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Gary Lineker: Net Worth and Career Highlights
Gary Lineker is a retired English footballer and sports broadcaster with a net worth of $35 million. He holds the English record for most goals scored in FIFA World Cup finals play, with ten. Lineker’s career began at his hometown club Leicester City, where he scored 95 goals in 194 appearances. He also played for Everton, Barcelona, Tottenham Hotspur, and Nagoya Grampus Eight, scoring a total of 330 goals in his 16-year career.
After retiring from playing, Lineker joined the BBC and hosted their flagship football program “Match of the Day,” as well as appeared on the sports game show “They Think It’s All Over.” He has also written columns for “The Sunday Telegraph” and worked for the NBC Sports Network. In 2003, Lineker was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame.
In 2017, it was revealed that Gary Lineker earns a salary of $3 million per year to host “Match of the Day.”