PSG star, Achraf Hakimi was the topic of discussion on social media around April 2023 when news of his divorce case went viral on social media. The Moroccan International was said to have outsmarted his wife who was looking to part with half of his fortune through divorce but she didn’t know that Hakimi had no dime to his name as he had allegedly transferred all his assets to his mother’s account.
Hakimi was lucky not to have lost any fortune to divorce like some footballers who almost went homeless following a messy divorce proceeding.
In this article, we are going to mention 5 former footballers who lost a huge fortune to a messy divorce case.
Unlike Hakimi, see 5 former footballers who lost a huge fortune to a messy divorce case
See the list of the 5 former footballers who lost a huge fortune to a messy divorce case:
- Emmanuel Eboue
- Thierry henry
- Ryan Giggs
- David James
- Paul Mason
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Emmanuel Eboue
Emmanuel Eboué is a 39-year-old Ivorian former professional footballer who played as a right-back.
From ASEC Mimosas, he moved to Europe to play for Belgium’s Beveren in 2002.
He spent most of his career, from 2005 to 2011, with Arsenal of the Premier League, playing 214 games, including the 2006 UEFA Champions League Final.
Later he moved to Galatasaray, where he played regularly and won five domestic honours in Turkey.
Eboué made his international debut for the Ivory Coast in 2004, eventually earning 79 caps by 2013.
He was part of the Ivory Coast squads at five Africa Cup of Nations tournaments and two FIFA World Cups.
Eboue had three children with his former Belgian wife, Aurélie, whom he married before joining Arsenal.
In December 2017, Eboué told the Sunday Mirror that he was poor and homeless due to his divorce and bad investments under his former wife’s control.
The 39-year-old said the divorce drove him to the brink of suicide after his wife, Aurelie, allegedly took everything he had, including their three children, mansion, cars and their first house in North London, where he was ordered by a court to surrender ownership.
