According to a BBDO Germany study, Brazilian star Ronaldinho has been named the world’s most commercially valuable football player, who worths a staggering Ă‚Ł32.6m. Ronaldinho, who has been voted Fifa World Player of the Year twice, currently plays his club football for Spanish champions Barcelona.

Real Madrid player David Beckham is second on the list with a commercial value of Ă‚Ł31.2m, followed by Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney (Ă‚Ł30.4m) in third place.

BBDO Germany said in the report that ‘Beckham owes his second place in the ranking to his status as the ‘metrosexual’ prototype and the lucrative contracts this generated for him.’

Top 20 ‘world’s most valuable football player’:

• 1. Ronaldinho (Barcelona) Ă‚Ł32.6m
• 2. David Beckham (Real Madrid) Ă‚Ł31.2m
• 3. Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) Ă‚Ł30.4m
• 4. Samuel Eto’o (Barcelona) Ă‚Ł21.3m
• 5. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) Ă‚Ł21.1m
• 6. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Juventus) Ă‚Ł20.9m
• 7. Ronaldo (Real Madrid) Ă‚Ł20.4m
• 8. Frank Lampard (Chelsea) Ă‚Ł20m
• 9. Thierry Henry (Arsenal) Ă‚Ł19.95m
• 10. Michael Ballack (Bayern Munich) Ă‚Ł19.9m

• 11. Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) Ă‚Ł19.2m
• 12. Raul (Real Madrid) Ă‚Ł18.9m
• 13. Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid) Ă‚Ł18.8m
• 14. Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) Ă‚Ł18.6m
• 15. Didier Drogba (Chelsea) Ă‚Ł18.3m
• 16. Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus) Ă‚Ł12.9m
• 17. Ryan Babel (Ajax Amsterdam) Ă‚Ł12.6m
• 18. Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United) Ă‚Ł12.1m
• 19. Lukas Podolski (Cologne) Ă‚Ł11.3m
• 20. Andriy Shevchenko (AC Milan) Ă‚Ł9.9m

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