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.
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".
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.
Rented Manchester United from Monaco Colombian goleader Radamel Falcao at the moment has earned $ 23 million from both teams. In total, his income for the year is $ 26 million.
Further in TOP-10 the beginner of Madrid"Real" Welshman Gareth Bale ($ 24 million). Forward "MU" Wayne Rooney takes the 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, whose rights belong to Chelsea, earned just over $ 20 million over the past year.
TOP-5 of expensive advertising contracts with players
To date, title sponsors andTV 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.
Another of the most popular in the advertising industry is the "Barcelona" striker 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 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
In the domestic sport has long been investedSerious finances, 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.
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.
Top-5 high-paying players of the championship of Russia
It's no secret that foreign players come to the Premier Leagueon earnings. 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 located on the third line is Alexander Kokorin. His net annual income from the team is 5 million euros.
The fourth place is shared by one anotherseveral players. Among them are the midfielders of Dynamo Igor Denisov and Yuri Zhirkov, as well as the Belgian midfielder Zenit 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 Bussuf, who in one season gets net 3.9 million euros.
