Nigeria Best Paid Player Ighalo Outshines Second Highest-Earner In China After Bagging Brace

Odion Ighalo got off the mark for Changchun Yatai in the Chinese Super League on Saturday but his goals counted for nothing with his team losing 3-2 to Obafemi Martins's Shanghai Shenhua.

After he was fouled in the box, Ighalo kept his cool to convert a penalty in the 40th minute to equalize for Changchun Yatai.

Five minutes after the restart, the former Watford star tapped home from close range to put the finishing touch on a counter-attacking move and bagged his brace in the process.

The game was heading for a draw until the 88th minute when Giovanni Andres Moreno popped up to score the winner after he was teed up by Martins.

Whilst the ex-Inter Milan and Newcastle United star lasted the distance on his first appearance of this season, Ighalo subbed out in the 73rd minute with the game tied at 2-2.

Odion Ighalo is the top earning Nigerian professional footballer, with guaranteed wages of more than €12.1 million per season,followed by Martins who takes home €8.4 million every year.
 
Ifeanyi Emmanuel