The Value of a Name in Football

The site Futebol Finance produced a list of the top 25 salaries of Brazilian footballers around the world. The surprise? The list has a number of players who are veterans or have not produced much in recent seasons. That shows us that even in football, the brand is what counts. What is also scary about the list? Dida and Doni make more money than Julio Cesar. The list has the monthly and yearly payments:

1) Kaká (Real Madrid) – 750.000 € – 9.000.000 €
2) Robinho (Man City) – 637.000 € – 7.650.000 €
3) Diego (Juventius) – 583.300 € – 7.000.000 €
4) Ronaldinho (Milan) – 541.600 € – 6.500.000 €
5) Deco (Chelsea) – 500.000 € – 6.000.000 €
6) Rivaldo (Bunyodkor) – 416.000 € – 5.000.000 €
7) Roberto Carlos (Fenerbahce) – 375.000 € – 4.500.000 €
8 ) Cris (Lyon) – 350.000 € – 4.200.000 €
9) Dida (Milan) – 333.300 € – 4.000.000 €
10) Doni (Roma) – 333.300 € – 4.000.000 €
11) Ricardo Oliveira (Al Jazeera) – 333.300 € – 4.000.000 €
12) Belletti (Chelsea) 320.000 € – 3.840.000 €
13) Lucio (Inter) – 300.000 € – 3.600.000 €
14) Maicon (Inter) – 300.000 € – 3.600.000 €
15) Ronaldo (Corinthians) – 300.000 € – 3.600.000 €
16) Julio Cesar (Inter) – 291.000 € – 3.500.000 €
17) Pato (Milan) – 291.000 € – 3.500.000 €
18) Mancini (Inter) – 291.000 € – 3.500.000 €
19) Amauri (Juventus) – 291.000 € – 3.500.000 €
20) Diego Cavalieri (Liverpool) – 280.000 € – 3.360.000 €
21) Thiago Neves (Al Hilal) – 266.600 € – 3.200.000 €
22) Thiago Motta (Inter) – 250.000 € – 3.000.000 €
23) Maxwell (Barcelona) – 250.000 € – 3.000.000 €
24) Grafite (Wolfsburg) – 250.000 € – 3.000.000 €
25) Elano (Galatasaray) – 250.000 € – 3.000.000 €
26) Anderson (Manchester) – 240.000 € – 2.880.000 €
27) Alex (Chelsea) – 240.000 € – 2.880.000 €

The site also produced a list of domestic players. The main surprise? Fluminense, the last side in the Brazilian league, has 4 players in the list. Inter, Palmeiras and Sao Paulo, the three sides fighting for the title, are behind Flu. Inter has only 1, Palmeiras has 2 and Sao Paulo 3.

1) Ronaldo (Corinthians) – 300.000 € – 3.600.000 €
2) Adriano (Flamengo) – 141.000 € – 1.700.000 €
3) Fred (Fluminense) – 120.000 € – 1.440.000 €
4) Dodô (Fluminense) – 80.000 € – 960.000 €
5) Fabão (Santos) – 80.000 € – 960.000 €
6) Kleber Pereira (Santos) – 80.000 € – 960.000 €
7) Edmilson (Palmeiras) – 73.700 € – 885.000 €
8 ) Leandro Amaral (Fluminense) – 70.000 € – 840.000 €
9) Kleberson (Flamengo) – 62.000 € – 745.000 €
10) Zé Roberto (Flamengo) – 62.000 € – 745.000 €
11) Gilberto (Cruzeiro) 60.000 € – 720.000 €
12) Jorge Wagner (São Paulo) – 60.000 € – 720.000 €
13) Kleber (Internacional) – 55.800 € – 670.000 €
14) Juan (Flamengo) – 55.000 € – 660.000 €
15) Bruno (Flamengo) – 52.000 € – 625.000 €
16) Leo Moura (Flamengo) – 52.000 € – 625.000 €
17) Souza (Corinthians) – 50.000 € – 600.000 €
18) Edu (Corunthians) – 50.000 € – 600.000 €
19) Dagoberto (São Paulo) – 47.900 € 575.000 €
20) Diego Souza (Palmeiras) – 47.900 € 575.000 €
21) Hernanes (São Paulo) – 45.000 € – 540.000 €
22) Fabricio (Cruzeiro) – 45.000 € – 540.000 €
23) Diego Tardelli (Atlétic-MG) – 45.000 € – 540.000 €
24) Denis Marques (Flamengo) – 43.700 € – 525.000 €
25) Diguinho (Fluminense) – 42.000 € – 505.000 €