20 highest paid players in the world

Leo Messi is not only a lot of scoring, but gets more than anyone else, Cristiano Ronaldo is still not catch up with David Beckham, and a step away from the top-3 is player of the Russian Premier League. France Football has compiled a list highest paid players in the world.

20. Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich) - 11.6 million euro per year

The highest paid French footballer has the potential to fly out of the top 20 next season. The reason may be the low activity of the Bayern Munich midfielder in the advertising business, which makes him just one million euros (mostly from Nike), whereas the main source of income is the annual salary of 10 million with bonuses of about 600 thousand. Maybe after the season, advertisers will pay more attention to the man in the Bundesliga who has scored 11 goals and gave 15 assists this season?

19. Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus) - 11.7 million euros

Gigi - the only top-20 among the Italians: Del Piero with Totti has already gone. Slightly more than half of all their money Buffon gets the contract (6.2 million), while another 5.5 million ravages almost a dozen companies, among which the most famous are the Puma and Fiat. All this does not interfere with the famous Italian goalkeeper, and in 34 years be considered one of the best goalkeepers in the world and lead Juventus to the title in the Serie A.

18. Dario Conca (Guangzhou) - 12.5 million euros

It turns out that in modern football you can get crazy money, and without going to Europe - that's Argentinian midfielder had never been in the Old World, but his salary to the envy of many. Fluminense star of the purchase-bags from China Guangzhou thought up last summer, and bestowed a novice annual salary of 10.6 million euros with a one and a half bonus. At the same time on advertising, especially Konka is no money knocks - the amount paid by Nike and other sponsors of less than 400,000.

17. Didier Drogba (Chelsea) - 12.6 million euros

Top three richest African footballers closes the Ivorian super-forward of Chelsea, which, though the team pulled in the quarterfinal of the Champions League, but the league is forced to fight for fourth place, and the effectiveness does not shine - just five goals scored in 19 matches. It remains to find solace in money, of which 8.6 million euros a year Drogba receives a contract with the premium, while the remaining four come from a number of sponsors. These include Nike, Pepsi, Samsung, and Konami.

16. David Silva (Manchester City) - 12.8 million euros

A little distance from Drogba is the best passer of the Premier League, eager to get first career championship club title. During the year David Silva at the club earns 10 million with bonuses and other money coming from outside. The most famous of external sources of income is the famous group Adidas.

15. Frank Lampard (Chelsea) - 12.9 million euros

Some people really hurry to write off old Frankie - Chelsea midfielder his money work out in full, and 10 goals in the championship to the most vivid proof. During that Lampard owed ​​8.2 million euros per year to 500,000 in bonuses, and the incidental expenses paid from sponsors (Pepsi and Adidas). A separate line is the sum of the simulator FIFA 2012.

14. Nicolas Anelka (Shanghai Shenhua) - 13 million euros

In fact, the long arm of Chinese superclub planning a hog Drogba and Terry, but approached Anelka, who had earn during the year 9.2 million euros. Another 3.8 Frenchman owed ​​by sponsors (including the Adidas). To please their bosses money Anelka started from the first game, scoring in the Chinese Beijing Guoan derby team.

13. Neimar (Santos) - 13.8 million euros

The most important young talent of the world, which have not yet been transported to Europe, is already firmly entrenched in the top 20 rich, and slightly less than half of all revenues (ie - 6.5 million euros) in his account for payments on contracts with different companies. Among them - Nike and Panasonic, as well as Red Bull (the one that inspires). It is said that a couple of years to be Neimar winged fly in the Spanish field since before the rest of the transfer of Brazilian supertalanta taken care of Barcelona.

12. Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich) - 13.9 million euros

Star of the German national team earns ten million euro per year, excluding bonuses, and another 3.3 million euros come at the expense of Adidas, Funny Frisch and Electronic Arts. Despite all of these earnings, the mood at Schwein,  did not spring - for the whole season, he managed to score only 6 points in the system "goal passing" to the Bundesliga (and this, with 64 balls of Bayern Munich ). This year the talented German spoiled three-month ankle injury and ankle problems.

11. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Milan) - 14 million euros

Twenty scored goals for AC Milan Ibra fully justifies the title of the most highly paid footballer of Italian Serie A. Rising above all in the list of scorers, comfortably situated with the team at the top of the standings, Zlatan makes 9 million a year and enjoys a 2.5-million bonus. The rest comes from revenue from the sale of Nike's own autobiography, which became a bestseller in Italy and Sweden.

10. Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich) - 14.3 million euros

It's the same story as with the Schwein - 10.6 million, the only difference is that the German national team captain of advertising can get a little more than his partner. Sponsored mainly Nintendo and Adidas, as well as the company Cewe Fotobuch. Here are just now thinking Lam certainly not with them, as Borussia Dortmund ran away from Bavaria to the frightening pyatiochkovoe distance.

9. Kaka (Real Madrid) - 15.5 million euros

In the past two years, Kaka rarely resembles his former self, that does not prevent him from earning 10 million a year with bonuses in half. Another five goes from Adidas, EA Sports and Sony. Good news is that after a long break, the Brazilian finally close to winning the league - the last time he became the champion in 2004 while playing for AC Milan.

8. Fernando Torres (Chelsea) - 16.7 million euros

And then into the screen flew curse: how is it that the most absurd transfer in football history has the audacity to rake in 11.5 million euros a year with bonuses! The rest of the money, of course, come from the sponsors - the amount of 5.2 million El Nino feed Nike, Pepsi and the football game PES 2012. In general, 3 goals in Chelsea for 37 matches - an incredible result for the top-level striker, but well at least in the game with the formidable Spaniard, Lester was able to make double.

7. Yaya Toure (Manchester City) - 17.6 million euros

In the middle of the last decade Ivorian played for Metallurg Donetsk, and a couple of years was in Barcelona, ​​which won all that is possible. In 2012 Yaya Toure came as the best player in Africa and locked the seven highest-paid players of the world. Nearly 15 million euros of revenue in the club, the rest is paid by advertisers led by Puma.

6. Sergio Aguero (Manchester City) - 18.8 million euros

Already in the first season of Kun was able to chop for the City, two dozen goals, and from all the English top teams did not manage to annoy just Arsenal. Contract payments to $ 12.5 million backed by a good bonus, and another five milion in-law Diego Maradona makes with Puma, Playstation, Pepsi and other companies. The only club to boast achievements Aguero harder - by this time the talented Argentine won the only league in Europe as part of Atletico Madrid.

5. Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) - 20.6 million euros

Shrek slightly ahead of Kun - both in the scoring table, and by income level, and it applies to private contract and participating in promotional activities. Together with bonuses Rooney earns 14.6 million euros, while the rest of the income is to work with Nike, Electronic Arts, and Powerade. But Coca-Cola in April last year did not renew the contract with Manchester United striker, believing that the sponsorship of the Olympics in London is a more profitable project. They say, however, that the main reason the gap has become a scandal around the amorous adventures of Rooney, hyped by the British media.

4. Samuel Eto'o (Anji) - 23.3 million euros

20 million a year from Suleiman Kerimov - is no joke, and the most that on is a world record by which to rank the top 20 soccer moneybags lit and a representative of the Russian championship. In this three-million sponsorship payment Puma, Ford and other companies are Cameroonians as a pocket expenses. Scoring for the three months 8 goals, Eto'o suspended envious grumbling about the amount of personal contract, but in three matches this year, not even once scored.

3. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) - 29.2 million euros

A magnificent Cristiano closes the top three of wealthy with a 13-million contract, fulfilling his four dozen goals this season and moving toward its first championship in Spain. Already, more than half the revenue of the advertising - Ronaldo linked agreements with Nike, Castrol, Konami, Clear / Unilever and other major companies.

2. David Beckham (LA Galaxy) - 31.5 million euros

To learn how to earn their name in the football world, Becks knows better than anyone. In the present twenty Beckham have the lowest incomes were under contract with the club (of 4.8 million euro bonuses of $ 700,000), but as many as 26 million to unfasten his many sponsors: Adidas, Coty, Pepsi, H & M, Samsung, Sainsbury's. In MLS Becks feels like a fish in water - there it will not be lost media, and to play football you can at least forty years.

1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) - 33 million euros

But Leo Messi, as usual, ahead of the rest - and no matter what he gets in the Barcelona half Samuel Eto'o and even a little bit inferior to Fernando Torres. 21 million euros Messi earn easily with the help of a list of known companies from Herbalife to Pepsi, from D & G to the Adidas, Air Europa on to EA Sports, and flies to 24 years to the first position among the top scorers of all time in Barcelona. But in general, is it really so important, how much actually gets Argentinian? The most important thing in this world is he is doing his work better than anyone.

Messi has surpassed record of best scorer of Barcelona

Barcelona striker Lionel Messi has surpassed record of best team scorer established nearly 60 years ago.

24-year-old Argentinian has scored 234 goals for Barcelona in official games, that is two more than on account of Cesar Rodriguez, who played in the team from 1939 to 1955. Recall before it became known that the statistical department of Barcelona has reduced the number of goals scored Rodriguez from 235 to 232.

Messi set a record by making a hat-trick in a match of 28th round of the championship of Spain with Granada. Barcelona at the Camp Nou stadium won Andalusians with a score of 5:3.

As the agency to score 232 goals, Rodriguez needed to play in 354 official games, while Messi has achieved the same result in 314 matches. Meanwhile, Barcelona top scorer regardless of the status of matches is Paulino Alcantara, who in 357 official and friendly games, scoring 369 goals.

In January 2012 Messi for the third time in a row won the Golden Ball as best player of the year. This season he has scored 54 goals for Barcelona in a friendly and official matches. As calculated in the club, most of ball the attacker sent at the gate of Atletico Madrid (18), Sevilla (14), Real Madrid (13), Racing Santander (12).

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FA Cup game between Tottenham and Bolton postponed due to injury Fabrice Muamba

The match 1/4 of final FA Cup between Tottenham and Bolton was interrupted by the 40th minute when the score was 1-1 after midfielder Fabrice Muamba had lost consciousness.

In this case there was no apparent reason prior to the event - a player no one confronted or fell, at the time of the fall on the lawn beside him there was no any of the other players on both teams.

On the pitch immediately came Bolton doctors who tried to reanimate him, then claimed the midfielder from the field. Footballer was not breathing at the time of going to the hospital.

Sky Sports quoted the head coach of Bolton Owen Coyle: "Fabrice is in critical condition. Next 24 hours will be decisive. It is very seriously. We hope that with God's help he can extricate himself".

Famous hit of Zidane in the chest Materazzi is immortalized in sculpture

Algerian sculptor Adel Abdessemed decided to immortalize in sculpture one of the most dramatic moments in football history last decade, when the French midfielder Zinedine Zidane knocked over the head kick against Italy defender Marco Materazzi. It happened in the final of World Cup 2006.

The composition exhibited in the museum in New York in gallery of David Zvirnera. The composition called "Who's afraid of the big terrible wolf?"

Conflict between Ibrahimovic and the journalist of Sky resolved

Milan announced that the conflict between the striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic and the journalist of TV Sky Vera Spadini settled.

"A few minutes after the incident had a telephone conversation. Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Vera Spadini explained in connection with an event misunderstanding", - said in a statement on the club's official website.

Recall that after the match of the 27th round of Serie A between Milan and Lecce (2:0) Ibrahimovic offended Spadina on air, allowing a profanity. Ibrahimovic said «Cazzo guardi», that in translation means F*ck you.

The average salary of the football player in Europe is 675 thousand dollars per year

FIFA published a financial report on the activities of clubs on the transfer market at the results of of 2011. During the reporting period for the purchase of football players has been spent about 3 billion dollars. The amount of commissions paid to agents totaled about $130 million, which is on average of $240 thousand for the transaction. The average salary of football players increased to the level of 244 thousand dollars per year and in Europe the figure was about 675 thousand dollars.