1. (Animals) any thick-furred marsupial, esp Didelphis marsupialis (common opossum), of the family Didelphidae of S North, Central, and South America, having an elongated snout and a hairless prehensile tail. Sometimes (informal) shortened to: possum.
The highest paid footballer in any league is not a South African soccer player, but a Portuguese player named Cristiano Ronaldo (of Real Madrid) who earns approximately R266 million a year.
Major League Soccer. Some of the richest athletes on the planet are soccer players, with Christiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi each earning more than $50 million a year in Europe. In Major League Soccer, salaries arenât as exorbitant, with the league minimum at $35,125 and the average player salary coming in at $160,000.