Best paid football player in the world!
For the third consecutive year, Leo Messi (24) is the football player with the
highest earning
in the world! Of the €33 million won by the argentinian in 2011, more than half (21.1) came from sponsorships. He is followed in the top by David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo, and between the richest 20 football player in the world there is no other player from Barcelona.
The financial details supplied by France Football gave Messi as a winner again in the great rivality with Ronaldo (26), as the "flea" receives
annually
about four million more. Surprising is the lack from top "rich" of the European champions Iniesta and Xavi, and the "bomber" Van Persie, who scored 33 goals in 38 matches this season. However, no Italians among the best paid 20 players in the world reinforces the idea that Serie A has become a competition more spectacular in terms of scandals and extra-football issues than the virtuosity shown on the ground.
Beckham, the most expensive picture
The presence of David Beckham in second place in the top is no surprise, since the star of LA Galaxy currently holds the "biggest" sponsorship deal in football history: €121 million per life, paid by Adidas! Interesting is the fact that, for the first time since the publication of the stack, not less than five players have achieved revenues of more than €20 million annually. Moreover, the total of € 349.3 million received from the 20 richest footballers in the world is a new world record!
There is one name from the top 20 that surprises. With a salary of € 10.4 million per year (plus € 2.5 million in bonuses), the argentinian Dario Conca (28 years) is in front of football players as Buffon (€ 11.7 million) or Ribery (€ 11.6 million). Legitimized at the Chinese club Guangzhou Evergrande, Conca arrived from Fluminense last summer and still has no national team selection.
The seventh athlete in the world
Even if Messi is the best paid soccer player in the world, he occupies only the seventh place in the incomes top of the athletes in the world! The golf star, Tiger Woods received last year
€ 52 million, six million more than his great rival, Phil Mickelson. Kobe Bryant, the basketball player charged in 2011 no less than € 39 million, and LeBron James from Miami Heat, has reached € 37 million.
The highest paid players in the last decade are: Messi (2012, 2011, 2010), Beckham (2003, 2004, 2005, 2008 and 2009), Ronaldinho (2006 and 2007), Zidane (2002).
400,000 euros <wins annually the best paid footballer from League 1: Wesley (FC Vaslui)
TOP PLAYERS
1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona): 33
Salary: 10.5
Bonus: 1.4
Sponsorship: 21.1
(Konami, Pepsi, Adidas, KFC, Lays, Air Europa, Gatorade, Danone). Pepsi pays Messi with € 4 million annually, while Adidas gives "only" € 3.5 million per season.
2. David Beckham (LA Galaxy): 31.5
Salary: 5
Bonus: 0.7
Sponsorship: 25.8
(Gillette, Motorola, Adidas, H & M, Pepsi, Vodafone, Marks & Spencer, Siemens)
3. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid): 29.2
Salary: 13
Bonus: 0.8
Sponsorship: 15.4
(Nike, EA Sports, Fuji, Coca Cola, Suzuki Castrol)
4. Samuel Eto'o (Anji) 23.3
5. Wayne Rooney (Man. Utd.) 20.6
6. Sergio Aguero (Man. City) 18.8
7. Yaya Toure (Man. City) 17.6
8. Fernando Torres (Chelsea) 16.7
9. Kaka (Real Madrid) 15.5
10. Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich) 14.3
* Amounts are in millions of euros annually
TOP COACHES
1. Jose Mourinho (Real) 14.8
2. Carlo Ancelotti (PSG) 13.5
3. Pep Guardiola (Barcelona) 9.5
4. Arsene Wenger (Arsenal) 9
5. Guus Hiddink (Anji) 8.6
6. Fabio Capello (ex England) 8.5
7. Sir Alex Ferguson (Man. Utd.) 8
8. Dick Advocaat (Russia) 7
9. Jose Camacho (China) 6.1
10. Roberto Mancini (Man. City) 5.9
* Amounts are in millions of euros annually
