The most highly paid footballers

Forbes magazine has presented a list of the most highly paid football players in 2012. The list includes 20 players, which last year managed to earn the most.

Compared with last year ranking was updated slightly. Three leaders remained the same: David Beckham, Cristiano Ronaldo were and Lionel Messi. Newcomers in the list of three: the rising star of Brazilian football Neymar, the player of the English "Manchester City" the Frenchman Sami Nasri and the Spanish national team player David Silva. Left the Top 20 Franck Ribery, Daniel Alves and Thierry Henry.

The sole representative of Russian football in the ranking proved to Cameroonian Samuel Eto'o, who plays for Makhachkala "Anji". He managed to earn $ 15, 7 million and up to 4 lines in the list compared to the previous year.

The bulk of the income of players have made not only wages in the clubs, but also multi-million dollar revenues from advertising contracts. It is thanks to them that the first line so firmly holds Beckham, a lot of years not playing at top clubs.

1. David Beckham

The most highly paid footballers

Earnings: $ 50, 6 million

Age: 37 years

Club: Paris Saint-Germain (Paris, France)

Country: United Kingdom

Sponsors: Adidas, Breitling, Coty, H & M, Sainsbury

Leadership in the ranking of the most financially successful in 2012, players 37-year-old veteran brought lucrative sponsorship contracts. Thanks to revenue from Adidas, Coty, H & M, Sainsbury and new advertising partner Beckham, Breitling, the athlete has received $ 44, 1 million. Another $ 6, 5 million he brought performances on the pitch.

2. Cristiano Ronaldo

The most highly paid footballers

Earnings: $ 43, 5 million

Age: 28 years

Club: "Real" (Madrid, Spain)

Country: Portugal

Sponsors: Nike, Castrol, Clear Shampoo, Mobitti, Konami, Banco Espirito Santo

Nominee for the title of best player in the world of 2012 had a successful season, scoring 60 goals in 55 games. Almost half of the money earned, $ 21, 6 million, brought him advertising contracts, the rest he got, playing for the club.

3. Lionel Messi

The most highly paid footballers

Earnings: $ 40, 3 million

Age: 25 years

Club "Barcelona", Spain

Country: Argentina

Sponsors: Adidas, Pepsi, EA Sports, Head & Shoulders, Herbalife, Turkish Airlines, Dolce & Gabana

Putting the 2012 record for the most goals scored (91 in all matches of the season), Messi has won the "Golden Ball", the title of best player in the world. According to the contract with "Barcelona" in effect until 2018, the player receives $ 21, 2 million a year, being one of the highest paid players in the world.

4. Sergio Aguero

The most highly paid footballers

Earnings: $ 20, 8 million

Age: 24 year

Club, "Manchester City" (Manchester, England)

Country: Argentina

Sponsors: Puma, Pepsi

In regard to wages, Aguero could face life with optimism: "City" offered him a new, more lucrative contract until 2018, without waiting for the end of the current. Thus the club is trying to keep the player, who claims to Madrid "Real".

5. Wayne Rooney

The most highly paid footballers

Earnings: $ 20, 3 million

Age: 27 years

Club "Manchester United" (Manchester, UK)

Country: United Kingdom

Sponsors: Nike, Harper Collins

football career evolved in the past year is not very good. The "MJ" had ceased to develop a relationship with the head coach, Alex Ferguson. One of the advertising player partners, EA Sports, decided to stop working with him. Rooney has become an outlet for writing. In September, due out his book "My ten years in the Premier League."

6. Yaya Toure

The most highly paid footballers

Earnings: $ 20, 2 million

Age: 29 years

Club, "Manchester City" (Manchester, England)

Country: Ivory Coast

Sponsor: Puma

Key player income is salary at the club. Under the terms of a new agreement with the "City" football player will get $ 20 million a year excluding bonuses. The contract is valid until 2017.

7. Fernando Torres

The most highly paid footballers

Earnings: $ 20, 2 million

Age: 29 years

Club "Chelsea" (London, England)

Country: Spain

Sponsors: Nike, Pepsi

After the transition from the "Liverpool" in "Chelsea" for a record $ 80 million striker's career went into decline. Spanish striker (pictured in blue) are not always gets to the core of the "blue", because of which in the current season, he has scored just 20 goals in all matches are increasingly refusing his services, and the national team. It is rumored that soon may change Torres Nike to Adidas: in February he was already out on the field in the shoes of this brand.

8. Neymar

The most highly paid footballers

Earnings: $ 19, 5 million

Age: 21

Club "Santos" (Brazil)

Country: Brazil

Sponsors: Nike, Konami, Panasonic, Red Bull, Santander, Unilver, Volkswagen

Young Brazilian superstar has already earned fame as one of the most prolific goalscorer in the history of "Santos", close to the peak of popularity. For further career development in Neimar has all the necessary qualities: youth, field vision and skill. There are rumors about a possible move forward in Spain, for example, in "Barcelona". However, while football all happy and at home. Sponsors high hopes on him, especially in the run-up to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Neymar can become the face of this tournament. Compared with last year its earnings more than doubled.

9. Ricardo Kaka

The most highly paid footballers

Earnings: $ 19, 3 million

Age: 30 years

Club: Real Madrid (Madrid, Spain)

Country: Brazil

Sponsors: Adidas, Pepsi

At once one of the best players is not the best of times. Kaka is looking for a team, as part of which he could appear on the field more often. His rent Italian "Milan" failed because of excessive high prices, but the "Royal Club" continues to seek opportunities to recapture paid for the striker in his time $ 91 million. On Kaka claims US Los Angeles Galaxy and a number of clubs in Brazil, but the striker himself is planning to stay in Europe, at least until 2014. In this way he hopes to increase his chances of appearing in the starting lineup of the national team.

10. Didier Drogba

The most highly paid footballers

Earnings: $ 17, 8 million

Age: 35 years

Club "Galatasaray" (Istanbul, Turkey)

Country: Ivory Coast

Sponsors: Nike, Pepsi

After 8 years in the "Chelsea", where Drogba scored 157 goals in 341 game and won 10 titles, including victory in the Champions League in 2012, the Ivorian striker has signed a contract with the Chinese club, "Shanghai Shenhua." Under the terms of the agreement the two-year forward was to receive $ 300,000 a week, but due to financial problems, the Chinese Drogba left without money. Six months later, he moved to the Turkish "Galatasaray". The contract is for eighteen months.

11. Steven Gerrard

The most highly paid footballers

Earnings: $ 17, 3 million

Age: 32 year

Club, "Liverpool" (Liverpool, UK)

Country: United Kingdom

Major Sponsor (s): Adidas

The contract of midfielder "Liverpool" will expire at the end of season 2013/14. However, the 32-year-old veteran is not going to hang up his boots: now preparing an agreement under which he may be playing for another three years.

In November 2012, Gerard spent hundredth game for the national team. In honor of this event Adidas released a special pair of shoes, which were embroidered line with the recognition of the merits of a football player.

12. Emmanuel Adebayor

The most highly paid footballers

Earnings: $ 16, 7 million

Age: 29 years

Club, "Tottenham Hotspur" (London, England)

Country: Togo

Sponsor: Adidas, Power Horse

The former holder of the title of the best player in Africa in August 2012 he moved from the "Manchester City" in poorer "Tottenham". Salary forward after going down from $ 270,000 to $ 159,000 a week.

13. Zlatan Ibrahimovic

The most highly paid footballers

Earnings: $ 16, 6 million

Age: 31 year

Club, "PSG" (Paris, France)

Country: Sweden

Sponsors: Nike, Bonnier

After two seasons spent in the "Milan", which moved forward of "Barcelona" after a conflict with the former coach of Barça Guardiola, Ibrahimovic has signed a contract in June 2012 with the French "Paris Saint-Germain." For a player transfer turned out very good: near the end of the championship, he tops the list of scorers with 26 goals scored and has already managed to win his first title in the new team. His move has been paid from the funds for advertising during TV coverage of matches.

14. Carlos Tevez

The most highly paid footballers

Earnings: $ 16, 6 million

Age: 29 years

Club, "Manchester City" (Manchester, England)

Country: Argentina

Sponsor: Nike

Missed most of the 2011/12 season with because of problems with discipline, the player was able to fully tune up only at the end of the "golden" for the "City" of the championship. Won the championship team was the first in 44 years.

However, problems in the relationship with the player by the law is not solved. In January, he was deprived of his rights by six months for speeding, and in March, the police again caught him behind the wheel. For violating the ban on driving, he was sentenced to 250 hours of community service.

Reputation of "perpetual violator" secure for Tevez, discourages most donors, which could deal with him.

15. Samuel Eto'o

The most highly paid footballers

Earnings: $ 15 million

Age: 32 year

Club "Anji" (Makhachkala, Russia)

Country: Cameroon

Sponsor: Puma

Bank account Cameroonian striker considerably enlarged after the transition in Makhachkala, "Anji", whose leadership has offered Eto'o with exceptional contract.

Playing in the Russian championship, striker fell out of the field of view of the global football community. Last year, he remembered her only conflict with the Federation of Cameroon football: the striker said that officials stole his money and even going to be killed.

16. Samir Nasri

The most highly paid footballers

Earnings: $ 15, 7 million

Age: 25 years

Club, "Manchester City" (Manchester, England)

Country: France

Sponsor: Adidas

Nasri transition from the "Arsenal" in the "City" does not justify the hopes of his leadership of the new club. With its high-value player does not show that game, which was expected of him, and this summer is likely to leave the team, despite the current 4-year contract.

17. Frank Lampard

The most highly paid footballers

Earnings: $ 15, 7 million

Age: 34 year

Club "Chelsea" (London, England)

Country: United Kingdom

Sponsors: Adidas, Little Brown

Lampard's contract with "Chelsea" will expire in May. The current coach of the "Real" Jose Mourinho, who is going to replace Rafa Benitez at the club, insists on maintaining football player in the team.

At the same time a transition Lampard in the United States: Los Angeles Galaxy club is willing to pay him up to $ 6 million per year. Most likely, the footballer will still remain in Europe to remain at the front of the coach before the 2014 World Cup, it is important not to fall out of the holder's leading championships.

Like Rooney, Lampard writes books. His first work in this field, a children's book, "Frankie against pirates" will be released in June. Her edition stipulated in the agreement with the Little Brown to publish a series of 5 books.

19. David Silva

The most highly paid footballers

Earnings: $ 15, 4 million

Age: 27 years

Club, "Manchester City" (Manchester, England)

Country: Spain

Sponsor: Adidas

In September 2012, the midfielder signed a new 5-year contract with the "City", for which he will receive $ 16, 5 million a year. Thus, football salary increased by approximately 50%.

Earnings: $ 15, 6 million

Age: 32 year

Club "Chelsea" (London, England)

Country: United Kingdom

Defender of the "blue" in recent years, lost all the sponsors: blame the scandal in 2010 because of the romance between Terry and the girlfriend of one of his teammates and even more loud story with accusations of racism. Conflict defender "Chelsea" with black players, "Queens Park Rangers" went far beyond the football field. Terry was expelled from the national team, and in addition, lost several lucrative contracts, including the contract with Umbro for $ 6, 5 million a year. Terry contract with "Chelsea" will expire in 2014.

20. Karim Benzema

The most highly paid footballers

Earnings: $ 14, 9 million

Age: 25 years

Club: "Real" (Madrid, Spain)

Country: France

Sponsors: Adidas, Hyundai, EA Sports

Football player, was twice voted player of the year in France, it has a valid contract with the "Real" to 2015 and does not intend to break it up. Last summer, Benzema refused British Grand "Manchester United", he is not going to move in Turin "Juventus", is actively interested in the player.

Beyond the football field Benzema memorable shots in game advertising "FIFA 2013" together with Lionel Messi.

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