The Portuguese cristiano ronaldo, in front of Al-Nasr The Saudi, is the highest paid soccer player in 2024 with an estimated income totaling 285 million dollars (263 million euros), ahead of the Argentine Lionel Messi, of InterMiami, who pocketed 135 million dollars (almost 125 million euros), according to a report published this Thursday by Forbes.
cristiano ronaldo, 39 years old, earned 220 million dollars in salary (223 million euros) and almost 65 million (60 million euros) more for his non-football activities, including the recent opening of his YouTube channel, which exceeded a million followers in the first ninety minutes.
messi, 37 years old, occupies the second place in this table with an income of 135 million dollars (about 125 million euros). He had a salary of 60 million dollars (55.3 million euros) at Inter Miami and generated 75 (almost 70 million euros) more from the field of play. The Argentine, who has a contract with Inter Miami until 2025, has partnerships with Apple TV, Adidas and Konami, among others.
The Brazilian Neymar Junior (32 years old), of Saudi Al-Hilal, completed the podium with a profit of 110 million dollars (101.5 million euros). Despite missing almost the entire last season due to a cruciate injury, the midfielder has a contract worth 80 million dollars a year (almost 74 million euros), to which 30 million additional income is added from his investments and sponsorships.
The French Karim Benzema (36 years old), of Saudi Al-Ittihad, is fourth (104 million dollars/96 million euros), while the first player from the European league to enter this table is Frenchman Kylian Mbappé, Real Madrid forward.
According to Forbes, Mbappé (25 years old), who finished the 2023-24 campaign at Paris Saint-Germain, earned a total of 90 million dollars in 2024 (83 million euros), 70 in salary (64.6 million euros) and 20 (18.4 million euros) for outside activities of the playing field.
His teammate at Real Madrid, the Brazilian Vinicius Junior (24 years old) He is seventh with a total income of 55 million dollars (almost 51 million euros), 40 in salary (37 million euros) and 15 (almost 14 million euros) off the field.
The Norwegian Erling Haaland (24 years old), The Manchester City striker is sixth ($60 million/€55 million); the egyptian Mohamed Salah (32 years old)from Liverpool, occupies eighth place ($53 million/€49 million), the Senegalese Sadio Mané (32 years old)from Al-Nassr, is ninth (48 million dollars/44.3 million euros) and the Belgian Kevin De Bruyne (33 years old)from Manchester City, closed the ‘top-10’ with 39 million dollars (36 million euros).
Source: La Verdad
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