This ex-footballer earned £10,000 a week while playing for Sunderland, Now he survives on £800 cleaning ships for two weeks.

Born on the 7th of June 1981 in Scotland, this man played for Sunderland both as youth player and a senior player in his playing days.

Just at the age of 33, he retired from football in January after a short stint with  Scottish League OneAyr United FC.

He played in the Scottish youth team in 2003, scoring 6 goals before graduating to the senior team where he played 10 goals and scoring only 1 goal.

This former player now cleans floors, makes beds and replenishes stocks on a ship used as a 'floating hotel' for workers in the oil industry where, there he is paid £800 on 12 hours shifts in two weeks, 12 times below what he earned a week as a player.

Amongst the clubs he has played for before retiring in 2014 are; Huddersfield Town (loan), Rochdale (loan), Coventry City, Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan), Rangers of Scotland etc.

Living below the standard while he was a player, 33 year-old ex-Scotland and Sunderland Kevin Kyle says he is trying to provide for his family.

Kyle said.

Though not officially retired, Kevin has been with no club since he left Ayr United, living off the 2 weeks wage which equates less to what he earned daily as a player in one week.

Kyle was famous for gambling, he once admitted spending £7,000-a-week on betting, which is just one of his betting stories and that left him off on a low pedestal; he has since devoted time to campaign against betting, especially for young footballers in their peak.