Football players are rightfully considered one of the mostrich athletes on the planet. To argue with them in this ranking can, perhaps, only the most famous basketball players, golfers and boxers. But who is currently the most highly paid player in the world, and who earns the most in the Russian championship? It is not difficult to answer these questions, since at present the salaries of the stars are not a secret.
Footballer with the biggest salary on the planet
The name of this person, whose income for 2014estimated at tens of millions of dollars, on hearing for the past 10 years. We are talking about the attacking midfielder Madrid "Real" Cristiano Ronaldo. He is the highest paid player in the world today.
For the current season, he has already earned about $ 73 million.In the annual income of the Portuguese player is not only salary and bonuses, but also the percentage of sponsors. Over this season in 52 games, Ronaldo scored 62 goals, proving once again that he is one of the best scorers in the championship of Spain and the whole world.
Not without reason for a new 5-year contract, the Portuguesewill receive $ 206 million. It is worth noting that the salary of Cristiano with bonuses from goals and conquered titles for this year was only 67% of total revenue. The remaining 33%, which is about $ 24 million, midfielder "Real" received from the sponsors, which he had five.
TOP-10 high-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 premiums prescribed in the contract, and advertising money.
The second most high-paid football player of the planetat the moment - Lionel Messi. His annual income was about $ 65 million. The best striker of "Barcelona" in its history and the owner of four "Golden Balls" earned in his club 42 million, including all sorts of bonuses. The rest of the Argentine got from advertising sponsors.
It would be something incredible, if one of the best strikers of the planet and the legend of the national team of Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimovic were not included in the rating "The highest paid players of the world in 2014".
Thanks to the generosity of the president of the PSG club, the forward earned $ 30 million, as well as 4 more in the form of sponsorship money.
Following the Swede in the rating "The mosthigh-paid footballers of the world 2014 "is located Brazilian striker Neymar, who became the second in salary in the Spanish" Barcelona ". For the season, the striker receives $ 28 million, of which 16 come to his account from the leading advertising agencies of the planet.
The leased Manchester United from Monaco Colombian goalscorer Radamel Falcao currently earned $ 23 million from both teams. In total, his income for the year is $ 26 million.
Далее в ТОП-10 расположился новичок мадридского "Real" Welshman Gareth Bale ($ 24 million). Forward "MJ" Wayne Rooney is the 7th position with 22 million dollars. Eighth place behind him staked out the top scorer "Man City" Argentine Sergio Aguero ($ 21 million). Next comes another player "citizens" Ivorian winger Yaya Toure, who also earned about 21 million. Closes the top ten Fernando Torres. The Spanish striker, whose rights belong to Chelsea, earned a little more than $ 20 million over the past year.
TOP 5 costly promotional contracts with football players
To date, title sponsors andTelevision broadcasts are the main sources of income for clubs and players. The highest-paid footballer on advertising contracts is Cristiano Ronaldo. During the current season, the Portuguese earned about $ 24 million from such companies as Nike, Fly Emirates, Samsung and others. Shooting in commercials and participation in the presentation of new brand collections and other media PR included .
In second place again is Lionel Messi. This year, the Argentine striker received from advertising agencies $ 23 million.
Most of these revenues were borrowed from contracts with Adidas and Lays.
Another of the most sought-after in the advertising industry is the Barcelona striker Neymar. He earned $ 16 million from sponsors, and the company "L" Oreal even released a personalized perfume line in his honor.
Almost twice less from the participation in advertising received the attacking midfielder “Real” and the leader of the Wales team Gareth Bale. His account for the last year from sponsors was replenished by $ 9 million.
The last in the ranking was the main fantasist of Arsenal in London, German Mesut Ozil, who earned about $ 6 million from participation in advertising campaigns.
The most expensive contract in the championship of Russia
In the domestic sport has long been investedserious finances, especially for team types. In the Russian Premier League, not all clubs can pay millions of dollars to their players. That is why foreign stars so rarely come here.
On the other hand, there are teams that canpull any requests of famous foreign players. No wonder the most highly paid football player in Russia is the Brazilian striker Zenit Hulk. The striker moved from Porto to the St. Petersburg club for a fabulous $ 50 million. For the season, the 28-year-old goalkeeper 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 less than visiting legionnaires, but this is not always true.
The highest paid football player of Russia (withrelevant citizenship) - Alexander Kokorin. The 23-year-old forward of Dynamo Moscow receives 5 million euros a year from his club. For the current season in 9 league games he scored 5 goals, he also managed to distinguish himself in the game for the national team. Its transfer value is estimated at $ 24 million.
Top 5 highly paid players of the championship of Russia
It's no secret that foreign players come to the RFPLon earnings. Leading clubs in the country are willing to pay multimillion-dollar contracts to the most stellar legionaries. Take, for example, the French midfielder Valbuena, who in the capital "Dynamo" receives 3 million euros, which is several times more than he earned in "Marseille".
The highest paid footballer of 2014 in the Russian Premier League is the Hulk. Zenit pays him for the season about 7 million euros.
Next in the ranking is the highest paid football player of Dynamo Moscow, German forward Kevin Kuranyi. For the year 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.
Fourth place is shared immediatelyseveral football players. Among them are Dynamo midfielders Igor Denisov and Yuri Zhirkov, as well as the Belgian Zenit midfielder Axel Witzel. Each of them receives for the season 4 million euros.
TOP-5 closes the highest-paid football player of the Moscow “Lokomotiv”. We are talking about Mubarak Bussuf, who in one season gets a net 3.9 million euros.
