The ultimate footballers' car collections

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Wayne Rooney

While most 22-year-olds are happy with a supermini or hatchback, Wayne Rooney isn’t - but then again most 22-year-olds don’t earn more than £100,000 a WEEK. The Manchester United and England star has a Lamborghini Gallardo, Bentley Continental GT, Range Rover, Aston Martin Vanquish and BMW M6 in his motoring stable.

But now Wayne Rooney wants a Mercedes McLaren SLR convertible - with red seats. He’ll need to fork out more than £350,000 for the 207mph Mercedes – and according to press reports, he’s struggling to get his hands on one…

Money spent:  £750,000 +

Claude Makelele

Defensive midfielder Claude Makelele (above) – who cost Chelsea £16 million to buy from Real Madrid – has one of the most expensive motors in the Stamford Bridge car park – a £350,000 Mercedes McLaren SLR.

The SLR hypercar will hit a colossal 207mph. Other cars in his stable include a Ferrari 360 supercar and a Mercedes SL65 AMG (above) - a £150,000 convertible with a more-than-adequate 612bhp and 737lb/ft of pulling power.

Money spent:  £600,000 +

Steven Gerrard

The man who has helped Liverpool out of so many sticky situations is doing his best to help the UK new car market too. Steven Gerrard – the Champions League-winning attacking midfielder – has owned a Porsche 911 Turbo, Mercedes SLK, Aston Martin Vanquish, BMW X5, Bentley Continental and Range Rover Sport HST.

Money spent:  £530,000 +

Rio Ferdinand

The Manchester United and England central defender is as famous for his cars as he is for his hairstyles. Ferdinand loves American motors, and has owned a Cadillac Escalade 4x4 and a Ford F150 pick-up truck. 

Rio Ferdinand's Chrysler 300C was for sale on Auto Trader, a stark contrast from his European cars such as the £190,000 Bentley Arnage, £120,000 Bentley Continental and the obligatory BMW X5. 

Car collection: £480,000 +

John Terry

Chelsea and England captain John Terry isn’t afraid to splash the cash, once forking out £80,000 on a watch.

He’s owned a £130,000 Ferrari F430 Spider, Range Rover Sport, BMW X5, Porsche 911 Turbo and a Bentley Continental.

Money spent: £450,000 +

William Gallas

A former colleague of Claude Makelele at Chelsea, Arsenal captain William Gallas also counts the Mercedes McLaren SLR hypercar as one of his cars. But unlike Makelele, Gallas also owns a Mercedes ML63 AMG 4x4 – an off-roader which will still accelerate from 0-60mph in five seconds.

Money spent: £425,000 +

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Frank Lampard

Chelsea’s high scoring midfielder has a penchant for luxury tourers. Over the past couple of years the England international has had a Ferrari 612 Scaglietti and Aston Martin DB9 parked on the drive of his million pound Surrey home.

The Ferrari 612 is a £182,000 four-seat beast with a top speed of 199mph, while the £110,000 DB9 will top out at 186mph. Lampard bucks the BMW X5 trend, opting for a £75,000 Mercedes ML63 AMG 4x4 instead – an off-roader which hits 60mph from standing in five seconds.

Money spent:  £375,000 +

Michael Owen

Liverpool’s past hero and international football star Michael Owen owns a cool collection of cars, including a Jaguar X-type (above), Range Rover V8 Vogue and a Chrysler Voyager.

Michael Owen’s garage was also home to a jet black Jaguar XKR 460 Typhoon, extensively modified by Jaguar specialists Racing Green Cars. To top off his collection, an Aston Martin DB7 Vanquish sits outside the Newcastle striker’s home.

Money spent: £300,000 +

Jermaine Defoe

Portsmouth striker Jermaine Defoe owns a couple of top-of-the-range SUVs, including a BMW X5 and Range Rover Sport.

The ex-Tottenham lad also owns an Aston Martin V8 Vantage and Mercedes ML63 AMG.

Money spent: £250,000 +

Cristiano Ronaldo

 
Ronaldo is arguably the world’s best footballer, so fittingly he's after the world's ultimate car - the 253mph Bugatti Veyron. Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo raced a Veyron in a recent commercial – and has now got his name down on the list for the £830,000 hypercar, but he’ll have to wait a year before he can show up at the training ground in the 1,001bhp.

In the meantime he’ll have to make do with his Audi R8 supercar, which will only manage 187mph. Ronaldo has also counted a BMW X5 and Ferrari 360 among his cars.

Money spent:  £250,000 + (+ £830,000 for the Bugatti)

But that’s nothing against a particular England legend plying his trade in Los Angeles…

David Beckham

David Beckham, Goldenballs himself, has had an almost perfect football career, winning a cluster of trophies with Man United and Real Madrid, while picking up 99 caps for England. And David Beckham's car collection is just as mind-bogglingly brilliant. His motors include a Ferrari 575, Ferrari F430, Lamborghini Gallardo, two Bentley Arnages, a Porsche 911 Turbo, Rolls-Royce Phantom and the retro Aston Martin V8.

If he wanted to go off-roading he could take his armour-plated BMW X5, Range Rover and practically every American 4x4 and pick-up built over the past decade from a Ford F150 and Lincoln Navigator to the GMC Yukon Denali and Cadillac Escallade.

Plus he owned an Aston Martin DB7 with the registration plate DB7 – saluting not only the car but also his initials and shirt number at Manchester United. Tally in the BMW M3, Mercedes S Classes, Bentley Continental, TVRs, Audi Q7 and Hummer and it’s a hell of a figure. And Beckham's Mercedes S500 was for sale on Auto Trader last year.

But how did David Beckham start his motoring career? In 1991 with a Ford Escort.

Money spent: £2 million +

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