Ghana: Football and Big Money – What Some Professional Players in Ghana Told Us About Handling Their Finances

Footballers are among the best paid sportsmen in most parts of the world.

The unfortunate reality, however, is that the retirement experiences of many former professional footballers have been awful. Within the sports media landscape, there have been reported cases of once-wealthy footballers who have gone bankrupt soon upon retirement. Notable examples in Ghana are former Black Stars players Sammy Adjei, John Naawu, Joe Odoi, Prince Addu Poku and Amusa Gbadamoshie.

According to some academics…