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.
1 For the top five soccer players in the world, salaries averaged $14.67 million. 2  Real Madrid's star forward Cristiano Ronaldo earns $17.06 million a year.  Lionel Messi, 22, is the youngest among the highest-paid soccer stars with $13.74 million.