The highest paid player in the world, in Russia. The highest paid players of the world in 2014

Football players are rightfully considered one of the richest 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 2014 is estimated at tens of millions of dollars, has been heard for the last 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. The annual income of the Portuguese player includes not only salary and bonuses, but also interest from 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, under the new 5-year contract, the Portuguese will receive $ 206 million. It should be noted that Cristiano's salary with bonuses from goals and conquered titles for this year was only 67% of the total income. The remaining 33%, which is about $ 24 million, midfielder "Real" received from the sponsors, which he had five.

TOP-10 high-paying 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 highest paid player of 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 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 club "PSG" striker earned $ 30 million, as well as 4 more in the form of sponsorship money.

Following the Swede in the ranking of "The world's highest paid players in 2014" is located Brazilian striker Neymar, who became the second in salary in the Spanish "Barcelona". During the season, the forward receives $ 28 million, of which 16 come to his account from the leading advertising agencies of the planet.

Rented Manchester United from Monaco Colombian goleader Radamel Falcao currently has earned $ 23 million from both teams. In total, his income for the year is $ 26 million.

Further in the TOP-10, the newcomer to Madrid "Real" Welshman Gareth Bale ($ 24 million). Forward "MU" Wayne Rooney takes 7th position with 22 million dollars. Eighth place behind him staked the best scorer of "Man City" Argentine Sergio Aguero ($ 21 million). Next comes another footballer "townspeople" Ivorian winger Yaya Toure, who also earned about 21 million. Fernando Torres closes the top ten. The Spanish striker, the rights to which belong to Chelsea, over the past year earned just over $ 20 million.

Top-5 high-cost promotional contracts with players

To date, 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. These included shooting in commercials, participation in the presentations of new collections of brands, and other media PR .

In second place is again located Lionel Messi. For this year, the Argentine striker received $ 23 million from advertising agencies. Most of this income was borrowed from contracts with "Adidas" and "Lays".

Another of the most popular in the advertising industry is the striker of "Barcelona" Neimar. He earned $ 16 million from sponsors, and the company "L'Oreal" even released in his honor a name line of perfume.

Almost half of the participation in the advertising received the attacking midfielder of "Real" and the leader of Wales Gareth Bale. His account for the last year from the sponsors was replenished by $ 9 million.

The last in the rating was the main fantastically London "Arsenal" German Mesut Ozil, earned on participation in advertising campaigns about 6 million dollars.

The most expensive contract in the championship of Russia

Serious finances have long been invested in domestic sports, especially for command types. In the Russian Premier League, not all clubs can pay their footballers fees of millions of dollars. That's why foreign stars come here so rarely. On the other hand, there are teams that are able to pull any requests of famous legionaries. No wonder the most highly paid football player in Russia is the Brazilian striker Zenit Hulk. In the St. Petersburg club striker moved from the "Port" for a fabulous $ 50 million for the season 28-year-old goleader from "Zenith" 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 foreign legionaries, but this is not always true. The most highly paid football player in Russia (with the corresponding citizenship) is Alexander Kokorin. 23-year-old striker Moscow "Dynamo" receives a year from his club 5 million euros. For the current season in 9 matches of the championship scored 5 goals, also already managed to excel in the game for the national team of the country. Its transfer value is estimated at $ 24 million.

Top-5 high-paying players of the championship of Russia

It's no secret that in the Premier League foreign players come to work. The country's leading clubs are ready to pay multimillion-dollar contracts to the most starry legionaries. Take, for example, the French midfielder Valbuena, who in the capital's "Dynamo" receives 3 million euros, which is several times more than he earned in "Marcel".

The highest-paid football player of 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 player of the 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 by several players. Among them, midfielders "Dynamo" Igor Denisov and Yuri Zhirkov, as well as Belgian midfielder "Zenith" Axel Witzel. Each of them receives for a season of 4 million euros.

Closes TOP-5 the highest-paid football player of the Moscow "Locomotive". It's about Mubarak Bussufa, who in one season gets net 3.9 million euros.