Football players are rightfully considered one of the richest athletes on the planet. Only the most famous basketball players, golfers and boxers can argue with them in this rating. But who is currently the highest paid footballer in the world, and who earns the most in the Russian championship? It is not difficult to answer these questions, as currently the salaries of stars are not a secret.
The football player with the biggest salary on the planet
The name of this person, whose income for 2014 is estimated at tens of millions of dollars, has been rumored for the past 10 years. We are talking about the attacking midfielder of Real Madrid, Cristiano Ronaldo. It is he who is today the highest paid football player in the world.
For the current season, he has already earned about $ 73 million. The Portuguese football player's annual income includes not only salaries and bonuses, but also percentages from sponsors. For this season, in 52 matches, Ronaldo scored 62 goals, proving once again that he is one of the top scorers not only in the championship of Spain, but also the whole world.
It is not for nothing that the Portuguese will receive $ 206 million under the new 5-year contract. It is worth noting that Cristiano’s salary with bonuses from goals and won titles for this year amounted to only 67% of total income. The remaining 33%, which is about $ 24 million, the Real Madrid midfielder received from sponsors, of whom he has five at once.
TOP 10 highly paid football players of the planet
The leader of the race is Cristiano Ronaldo, who earns $ 73 million for the season. This includes the weekly salary, the bonus prescribed in the contract, and the money from advertising.
The second highest paid football player on the planet at the moment is Lionel Messi. His annual income was about $ 65 million. The best striker of Barcelona in its history and the owner of four Golden Goals earned 42 million in his club, including all kinds of bonuses. The Argentinean got the rest from advertising sponsors.
It would be something unbelievable if one of the best strikers of the planet and the legend of the Swedish national team Zlatan Ibrahimovic did not get into the rating “The highest paid football players of the world of 2014” .
Thanks to the generosity of the PSG club president, the forward earned $ 30 million, as well as another 4 in the form of sponsorship money.
Following the Swede, the Brazilian striker Neymar, who became the second most salary in the Spanish “Barcelona”, is located in the ranking “The highest paid football players in the world in 2014”. For the season, the forward receives $ 28 million, of which 16 come to his account from the world's leading advertising agencies.
The Manchester United leased from Monaco, the Colombian goalscorer
Radamel Falcao, has currently earned $ 23 million from both teams. In total, his income for the year is $ 26 million.
Next in the TOP-10 is the newcomer of Real Madrid, the Welshman
Gareth Bale ($ 24 million). Manchester United forward Wayne Rooney is in 7th position with $ 22 million. The eighth place was staked out by the best scorer of “Man City” Argentine Sergio Aguero ($ 21 million). Next comes another “citizens” Ivorian winger
Yaya Toure, who also earned about 21 million. Closes the top ten Fernando Torres. The Spanish striker, owned by Chelsea, has earned just over $ 20 million over the past year.
TOP 5 expensive advertising contracts with football players
Today, title sponsors and television broadcasts are the main sources of income for clubs and players. The highest paid football player on advertising contracts is Cristiano Ronaldo. For the current season, from the companies such as Nike, Fly Emirates, Samsung and others, the Portuguese earned about $ 24 million. This included shooting in commercials, participating in the presentations of new collections of brands, and other media PR .
In second place is again Lionel Messi. This year, the Argentine striker received $ 23 million from advertising agencies.
Most of these revenues were borrowed from contracts with Adidas and Lays.
Another of the most sought after in the advertising industry is striker “Barcelona” Neymar. He earned $ 16 million from sponsors, and L'Oreal even released a perfume line in his honor.
Almost half of the participation in the advertisement was received by the attacking midfielder of Real Madrid and the leader of the Wales team Gareth Bale. Over the past year, his account from sponsors has been replenished by $ 9 million.
The last in the ranking was the main fantastically London-based Arsenal German Mesut Ozil, who earned about $ 6 million from participating in advertising campaigns.
The most expensive contract in the championship of Russia
Serious finances have long been invested in domestic sports, especially for team types. In the Russian Premier League, not all clubs can pay their football players fees in the millions of dollars. That is why foreign stars come here so rarely.
On the other hand, there are teams that can handle any requests from famous legionnaires. No wonder the highest-paid football player in Russia - the Brazilian striker “Zenith” Hulk. The forward moved to the St. Petersburg club from Porto for fabulous $ 50 million. For the season, the 28-year-old goaltender from Zenit receives 7 million euros. To this amount you can add another 3 million from advertising sponsors.
The highest paid Russian football player
As a rule, pupils of local sports schools in the championships of the former CIS receive a salary several times lower than visiting legionnaires, but this is not always true.
The highest paid football player in Russia (with appropriate citizenship) is Alexander Kokorin. 23-year-old Moscow Dynamo striker receives 5 million euros a year from his club. Over the current season, he scored 5 goals in 9 championship matches and has already managed to excel in the game for the national team. Its transfer value is estimated at $ 24 million.
TOP 5 highly paid football players of the championship of Russia
It is no secret that foreign players come to work in the Premier League. Leading clubs in the country are willing to pay multi-million dollar contracts to not the most stellar legionnaires. Take, for example, the French midfielder Valbuin, who receives 3 million euros in Dynamo Moscow, which is several times more than he earned in Marseille.
The highest paid footballer of the year 2014 in the Russian Premier League is the Hulk. He “Zenith” pays for the season about 7 million euros.
Next in the ranking is the highest paid footballer of Moscow Dynamo German forward Kevin Kuranyi. For the year, the 32-year-old striker earns 5.7 million euros.
Another Dynamo is located on the third line - this is Alexander Kokorin. His net annual income from the team is 5 million euros.
The fourth place is shared among several players at once. Among them are Dynamo midfielders Igor Denisov and Yuri Zhirkov, as well as Belgian midfielder Zenit Axel Witzel. Each of them receives 4 million euros per season.
TOP-5 closes the highest paid footballer in Moscow Lokomotiv. We are talking about Mubarak Bussuf, who in one season receives a net 3.9 million euros.