Riyad Mahrez Net Worth

What is Riyad Mahrez's Net Worth and Salary?

Riyad Mahrez is an Algerian professional footballer who has a net worth of $125 million.

After beginning his career in France with Quimper and Le Havre, Mahrez joined Leicester City in 2014. At the time, Leicester was not a glamour destination, but the move changed his life. He helped the club earn promotion to the Premier League and then became one of the central figures in one of the greatest underdog stories in sports history. During the 2015-16 season, Mahrez starred alongside Jamie Vardy and N'Golo Kanté as Leicester won the Premier League title at 5,000-to-1 preseason odds. Mahrez was named PFA Players' Player of the Year, becoming the first African player to win the award.

In 2018, Mahrez joined Manchester City, where he added a long list of major trophies. Under Pep Guardiola, he won multiple Premier League titles, domestic cups, and the UEFA Champions League. He was an important attacking option in City's 2022-23 treble-winning season, giving the club elite technical quality, set-piece ability, and experience on the right side.

Internationally, Mahrez became the face of Algeria's national team. His greatest achievement came in 2019, when he captained Algeria to the Africa Cup of Nations title. In 2023, he moved to Al Ahli in Saudi Arabia, securing one of the most lucrative contracts of his career.

Saudi Contract

In July 2023, Riyad Mahrez signed a 4-year contract with the Saudi club, Al-Ahli. The deal comes with a staggering weekly salary, exceeding £870,000. This works out to around $54 million per year and makes him one of the highest-paid players in the Saudi Pro League. Perhaps most importantly, his Saudi salary is 100% tax free. So, over the four seasons playing for Al-Ahli, Riyad will earn $216 million without paying a dime in taxes.

Early Life

Riyad Mahrez was born on February 21, 1991 in Sarcelles, France to an Algerian father and a mother of Algerian and Moroccan descent. A skilled footballer from an early age, he joined the youth club AAS Sarcelles in 2004, for which he played until 2009.

Start of Senior Career

Mahrez began his senior career with CFA side Quimper, making 22 appearances for the team and scoring two goals in the 2009-10 season. He subsequently joined Le Havre, playing for the club's reserve team before making 60 appearances for the first team in Ligue 2 from 2011 to early 2014. Mahrez was critical of Ligue 2 for what he saw as an over-reliance on defense.

Leicester City

In early 2014, Mahrez was signed by the English Championship club Leicester City. The team went on to finish the season by winning the Championship, securing its return to the Premier League for the first time in a decade. In the 2014-15 season, Mahrez made 30 appearances for Leicester and recorded four goals and three assists. The following season, he scored a hat-trick in Leicester's 3-0 defeat of Swansea City, and finished the season with 17 goals as Leicester won the Premier League.

In the 2016-17 season, Mahrez recorded six goals in 36 league appearances for Leicester. Although the club experienced declining success, it managed to reach the quarterfinals of the Champions League. In May, Mahrez played his 100th Premier League game for Leicester. At the end of the season, he announced his desire to leave the club, and in early 2018 he asked for a transfer. When a move to Manchester City fell through, Mahrez ceased going to training at Leicester.

Manchester City

Mahrez signed with Manchester City on a five-year contract in the summer of 2018. He had immediate success with the club when he debuted as a starter in August, helping City win the FA Community Shield. In early 2019, he won his second title with City by winning the EFL Cup. The club finished the season by winning the Premier League title and the FA Cup, completing a domestic treble. In the 2019-2020 season, City won a second consecutive EFL Cup; it would win a third in the 2020-21 season. City also won another Premier League title in 2020-21, and for the first time ever reached the final of the UEFA Champions League.

In the 2021-22 season, Mahrez scored 24 goals in all competitions, a personal single-season high and enough to be shortlisted for the Ballon d'Or. Moreover, for the second consecutive season, City won the Premier League. Mahrez went on to have a historic season in 2022-23 as City won the Premier League, the FA Cup, and the UEFA Champions League, in the process completing a continental treble. He became the second Algerian player ever to win the Champions League, after Rabah Madjer with Porto in 1987.

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Al-Ahli

In July of 2023, Mahrez was transferred to the Saudi Pro League club Al-Ahli. On August 11, he debuted in his first competitive game for the club and recorded an assist in a victory over Al-Hazem.

International Career

Mahrez first played with the Algeria national football team in the 2014 FIFA World Cup, where the team made it to the last 16. He went on to play for Algeria in multiple Africa Cup of Nations tournaments, winning the 2019 tournament to give the country its second title and first in nearly three decades.

Personal Life

In 2015, Mahrez married Rita Johal. They had two daughters together before separating. Mahrez went on to marry English model Taylor Ward, with whom he had a daughter in 2022.

A practicing Muslim, Mahrez made the Umrah pilgrimage to Mecca in 2017.

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