Yaya Toure

World Cup Salaries

Who Makes the Most… And Can Still Win?

By Andrew Palczewski   |

Last month, VOA looked at the top ten highest football players in the world. Of those ten, only three are still in contention for the World Cup, and what’s more, they are either from Argentina or Brazil. Check out the list below – the highlighted players are still in (Note: even though Neymar is out of the World Cup with a broken vertebra, since he plays for Brazil, he’s included):

Player Team Total Salary Endorsements
 Age Position
1 Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal
(Real Madrid)		 $44.0 M
(21,3 Mds CFA)		 $23.0 M
(11,1 Mds CFA)		 $21.0 M
(10,2 Mds CFA)		 29 attacker
2 Lionel Messi Argentina
(FC Barcelona)		 $41.3 M
(20,0 Mds CFA)		 $20.3 M
(9,8 Mds CFA)		 $21.0 M
(10,2 Mds CFA)		 27 attacker
3 Wayne Rooney England
(Manchester United)		 $21.1 M
(10,2 Mds CFA)		 $18.1 M
(8,8 Mds CFA)		 $3.0 M
(1,5 Mds CFA)		 28 attacker
4 Sergio Aguero Argentina
(Manchester City)		 $20.9 M
(10,1 Mds CFA)		 $17.4 M
(8,4 Mds CFA)		 $3.5 M
(1,7 Mds CFA)		 26 attacker
5 Didier Drogba Côte d’Ivoire
(Galatasaray)		 $20.8 M
(10,1 Mds CFA)		 $15.8 M
(7,6 Mds CFA)		 $5.0 M
(2,4 Mds CFA)		 36 attacker
6 Yaya Touré Côte d’Ivoire
(Manchester City)		 $20.7 M
(10,0 Mds CFA)		 $18.2 M
(8,8 Mds CFA)		 $2.5 M
(1,2 Mds CFA)		 31 midfield
7 Neymar Brazil
(FC Barcelona)		 $20.5 M
(9,9 Mds CFA)		 $10.5 M
(5,1 Mds CFA)		 $10.0 M
(4,8 Mds CFA)		 22 attacker
8 Fernando Torres Spain
(Chelsea)		 $20.0 M
(9,7 Mds CFA)		 $17.0 M
(8,2 Mds CFA)		 $3.0 M
(1,5 Mds CFA)		 30 attacker
9 Zlatan Ibrahimovic Sweden
(PSG)		 $19.7 M
(9,5 Mds CFA)		 $17.2 M
(8,3 Mds CFA)		 $2.5 M
(1,2 Mds CFA)		 32 attacker
10 Kaka Brazil
(AC Milan)		 $19.3 M
(9,5 Mds CFA)		 $13.8 M
(6,7 Mds CFA)		 $5.5 M
(2,7 Mds CFA)		 32 midfield

Moneyball

World Cup Salaries: Who Makes the Most?

By Nicolas Pinault   |
Didier Drogba earns $20.8 million per year.

Reuters

Cote D’Ivoire’s Didier Drogba, who gained wide notoriety playing for Chelsea in the British Premier League, is the highest paid African footballer and the fifth highest paid player in the world.

Look what he earns in relation to other highest paid players in the world.

 

Player Team Total Salary Endorsements
 Age Position
1 Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal
(Real Madrid)		 $44.0 M
(21,3 Mds CFA)		 $23.0 M
(11,1 Mds CFA)		 $21.0 M
(10,2 Mds CFA)		 29 attacker
2 Lionel Messi Argentina
(FC Barcelona)		 $41.3 M
(20,0 Mds CFA)		 $20.3 M
(9,8 Mds CFA)		 $21.0 M
(10,2 Mds CFA)		 27 attacker
3 Wayne Rooney England
(Manchester United)		 $21.1 M
(10,2 Mds CFA)		 $18.1 M
(8,8 Mds CFA)		 $3.0 M
(1,5 Mds CFA)		 28 attacker
4 Sergio Aguero Argentina
(Manchester City)		 $20.9 M
(10,1 Mds CFA)		 $17.4 M
(8,4 Mds CFA)		 $3.5 M
(1,7 Mds CFA)		 26 attacker
5 Didier Drogba Côte d’Ivoire
(Galatasaray)		 $20.8 M
(10,1 Mds CFA)		 $15.8 M
(7,6 Mds CFA)		 $5.0 M
(2,4 Mds CFA)		 36 attacker
6 Yaya Touré Côte d’Ivoire
(Manchester City)		 $20.7 M
(10,0 Mds CFA)		 $18.2 M
(8,8 Mds CFA)		 $2.5 M
(1,2 Mds CFA)		 31 midfield
7 Neymar Brazil
(FC Barcelona)		 $20.5 M
(9,9 Mds CFA)		 $10.5 M
(5,1 Mds CFA)		 $10.0 M
(4,8 Mds CFA)		 22 attacker
8 Fernando Torres Spain
(Chelsea)		 $20.0 M
(9,7 Mds CFA)		 $17.0 M
(8,2 Mds CFA)		 $3.0 M
(1,5 Mds CFA)		 30 attacker
9 Zlatan Ibrahimovic Sweden
(PSG)		 $19.7 M
(9,5 Mds CFA)		 $17.2 M
(8,3 Mds CFA)		 $2.5 M
(1,2 Mds CFA)		 32 attacker
10 Kaka Brazil
(AC Milan)		 $19.3 M
(9,5 Mds CFA)		 $13.8 M
(6,7 Mds CFA)		 $5.5 M
(2,7 Mds CFA)		 32 midfield

Click here to show the other players in the top 10 list of highest paid.

How long would it take for you to make Drogba’s salary?

In Cote D’Ivoire, for example, the average salary is US$690 a year. Drogba earns that amount in less than 30 minutes. Click below to see how long it takes for Drogba to make what you make.

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(this post courtesy of VOA’s French World Cup blog. Check it out at http://football.lavoixdelamerique.com)

 

Onward and Upward Les Éléphants!

Three Reasons Why Ivory Coast Will Pass the First Round

By Bagassi Koura   |

(this post courtesy VOA’s French-to-Africa Service. check out their unique insight and analysis into World Cup play at http://football.lavoixdelamerique.com)

Ivory Coast's Salomon Kalou, Gervinho, Didier Drogba and Kolo Toure.

(Mike Stone/Reuters)

The best African team

Côte d’Ivoire is undoubtedly one of the best teams in sight for this World Cup. It is true that over the past decade the so-called “golden generation” have won nothing. But the team is still very impressive and can inflict damage. Players like midfielder Yaya Toure have been crowned champions of England with Manchester City.

A great experience

Players of the “golden generation” have great experience. In the last 10 years, Didier Drogba, the Toure brothers, Salomon Kalou, Gervinho, Didier Zokora, to name but a few, have shone on the European stage. Côte d’Ivoire, even with the fairly advanced age of some of its players, needs to pass the first round and, why not go further.

The pressure of the last appointment

Many of these players might return more to the finals of the World Cup. Repeated failures of this team, far from being a handicap, will certainly be a motivating factor that will push this generation of players to give everything for the finals.