Period.

is not howfar is how well....burna boy has a bigger name compared to martins. Yes martins might have made more money in his career compared to burna's recently sparkling career. But burna has a bigger name.

I saw him yesterday � he is really fine and doing his shoe making business

DoggoneDogg:
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Burna Boy is 30. Or is it a lie? We know his mother, right?

If he's 30 (1991), it means in 2003 he was 12.
Now what class will a 12 year old Nigerian boy in the early 2000s be?? Answer...

Meanwhile, Martins was playing for Inter Milan in the same 2003 claiming 18 years old (actually late twenties). He was earning around £30,000 weekly then...


Obviously, you are not intelligent enough to engage me on this subject if something this simple is not clear to you. Dumbo.

Papa burna man.

Whoever wrote this or thought of writing it, may god punish him.

Nigerians, most unfortunate and poverty stricken Nigerians get hard at news like this and it will never be better for whoever wrote this rubbish.

ruggedtimi:
is not howfar is how well....burna boy has a bigger name compared to martins. Yes martins might have made more money in his career compared to burna's recently sparkling career. But burna has a bigger name.

You must be joking.
Believe it or not bro, Martins name is bigger than Burna Boy.

Obafemi Martins picture & name is recognizable across the world whether Chinese, Indians, Italians, British, Africans. He has played in the biggest stages both club & national teams.

Burna Boy is only known to avid African music fans. How many foreigners do you really think know these our artistes here or listen to them??

Please don't let social media fool you.

Looks cool

Burna boys thugs trying so hard to shame Obagoal

Obagoal has billions in asset so nothing in this life can make him as poor as Burna boy


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