How An 'Average' Premier League Player Became The Richest Athlete in History

What if I told you that the richest footballer in history - contrary to these popular lists - was actually an average midfielder who would rarely even make the starting XI throughout his entire career? Well, he's not just the richest footballer, but the richest professional athlete in history.
Let's look at the story of how an 'average' career let Mathieu Flamini become one of the richest and youngest multi-billionaires on earth.
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1:00-4:14 The Rise of Mathieu Flamini
4:15-9:37 How Mathieu Flamini Became RICH
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[@RaymarFootball]

Leave a like if you enjoyed, it's the best way to support the channel 🙏 ❤ Let me know what video you want next!

[@nishanth668]

A video about Thomas Muller would be great. Dude has had a better career than even Neymar and is also retiring soon

[@footewalker6094]

Always. Dont ever stop!

[@johnjones665]

A video about Jorge El magico Gonzales, would be great

[@afctaylor12]

Not sure how he could be seen as average he mounted a title challenge got to two European finals won a few fa cups and payed for Top 4 teams. He was outside top top 5 in his position as a cdm with his hight show his football intelligence to survive that role

[@FAVanguard]

Mathieu Flamini wasn't a bench warmer. He was a Swiss Knife. Same versatility that allows him to succeed outside of football

[@RaymarFootball]

most of his career he was, a very good one who had more heart than most starters albeit

[@Huttinwabbitz]

You mean "Swiss army knife"

[@donnieamz2938]

​@@RaymarFootball he was not a bench warmer, he was a regular player for years

[@xCestLaVie1]

Yet not even close to being a star player, which is typical of rich footballers right? ​@donnieamz2938

[@goodfella1401]

Flamini was not an average midfielder. That guy stepped up when Fabregas left Arsenal. A guy who played on intellect and not just brute force

[@RaymarFootball]

definitely, he had an insane work rate and more passion than most starters. But from a purely technical standpoint he wasn’t very elite

[@power279]

he's a pro. not sunday league player. he is elite.​@@RaymarFootball

[@brianduru3753]

How could he have stepped up when Fabregas left Arsenal when he left Arsenal before Fabregas did????

[@Not_A_Robot95]

@@brianduru3753 He had two stints there

[@Hypocrisy.Allergic]

Average af bro

[@draculemihawk10]

Day 7 of asking Raymar to make a video about Gheorghe Hagi

[@RaymarFootball]

Okay, I will brother 😆

[@stonedtrooper2586]

​@@RaymarFootball Goat

[@draculemihawk10]

@@RaymarFootball Noice Thank you bro!

[@westington1]

@@RaymarFootballYou may have already done this and I’ve missed it - but if you haven’t - please do a video on Michael Laudrup, He was the best midfielder in the world in his day, and one of the very best in history. There’s an hourlong KZbin vid of just Laudrup passing, and it’s incredible - would recommend a watch for you there 👊🏻

[@Bruh-7]

​@@RaymarFootballCan you also make a vid about Raúl?

[@gregorykomlosi2030]

There must be an error on his wage when he returned to Arsenal: it probably was 60k GBP a week or per month, not per year.

[@RaymarFootball]

My bad 😭 yeah, definitely meant to say a week as I was sarcastic how its still a ton of money

[@caralho5237]

That shit got me worried 😂 There are waiters making 60k a year

[@Inquisitive_Nomad]

Really?? Where do you live?​@@caralho5237

[@beLIEve77]

There must be another error on the subject. A multibillion company with $8m revenue and 50 employees? Even GameStop don't do that.

[@williammccormick1092]

I think it was per week for sure.

[@kylejohnston-read7484]

Referring to flamini as a premier league bench warmer is soo disrespectful to his career getting over 300 appearances

[@nikolamanojlovicci]

out of interest, what percentage of these 300+ appearances were off the bench?

[@Hypocrisy.Allergic]

he has around 200 matches in terms of minutes

[@tomwalker389]

Dude is now 1.3x richer than Roman Abramovich. Let that sink in.

[@gregorykomlosi2030]

Players interesting to cover: Kompany, Batistuta, KDB, Stoichkov, Nilis, Robben, Klinsmann, Cantona

[@misaelmendoza9725]

Not sure if he’s done Robben but someone has and it’s a good vid

[@anantasutrisno7136]

And Bixente Lizarazu

[@Neveri93]

I think Flamini was super intelligent player. He understood how to help win games with his skills and positioning even though he wasn't the most skilled or fastest on the field. The guy who you don't want but you absolutely need if you want to be successful in football.

[@beyondthesuits6931]

Flamini, Rosicky and Eboue, absolute cault heroes

[@nishanth668]

A video about Thomas Muller would be great. Dude has had a better career than even Neymar and is also retiring soon

[@RaymarFootball]

Yup, but thats insane how this statement is true tbh, Neymar was supposed to be Him

[@SonuSharma-xx2hj]

When is he retiring

[@SonuSharma-xx2hj]

​@@RaymarFootballcould u make a videos ranking legends like Messi , Ronaldo,pele , Cruyff nd puskas

[@nishanth668]

@@SonuSharma-xx2hj It's said to be next year.

[@hassanabedi4780]

As someone who loved Arsenal FC, I concur that most of us really liked him, a talented hard worker who fulfilled his role, no flashy tricks, just pure football.

[@amudhasridanceschool4345]

Bro was in a dude perfect video to a multi billionaire. Crazy

[@RaymarFootball]

crazy indeed

[@allhaildrewzavic2838]

I wouldnt call Flammini a "pretty average midfielder". I thought he was pretty good actually.

[@Biomirth]

I think most people that really like the game more broadly would agree. He did what he did as well as anyone.

[@Maxthekillbot]

Please make a video about Fabio Cannavaro and how he became one of the best center backs in the world despite being only 5 foot 9.

[@RaymarFootball]

The legend is definitely on the list 🫡

[@luqmanmohd2737]

He's nowhere near average. Average is like a Gareth Southgate, or a Robbie Savage, playing for mid teams, or average teams. At one point in time, Flamini, Hleb, Fabregas and Rosicky were the best midfield in the prem, came close to winning the prem even.

[@Money_Busters]

Inspiring

[@TheKatraponga]

Surprising video, mate! Loved you changed the background music too, this is the one we associate with the Raymar channel.

[@RaymarFootball]

Glad you liked it brother ❤much love

[@JAYDUBYAH29]

4:23 I can guarantee you that was a drop from $100K to $60K A WEEK -not a year. He was playing in the Premier League, my friend, not driving a bus in Pittsburgh! Otherwise, great video!

[@RaymarFootball]

I meant a week haha 😂 my bad, I even joked how its an insane amount of money still

[@netking767]

U meant a week! Haha

[@kunimitsune177]

*£

[@99alp99fila]

Funfact:Mathieu Flamini at age 24 founded GFBiochemicals gear investment indeed

[@ciko18]

Raymar can you make video about Malaysian footballer? #1

[@Maxthekillbot]

You should also do a video about Filippo Inzaghi, the best striker who couldn't play football.

[@RaymarFootball]

Definitely on the list 🫡

[@emmanueletuk199]

Really great

[@gmonty2095]

Imagine him playing in company football matches. He smokes his employees.

[@RaymarFootball]

🤣🤣🤣

[@jimbojimbo6873]

I still remember him Fabregas and Hleb as the spoice boys Whyd you leave flamini

[@corn985]

You must mean going from 100k to 60k per a week and not a year.

[@slickwiz334]

Of course he meant per week, anyone with common sense would figure that out

[@RaymarFootball]

Yeah I did haha, my bad. Thats why I joked about how its still an insane amount if money

[@ErborEbo-xn7hf]

Do a vid about crespo, luis hernandez

[@dominokar]

Incredible story ❤

[@RaymarFootball]

thanks for watching ❤️

[@whywouldi603]

hey raymar, can you make a video on Steve mcmanaman?

[@RaymarFootball]

Interesting choice 🤔 can definitely add it to the list!

[@skilliyeng]

Once ah Gunner always a Gunner

[@FIFAStreet.]

Please make a video about Riquelme

[@Donnnel]

Raymar can you make a Stoichkov video?

[@RaymarFootball]

I need to 🫡

[@Wristwatchme]

What a legend! No ego is a man’s best friend!

[@Namesjoshk]

Day 1 of asking of Could please do a video on el magico Gonzalez

[@timmyfung01]

the fact that he is still trying to learn more from those PHD is incredible. with his wealth earned from his football career alone he could have sit back and live a relatively luxurious life after retirement, but he decided not to and still challenge himself in a new field, even then he still work out at a high level for 5 days a week. This go to show his character. he is humble, intelligent, willing to adapt and disciplined, he deserve his success. I never really like Arsenal but I respect this man.

[@cfcfan72]

I think you meant 60k a week not 60k a year. I don’t think any PL first team player has earned as little as 60k a year since the early 2000s

[@RaymarFootball]

Yeah I meant per week, hence why I joked about it still being so much money, my bad haha

[@616inLA]

Make a video about the Real Madrid legend Pirri!!!!!!

[@intenzityd3181]

Flamini was one of the best players in the prem for a period of time. Certainly one of the best for Arsenal back then after Fabregas left. I don't really get why you're treating him like he's Tom Cleverley.

[@josephodoi5018]

A VIDEO ABOUT ABOUTRIKA . HE WAS SO INSANE IN YOUR VIDEO

[@andreasgravgaard4559]

Please make on on Peter schmeichel

[@RaymarFootball]

I need to!

[@sansansanjay4174]

love him when played at Milan

[@nocapfacts9330]

Make a video on kroos career. One if the best midfielder imo

[@RaymarFootball]

an absolute legend indeed! I need to

[@jron20r51]

wow great hard working guy, and played for 2 fav teams....good for him

[@RaymarFootball]

yup, hard work pays off 💪

[@flankspeed]

Fascinating stuff. He could be a dream club owner. And he's made his money in a way that's not too dodgy too, unlike certain others *cough Chelsea Man City Newcastle cough*

[@kynthirkhonglam1478]

Please make a video of India legend Sunil Chhetri ❤❤❤❤

[@SuccessServer]

Do Kevin Phillips

[@ad_xn0]

day 1 of asking raymar to make a video about el magico gonzalez(salvadorian legend)

[@Dalethegoat]

Bros a genius

[@joritole2882]

please do claudio marchiso

[@kuanhau4323]

The black football boots is the information I forgot and shows his personality.

[@JonasFilberg]

Lord Flamini

[@AtheMavuso]

How a video about Benny McCarthy...

[@SiggiTh]

Faiq Bolkiah is quite well off financially too - about 2x as well as Flamini.

[@RaymarFootball]

Every news article likes to say his uncle’s money is his, but his uncle is worth 30b max. No way his nephew has 20b

[@itwontbeTV]

The company has 80 employees, half a wikipedia page and isn't listed on any stock exchange. I doubt the company is even worth the paper it's written on

[@roselineukpanah1222]

I think it is a futuristic worth

[@aatifshawkat7712]

Day 1 of asking Raymar Football to make a 2010 Inter video

[@Ruphus8558]

Hey, do make a video about Ibrahim Afellay 😊😊

[@misaelmendoza9725]

Do Andres Guardado

[@palerider7353]

1:50 is that Pochettino?

[@josephodoi5018]

JUST HOW GOOD WAS SANTA CRUZ THE STREETS WILL NEVER FORGET OR JUST HOW GOOD WAS CAVANI. HE JUST RETIRED SO I THINK A VIDEO WOULD BE JUSTICE TO HIM

[@Mushroomhead328]

Isn’t like there a player in like a random country that is the prince that had like 20b

[@RaymarFootball]

It’s his uncle’s money, the Sultan of Brunei

[@Mushroomhead328]

@@RaymarFootball oh thanks

[@DoomZ-mq7bg]

Waiting for George Best 😢

[@misaelmendoza9725]

Day 1 of asking Raymar to make a video about Gio Dos Santos

[@RaymarFootball]

I already did bro 🤣

[@misaelmendoza9725]

@@RaymarFootball damn bro I didn’t notice I already watched it🤦🏽‍♂️

[@matthewturley352]

I think you messed up a little here. You called him average but then went on to talk about how good he is. You even called him a French prodigy. Just strange to contradict yourself, though, it's probably for people to comment something.

[@oz1erol839]

What about the nephew of the prince of Brunei ?? He is a also a football player. Who you think is richer ? Or can not compare ?

[@RaymarFootball]

people like to say his uncle’s money is his

[@NickoAshby-ld4kx]

Average players don't make the French national team, arsenal & A.C Milan...he's far from Average

[@TechSiyaad]

Flamini was not an average player, he was great at Arsenal and we loved his attitude and professionalism, so don't call him average that is disrespectful to him, if you comparing to Messi or like he was not like them but he was a very good midfielder and committed one.

[@mayaorozco6374]

Flamini should build himself a statue outside Emirates 😆

[@RaymarFootball]

🤣🤣🤣 if he buys the club whats stopping him

[@mohammedidris2932]

Just make a video on joe hart

[@olefben]

The facts in this video are so wrong that I can't even reach half way

[@Brentrobbo]

WHOA WHOA Benchwarmer?? No no no brother...

[@RaymarFootball]

Yeah not exactly, but he did come off the bench more often than not

[@everybodylovesab]

4:23 Did he really only make 60,000 a YEAR, not week/month? That's like a regular employee's wage lol

[@SaelPossible]

Not early 2000s lmao

[@sebfox2194]

Nah, it would likely have been 60k a week, not a year. The average Premier League Football player makes around £3.2 million / $4.1 million per year, and most guys in the Arsenal 1st 11 make significantly more than average.

[@sebfox2194]

​@SaelPossible In 2005, the average basic salary in the Premier League was around £650k per year with take-home pay after bonuses of close to £1 million per year. Someone who was a regular for Arsenal, like Flamini, may even have been on twice the average amount. So, I wouldn't be surprised to hear that he earned £1.5 to £2 million per year in 2005.

[@RaymarFootball]

Yes I meant per week my bad 😂 I was even sarcastic about how its still an insane wage

[@DidYaServe]

I hope his industry succeeds and replaces plastic but he was a terrible investment for Milan on a Bosman but at £100,000 a week.

[@RaymarFootball]

Yup; gotta show more love for mother earth

[@tariqbahemia7887]

French Roy Keane

[@dadisajo9]

LoL no

[@andyhepburn2842]

Signed a contract for 60k a year instead of 100k - I think that’s meant to be a week 🤣 ?

[@RaymarFootball]

yeah 😂 I meant week

[@user-uv1vj3qx5h]

Any player who started a game for arsenal under arsene Wenger is definitely NOT average! To get to that level even for one start you have to be in the top 1% of football players on the entire planet!

[@RaymarFootball]

True, but I meant “average” more like “normal” prem league midfield in overall ability

[@markpolshin1633]

60к a year?

[@RS-xx9ve]

I dont think he's by any means the richest athlete in history. What about showjumpers with inherited money, that tennis player, Brunei royals, Vialli and many, many others.

[@RaymarFootball]

that Brunei athlete isnt true, they just gave his uncle (the sultan’s) net worth as his since theyre related 😂

[@gicu_ucenicu]

I don’t think that playing for Arsenal can be “average” for a footballer. Not an Arsenal fan

[@RaymarFootball]

far from a star still, but he was an absolute warrior

[@heidetermeg427]

Another GREAT video, Raymar! Love to see you doing videos on players that weren't household names. Let's push RAYMAR to 1 million subs - and have a face reveal, by the end of it? :D Dude is the BEST at covering football - And Ray has more than earned the recognition. SUB TO THIS GUY!

[@RaymarFootball]

appreciate the support brother ❤️ really means a lot

[@Spahici]

he went from an arsenal player to being rich enough to buy arsenal

[@RaymarFootball]

insane

[@darrenlee9237]

£100,000 per year? Don't you mean per week?

[@RaymarFootball]

Yeah I meant per week haha

[@ojvic7297]

Flamini was not average

[@jayecks1]

He's no scrub or he was a good player at Arsenal and A.C Milan

[@RaymarFootball]

didnt say he was a scrub haha

[@jayecks1]

@@RaymarFootball yea I know and I understand your point too. I even remember Alexander Helb too some unsung heros of Arsenal. I even remember Diaby #2 from Arsenal and I doubt he played 5 matches for the team

[@TheFootballKid710]

Bro Prime Arsenal Thierry Henry, Robin Van Persie, Dennis Berkgam and Mathieu Flamini. I heard that in 2003 arsenal was about to sign Ronaldinho imagine that💀

[@RaymarFootball]

Yup Arsenal back then would have won several titles in these years

[@choysum]

Gotta be kidding me. You think everyone is Steven gerrard? Just being there he is already one of the best in the world.

[@AMIRULASYRAF-gm4vo]

As a united fans. Nah Flamini isn't average.

[@jonisilk]

Far from average, though he never achieved his full potential, but he was a cracking player and even represented France at a time when their midfield was still stacked.

[@RaymarFootball]

average(but I mean more lik decent) for the top of footballing world

[@Dalethegoat]

Did know haalands father could have a billionaire too

[@lrlwbw9]

Trust me bro

[@RaymarFootball]

really? 🤔

[@Dalethegoat]

@@RaymarFootball he's the person to program an AI generated footballer

[@felixmaina1251]

the most physical midfielder in Arsenal,..dude caught Alot of yellow cards...

[@RaymarFootball]

a warriors on the pitch fr

[@jordanoneill1595]

Flamini was unbelievable 😂 Cool video, but the analysis on his footballing career is nonsense

[@Qaustyyy]

Raymar is the GOAT 🐐🐐🐐

[@Biomirth]

The main thing really wrong here is that you suggest twice that "Flamini only scored 6 goals that season" or whatever as if goals are the measure of a footballer. They are the measure of a striker or attacking player. When you say that twice, you sound like you don't understand football at all.

[@RaymarFootball]

😂 relax, he scored that many goals after several seasons

[@rockford717]

Flamini was not an average player... he played for both Gunner and AC Milan. If you are not an elite who is better than 99.99% footballer in the world, you don't play 200 games for Gunner and AC Milan

[@RaymarFootball]

I’m obviously not comparing him to Ligue 2 or Serie B players 🤣

[@sebfox2194]

Flamini was a good player. Not a benchwarmer.

[@Blaze8247]

Did i hear right? Did you make a mistake when you said he went from getting paid 100K a year to 60K a year when he went back to arsenal? did you mean a week or month?

[@phoenix5054]

TLDR. The guy is a founder for GF Biochemicals.

[@Monstrosity993]

Bolkiah?

[@RaymarFootball]

his uncles net worth

[@JM-cg2mj]

Baller.

[@robthomas3968]

The voice on this video is creepy

[@jmsa2760]

So much rubbish going around. 1. Flamini is closer to Neymar, Ronaldo, etc, than we are to him. Sure. That's true of the lowest reservist in the Premier League. Find the bench player from Sheffield Utd this season and he'll tie you in knots without breaking a sweat. Amazing the lack on understanding of football the authors have. Flamini was a top footballer, not an average one. Not world class, but definitely good enough to be at the very least a regular squad player in 2 of the top teams in the world for about a decade. Try that. 2. Where is the original valuation of GF Biochemicals? I see reference to Forbes, but can't find anything. 20 Billion? The biofuels market in total is perhaps that large today ad GF Biochemicals is only one of the companies and he does not own it outright (doubt is stake is even anything close to 50%). 3. Levulinic acid is not a biofuel. It is a so called "platform chemical" which can be used for biofuels and other chemicals. It is like a master key Lego piece you can use for all kinds of things. But GF Biochemicals is not the only company working on Levulinic Acid. BTW, I actually know the technology heads of the company. They themselves don't feel they work at such a valuable company. They trust the company will develop well, but it isn't anywhere close enough to make Flamini so rich. Even in just "valuation paper" of his company.