Ex-Premier League star, 32, who earned millions playing for Newcastle now earns just £360 a week as an apprentice

AN EX-Premier League prima who earned millions playing for Newcastle present earns conscionable £360 a week arsenic an apprentice.

Sammy Ameobi earned an estimated £6.4m during his 11 twelvemonth vocation that saw him marque 264 appearances for teams crossed the apical 3 leagues successful the EFL.

However, it arsenic present been revealed that the erstwhile multi-millionaire footballer works arsenic an apprentice, earning conscionable £22,000 a year.

This means the 32-year-old is present earning the equivalent of much than 26 times little what helium was paid for, connected average, during his footballing career.

The star, who was with Newcastle United arsenic a junior, made his archetypal elder quality for the nine during their 2010/11 season.

Ameobi's archetypal extremity for the elder squad successful a affable against Darlington successful July 2011 sparked a transportation penetration by jubilant fans.

He went connected to marque 52 much appearances for the squad successful the Premier League, with his champion play successful the top-flight being 2014-15.

In that play the winger made 25 league appearances and scored 2 goals.

Ameobi besides appeared connected indebtedness for Middlesbrough and Cardiff City successful the Championship during the 2012-13 and 2015-16 seasons respectively.

After Newcastle were relegated to the Championship successful 2016, helium was sent retired connected indebtedness to League One broadside Bolton Wanderers.

There, helium scored 4 goals crossed each competitions successful the 2016-17 play and helped beforehand the squad to the Championship.

He besides made 4 appearances astatine the process extremity of the play for Newcastle United which saw them promoted backmost to the Premier League.

Ameobi was past signed by Bolton connected a escaped transportation successful July 2017, making 91 appearances for the nine crossed each competitions implicit the pursuing 2 seasons, scoring 12 goals.

The winger, who's a devout Christian, made the determination to Championship rivals Nottingham Forest astatine the extremity of the 2018-19 season.

There, helium made 81 appearances and scored 8 goals successful each competitions, earlier moving to Middlesbrough 2 seasons later.

However, this determination did not pb to immoderate elder squad appearances, with Ameobi leaving the club, and his football vocation each together, successful July 2022.

He had besides played doubly for the Nigeria U20s and 5 times for the England U21s earlier helium committed to the Nigerian nationalist team.

His brothers Shola and Tomi are besides some nonrecreational footballers, with Sammy playing alongside the erstwhile astatine Newcastle United.

In August 2013, the brace were the archetypal brothers successful Newcastle's past to people successful the aforesaid crippled during a 2-0 triumph implicit Morecambe successful the League Cup.

Then, successful 2014, Ameobi became the fastest scoring substitute from unfastened play successful the past of the Premier League erstwhile helium scored aft conscionable 8 seconds of the 2nd fractional against Tottenham Hotspur.

HIT AND RUN INCIDENT

It comes arsenic the erstwhile prima escaped a driving prohibition aft helium caused a deed and tally roadworthy mishap which near a teenage miss successful A&E.

Ameobi claimed helium had been racing to get to enactment for his caller £360 a week apprentice occupation erstwhile the smashed his Audi E-Tron with a personalised sheet into Beth Egerton's Citroen C1.

The crash, which took spot connected November 12 past twelvemonth astatine a roundabout during the greeting unreserved hour, saw Ameobi fly the scene, leaving the 19-year-old successful the wreckage.

Beth's conveyance was propelled into the way of coming traffic, according to her family, and she suffered undisclosed injuries successful the crash.

She was taken to infirmary and her car was written off.

Beth's parent Vicky posted a nationalist entreaty for information, including the unsocial SAMM11Y fig sheet of his electric 4x4, helping to way down devout Christian Ameobi.

She said successful her appeal: "My girl was conscionable going to enactment minding her ain business.

"This idiosyncratic needs to instrumentality accountability for their actions.’’

Police besides utilized CCTV footage of the mishap to way Ameobi down, who besides had nary valid security to thrust the luxury car.

At Chester magistrates court, Ameobi, of Northwich, Cheshire pleaded blameworthy to failing to halt aft an mishap and having nary security and was fined £240 with £181 successful costs and unfortunate surcharge.

His licence was endorsed with six punishment points.

Val Tonkinson, prosecuting, said however the close helping of Beth's car was collided with by Ameobi's motor.

The complaint states that harm to Beth’s car included “dents to the instrumentality arch of the close manus broadside of the conveyance backmost and front” and the “right broadside helping mirror”.

Ameobi, representing himself, said: “Obviously, what I did was wrong. I recognize that.

"It was wholly retired of character. I panicked astatine that infinitesimal to beryllium honorable with you.

“I americium not trying to marque excuses for it. "

He continued: "My woman and I were successful the hospital with my lad the nighttime before.

"He had choked connected medicine helium had for eczema.

“I did not get immoderate sleep."

The prima explained that helium had begun his apprenticeship aft "quite a agelong time" retired of enactment owed to "health issues".

Ameobi added: "I was rushing to get to enactment and disquieted astir my son.

“I conscionable panicked astatine that moment. That is each that was."

The 32-year-old said helium had insurance documents with him but that helium had forgotten to pass his security institution of a alteration successful narration to his backstage registration.

Ameobi had previously been fined £750 successful 2019 for speeding aft claiming determination were "no trains" to drawback to his then-new nine Nottingham Forest.

He had been caught hitting 80mph successful a 40mph portion portion driving his £189,000 Mercedes supercar successful October 2018.