Former graduate Man City Academy Reece Wabara has become one of the richest former football players after leaving the match at the age of 26 to build a fashion company that is reportedly worth £ 83 million.
Wabara appeared one in the Premier League during his time in Man City, after he arrived at the Clubacademie in Walsall in 2007.
The Defender, an English Youth International, emerged in the final phase of the last match of Man City of the 2010-11 season as a replacement for Pablo Zabaleta.
Wabara had several loan spells in the Football League with Ipswich Town, Oldham Athletic and Blackpool, before he arrived at Doncaster Rovers in 2014 at a permanent deal after a first loan.
Eventually he decided to call time on his football career in 2017 after having made professional performances in 2017, after he ended with short -lived spells in Barnsley, Wigan and eventually Bolton.
Wabara's retirement came when he decided to focus his attention on his fashion company, which he set up in Man City in 2013.
In 2021, Wabara spoke with The Times that he decided to establish the fashion label Kleke de Voir after a conversation with his old school friend Lewis Morgan, the co-founder of Gymshark.
'I asked, where can I maximize my potential to be great? I knew that the chances were heavy against me as a Champions League and England football player.
“I always had a way to dress that was different and Lewis said to me:” You have to do something in fashion. '
Wabara founded the Voir with an initial investment of £ 15,000, which at the time had had wages of £ 3,000, with Morgan took a 17 percent interest to set up the company.
Wabara claimed juggling with football and fashion 'ruthless' and chose to concentrate on the fashionable after his manager said his focus was divided by football and his company.
The company transferred a reported £ 1 million in the first year, with the range including £ 30 T-shirts and £ 90 tracksuits.
While the company established in Manchester has focused on women's clothing, boxer Anthony Joshua and Arsenal's Raheem Sterling have carried and approved the brand.
In 2024, Wabara's assets would have reached £ 83 million through the company.
In the figure, Wabara 33rd was on the young rich list of Sunday Times, in which his wealth has risen the previous year of £ 26 million of £ 26 million
At the time, an estimated Wabara was worth more than the English captain Harry Kane, Sterling and former Real Madrid star Gareth Bale, who also achieved the Top 40.
Last year, Wabara, who paid for himself a salary of approximately £ 111,000, bought the shares of Morgan for £ 9.4 million to fully possess the company.
Kleere de Voir, who initially sold exclusively online for 10 years, officially opened his first store in Oxford Street in December 2023.
In December the Wabara announced that his company would open their second store in New York.