Soccer is among the Most Popular sports in the world, which is counted among the best paid sports
of modern days. Because of its 250 million worldwide viewership, the
famous soccer players get huge attention from the crowd especially from
the football fans besides their extremely high yearly income. The clubs
and national teams pay their players huge amount of salary as they
also earn big bucks from the jersey sponsorships and television rights
fees. Elite soccer players of various famous clubs also boost their
yearly income besides their salary from the national teams and the
clubs, with their huge endorsements and advertisement fees from megabrands. Recent
FIFA 2014 World Cup has proved itself as one of the best platforms for
the players to get a huge contract for the advertisements of various
brands such as Nike, Adidas, Pepsi, Volvo and various other
companies. And here is the list of Top 10 Highest Paid Soccer Players 2015.
Top 10 Highest Paid Soccer Players 2015
1. Cristiano Ronaldo – $79 million
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Portuguese national soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo is widely known as the CR7 and currently plays for Real Madrid in the Spanish Liga BBVA. According to the recent years’ salary statistics, CR7
earns a total of $79 million per year out of which $52.2 million comes
as the salary from the club and he also earns $26.8 million from his
endorsements each year. His current major sponsors are Nike, Samsung,
Tag Heuer, Fly Emirates and Herbalife for which he appeared in numerous
ad campaigns throughout the world. He is currently in a contract with
Spanish club Real Madrid for 5 years with a net worth of $206
million. Ronaldo also launched his own brand of underwear labeled CR7
last year which further boosts his net income per year. He is not
merely the highest paid soccer player but is also one of the highest
paid athletes in the world.
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2. Lionel Messi – $70.5 million
Argentine national soccer player Lionel Andrés Messi is widely known as the Leo Messi and currently plays for Barcelona in
the Spanish Liga BBVA. According to the recent years/ salary
statistics, Messi earns a total of $70.5 million per year out of which
$48.5 million comes as the salary from the club and he also earns $22
million from his endorsements each year. His current major sponsors are
Adidas, Samsung, Pepsi, Turkish Airlines and Herbalife for which he
appeared in numerous ad campaigns throughout the world. He won the FIFA
Ballon d’Or for a record consecutive four times. One of his
major sponsors, Adidas, launched his signature shoe last year before the
recent FIFA World Cup. Last year he had orders to pay $6.5 million tax
by the Spanish tax authority.
3. Zlatan Ibrahimovic – $41.8
Swedish national soccer player Zlatan Ibrahimovic is
well known for his bicycle kick and currently plays for the Paris
Saint-Germain in the French Ligue 1. According to the recent years’
salary statistics, Ibrahimovic earns a total of $41.8 million per year
out of which $35.8 million comes as the salary from the club and he also
earns $6 million from his endorsements each year. His current
major sponsors are Nike and Volvo for which he appeared in numerous ad
campaigns throughout the world. He is the first player over 20 years
in the French league to score 30 goals as the league top
scorer. Nonetheless, his efforts were not quite successful for his
country as the Swedish team didn’t qualify for the recent 2014 FIFA
World Cup.
4. Gareth Bale – $34.9 million
Wales’s
national soccer player Gareth Frank Bale is widely known just as Gareth
Bale and currently plays for Real Madrid in the Spanish Liga
BBVA. According to the recent years’ salary statistics, Gareth Bale
earns a total of $34.9 million per year out of which $25.4 million comes
as the salary from the club and he also earns $6.5 million from his
endorsements each year. His current major sponsors are
sports megabrand Adidas, EA Sports and Lucozade for which he appeared in
numerous ad campaigns throughout the world. His recent contract with
Spanish club Real Madrid in 2013 pays him up to $456,000 in weekly
wages. He also got a transfer fee worth of $118 million from Real Madrid during his transfer from English Premier League Tottenham Hotspur.
5. Neymar Jr. $31.7 million
Brazilian national soccer player Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior is widely known just as Neymar and currently plays for Barcelona in the Spanish Liga BBVA. According to the recent years’ salary statistics, Neymar Jr. earns
a total of $31.7 million per year out of which $14.7 million comes as
the salary from the club and he also earns $17 million from his
endorsements each year. His current major sponsors are Nike, Castrol,
Panasonic, L’Oreal and Volkswagen for which he appeared in numerous ad
campaigns throughout the world. He entered into a contract worth of $124
million with the Spanish club Barcelona in 2013. He received a total
of $13 million signing bonus which included in his net transfer fees
from Brazilian club Santos.
6. Radamel Falcao – $31 million
Colombian national soccer player Radamel Falcao García Zárate
is widely known as Falcao García and currently plays
for Manchester United on loan from AS Monaco in the English Premier
League. According to the recent years’ salary statistics, Radamel Falcao
earns a total of $26 million per year out of which $27 million comes as
the salary from the club and he also earns $4 million from his
endorsements each year. His current major sponsors are
sports megabrand Puma, as well as Samsung and Gillette, for which he
appeared in numerous ad campaigns throughout the world. He was
also nicknamed El Tigre during his career with Atletico Madrid where he
scored 34 goals in 41 caps. He is now in a 5-year contract with the
French team AS Monaco.
7. Wayne Rooney – $25.8 million
England’s national soccer player Wayne Mark Rooney is widely known just as Wayne Rooney
and currently plays for Manchester United in the English Premier
League. According to the recent years’ salary statistics, Wayne Rooney
earns a total of $25.8 million per year out of which $19 million comes
as the salary from the club and he also earns $6.8 million from his
endorsements each year. His current major sponsors are
sports megabrand Nike, as well as Samsung and Harper Collins, for which
he appeared in numerous ad campaigns throughout the world. This 10-year
veteran of the Manchester United signed a 4 contract with the team in
2013 with a contract fee of $104 million. He is also the fan favorite in
terms of jersey sales.
8. James Rodriguez – $25.4 million
Colombian
national s0ccer player James David Rodríguez Rubio, usually known as
James Rodríguez or simply James, is a footballer who plays for Spanish
club Real Madrid and the Colombian national team, as an attacking
midfielder or winger. He earns a total of $25.4 million per year out of
which $21.4 million comes as the salary from the club and he also earns
$4 million from his endorsements each year.
9. Sergio Aguero – $25.3
Argentine
national soccer player Sergio Leonel Agüero Del Castillo is widely
known just as Sergio Aguero and currently plays for Manchester City in
the English Premier League. According to the recent years’ salary
statistics, Sergio Aguero earns a total of $25.3 million per year out of
which $18.1 million comes as the salary from the club and he also earns
$7.2 million from his endorsements each year. His current
major sponsors are sports megabrand Puma, as well as Pepsi and Gillette
for which he appeared in numerous ad campaigns throughout the world. The
club already signed his extension till the 2017 football season. Puma
made him their highest paid soccer player with an endorsement deal in
2011.
10. Luis Suarez – $19.9 million
Luis
Alberto Suárez Díaz is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays
for Spanish club FC Barcelona and the Uruguayan national team as a
striker. According to Forbes he earns a total of $19.9 million per year
out of which $15.4 million comes as the salary from the club and he
also earns $4.5 million from his endorsements each year.
Many
other amazing football stars such as the legendary Dutchman Robin Van
Persie and third runner-up for the 2013 Ballon d’Or Franck Ribery
also deserve honorable mention in the list of highest paid soccer
players. Van Persie currently gets $16 million salary from Manchester
United along with his $3 million endorsements. Ribery also gets a
whopping $17 million salary from Bayern Munich beside his
endorsement earnings of $1 million.
Other prominent figures in the list are:
11. Yaya Toure – $18.5 million
12. Fernando Torres – $17.4 million
13. Eden Hazard – $18.9 million
14. Robin Van Persie – $18.7 million
15. Fernando Torres – $18.3 million
16. Steven Gerrard – $18.3 million
17. Frank Lampard – $17.8 million
18. Thiago Silva – $17.8 million
19. Franck Ribery – $17.7 million
20. David Silva – $17.3 million