The Biggest Salaries in Brazilian Football

Placar magazine, the most traditional and popular soccer magazine in Brazil, put together in its June issue a ranking with the biggest salaries in Brazilian football. The leader? Ronaldo, obviously. And as a reminder: Nowadays, US$1 = R$2.05.

1°- Ronaldo* (Corinthians) = R$ 1.133.000
2°- Adriano** (Flamengo) = R$ 362.000
3°- Nilmar*** (Internacional) = R$ 360.000
4°- Fred (Fluminense) = R$ 350.000
5°- Leandro Amaral (Fluminense) = R$ 280.000
6°- Kléber (Cruzeiro) = R$ 280.000
7°- Thiago Neves (Fluminense) = R$ 270.000
8°- Edmílson (Palmeiras) = R$ 240.000
9°- Rogério Ceni (São Paulo) = R$230.000
10°- Washigton (São Paulo) = R$ 220.000
11°- Marcos**** (Palmeiras) = R$ 200.000
12°- D’Alessandro (Internacional) = R$ 200.000
13°- Léo (Santos) = R$ 200.000
14°- Fábio Costa (Santos) = R$ 200.000
15°- Lúcio Flávio (Santos) = R$ 185.000
16°- Kléber (Internacional) = R$ 180.000
17°- Maxi López (Grêmio) = R$ 180.000
18°- Souza (Corinthians) = R$ 175.000
19°- Kléber Pereira (Santos) = R$ 174.000
20°- Fábio (Cruzeiro) = R$ 173.000
21°- William (Corinthians) = R$ 150.000
22°- Kléberson (Flamengo) = R$ 150.000
23°- Carlos Alberto (Vasco) = R$ 150.000
24°- Mozart (Palmeiras) = R$ 140.000
25°- Léo Moura (Flamengo) = R$ 130.000
26°- Acosta (Náutico) = R$ 125.000
27°- Keirrison (Palmeiras) = R$ 120.000
28°- Diego Souza (Palmeiras) = R$ 120.000
29°- Marcelinho Paraíba (CORITIBA) = R$ 120.000
30°- Tcheco (Grêmio) = R$ 120.000
31°- Alex Mineiro (Grêmio) = R$ 120.000
32°- Souza (Grêmio) = R$ 120.000
33°- Fabão (Santos) = R$ 110.000
34°- Emerson (Flamengo) = R$ 110.000
35°- Obina (Palmeiras) = R$ 110.000
36°- Fabiano Eller (Santos) = R$ 100.000
37°- Diego Tardelli (Atlético-MG) = R$ 90.000
38°- Reinaldo (Botafogo) = R$ 90.000

*- (80% comes from sponsors on the sleeves and shorts)
**- (162 thousand from Flamengo + % in the products of Olympikus)
***- (130 mil + 1 million euros in annual payments)
****- Could reach R$ 300.000 depending on the number of matches played
***** – Moved to Botafogo