Victor Wanyama Montreal Salary: The salary former Kenyan international footballer Victor Wanyama earns at Montreal Impact has been revealed. Wanyama, the salary shows, is among the highest paid players at the club.
Wanyama plays for Club de Foot Montréal and is reported to be earning an annual salary of 2.4 million dollars, which translates to Sh. 266 million.
According to information on mlsplayers.org, the former Kenyan international bags a guaranteed compensation that rises up to 3 million dollars (Sh. 342 million). In a month, Wanyama averages Sh. 22,220,000 per month.
The Annual Average Guaranteed Compensation comprises a player’s base salary and all signing and bonuses annualised over the term of the player’s contract, including option years.
Wanyama joined Montreal after leaving the English Premier League side Tottenham after a frustrating two seasons. At Tottenham, Wanyama was earning £3,380,000 (Sh. 436 million) annually. That means Wanyama was in 12th place in Tottenham Hotspur F.C. in the 2019/20 payroll with weekly income of £65,000 (Sh. 8.3 million).
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Wanyama was born 25 June 1991. He played as a defensive midfielder for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and captained the Kenyan national team.
Wanyama became the first ever Kenyan player to score in the UEFA Champions League when he scored the first goal in Celtic’s 2–1 win over Barcelona on 7 November 2012. On 11 July 2013, Wanyama moved to Premier League club Southampton for £12.5 million making him the most expensive player sold by a Scottish club, surpassing the £9.5 million Russian club Spartak Moscow paid for Aiden McGeady in 2010.
Wanyama attended Kamukunji High School, which fields a successful football team. Upon leaving High School, he also played with JMJ Academy for three years during which time he also joined Kenyan Premier League clubs Nairobi City Stars and AFC Leopards. In 2007, he joined Allsvenskan club Helsingborg but after the departure of his brother McDonald Mariga to Serie A side Parma in 2008, Wanyama returned to Kenya.
Wanyama made his debut for the Kenyan national team in May 2007, aged just 15 in a friendly against Nigeria. He also played in all six of Kenya’s 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.