who is the richest man in the world at present. 2. Who is the richest footballer in the world?
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1. Bill Gates\n2. David Beckham\n3. 47, 48 on August 29, 2006\n4. That's a subjective question but I'd say FDR
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Technically Sammy Eto'o or Ronaldinho would be up there. Physically then your looking at Gerrard but its Thierry isnt it? surely the guy used to be a winger and not even a very good one now is arguably the strongest, quickest and technically most advanced footballer in the world. In my opinion a true athlete.
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ronaldinho m8 then beckham.ballack is goin 2 earn $300,000au per week\nhope that helps
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1. Ronaldinho (by far the best player right now, i mean hes phenomenal)\n\n2. Thierry Henry (even though i despise him, he has to be the best goal scorer right now, some may argue that eto or shevchenko are better, i like them both better then henry, but truth is Henry is brilliant)\n\n3. Lionel Messi ( at the age of 18 this kid is a brilliant player, smart, fast, and can play at any level, club or national. da kid is outstanding)\n\n*** Rooney and shevchenko come close
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When you said the most expensive football player that means how expensive you can sell him it doesn´t matter his salary only matter is the revenue (for the club) for that player. \n\nI have to say that is Ronaldinho because he has a Contract Resetion Clause of 100 millions of Euros (it is the highest among the football players) that means if a club wants him and barcelona don´t want to sell him the other club has to pay the clause to release him from barcelona\n\nNow the best paid football player is Zinedine Zidane\n\nAnd the richest football player is David Beckham
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Yes, according to the Forbes 2005 World Billionare List, Warren Buffett is the richest man in the world, with a personal worth of $44 Billion, second only to Bill Gates.
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^^^^^ that dude is crazy, he forgot the top 2 goalies in the world!\n\n1. Petr Cech\n2. Gianluigi Buffon\n3. Dida\n4. Lehmann\n5. Sanchez\n\nHonorable Mention:\n\nKeller\nRobinson\nCasillas\nAbbondanzieri\nRicardo
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If you are just talking about this world cup alone, the leading scorer is Miroslav Klose of Germany and he has 4 goals.  And then Hernan Crespo of Argentina, Fernando Torres of Spain, Lukas Podolski of Germany, Maxi Rodriguez of Argentina, and Agustin Delgado of Ecuador each has 3 goals.  There are even more players who have 2 goals.  Please go to http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/stats/detail.html?section=ia&sort=GF for more details.\n\nHowever, if you are talking about all time highest, then after the two goals Ronaldo of Brazil got in the match against Japan, he has tied the top spot with Gerd Muller of Germany who has 14 goals.  Just Fontaine of France has 13 and Pele of Brazil has 12.
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Ronaldiniho (Brazil and Barcelona). He was awarded as the FIFA FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR for last 2 consecutive years.
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He is so rich they don't even call him "rich". The term is actually wealthy and yes he is definitely the wealthiest man on earth. He has more money than some small countries.
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Ronaldihino from Brazil....best player...belongs to best team for ever ....thumps up!!!
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Players incomes are in millions of euros: \n\n\nPLAYER                       SALARY             TOTAL\n\n1.  Ronaldinho             8.5               23.0\n2.  David Beckham          6.4               18.0\n3.  Ronaldo                6.4               17.4\n4.  Wayne Rooney           5.2               16.1\n5.  Christian Vieri        4.0               16.0\n6.  Zinedine Zidane        6.4               15.0\n7.  Alessandro del Piero   4.2               11.5\n8.  Frank Lampard          7.2                9.8\n9.  Thierry Henry          4.5                9.8\n10. John Terry             5.9                9.7\n11. Steven Gerrard         6.7                9.2\n12. Oliver Kahn            6.0                9.1\n13. Rio Ferdinand          7.2                9.0\n14. Raul Gonzalez          6.4                8.9\n15. Michael Owen           5.0                8.7\n16. Ruud van Nistelrooy    6.4                8.5\n17. Francesco Totti        5.6                8.4\n18. Michael Ballack        5.5                8.4\n19. Harry Kewell           5.7                7.9\n20. Patrick Vieira         5.0                7.5\nhttp://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000086&sid=aJp.OpANDbuU&refer=latin_america\n\nParis, April 25 (DPA) Brazilian soccer star Ronaldinho displaced David Beckham as the globe's highest-paid footballer, the French weekly France Football reported Tuesday. \n\nThe 2005 winner of the Ballon d'Or for best footballer in the world, who plays with Barcelona, will earn a total of 23 million euros ($28.5 million) this year, nearly three times as much as he made in 2005.\n\nThis total includes a salary of 8.5 million euros in bonuses and about 14 million euros income from advertising.\n\nBeckham came in second on the list, with earnings of 18 million euros for 2006, down from the 25 million euros he made last year.\n\nHe was followed by another Real Madrid 'Galactico', Brazilian striker Ronaldo with 17.4 million euros, England striker Wayne Rooney with 16.1 million euros and Monaco's Italian striker Christina Vieri at 16 million euros.\n\nWhile there are only two Chelsea players among the world's top 20 earners, the club's outspoken coach, Jose Mourinho, topped the trainer list with 10.9 million euros.\n\nFar behind in second place was England's Swedish coach Sven-Goran Eriksson with 6.9 million euros, followed by Manchester United trainer Alex Ferguson at 5.95 million euros.\n\nhttp://in.sports.yahoo.com/060425/43/63s57.html\n\n\nBrazil's Ronaldinho, the world player of the year, ended David Beckham's three-year tenure as soccer's richest player, according to France Football magazine's annual rich list. Ronaldinho's earnings more than tripled in the last year to 23 million euros ($28.5 million), $6.2 million more than Beckham.\nhttp://www.startribune.com/503/story/393205.html
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He is still the richest man in the world
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Yes, according to the Forbes 2005 World Billionare List, Bill Gates is the richest man in the world, with a personal worth of $ 46.5 Billion. He is the Chairman and Chief Software Architect of Microsoft Corporation.
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their is alot.zidane, ronaldihno, ronaldo, beckham, pele, maradona and alot more
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Yep - it looks like Mr. Microsoft wins again.  Attached is a list of the world's wealthiest by country: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_billionaires_%282005%29
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I think in salary Michael Ballack is the highest paid footballer around.\n\nIn terms of other stuff like endorsements etc it is still Beckham.