This presentation details the salaries and total earnings (including sponsorships) of the top-paid football (soccer) players in the world. Many of them, including Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar and Wayne Rooney, are among the highest-paid athletes in all sports. Just like these professional footballers, everyone needs the help of a tax expert or lawyer for sound tax advice. If you are a tax professional and want to connect with other people in your field, join TaxLinked.net, our online community of lawyers, accountants, trustees and tax specialists.

1. The World's
Top 10
Highest-
Paid Soccer
Players
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2. Did you know?
footballers, all playing in
Europe - Spain, France,
England and Germany, to be
exact - made the list of top-
paid athletes in the world.
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3. How Much Do
Top Footballers Make?
Salaries Earnings (Income + Sponsorship & Others) (In USD Million)
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4. Which teams have the
highest-paid players?
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5. #1 Cristiano Ronaldo,
Real Madrid
Major Sponsors: Nike,
Samsung, Tag Heuer,
Fly Emirates, Herbalife
Earnings: $73 million
#2 Lionel Messi,
Barcelona
Major Sponsors: Adidas,
Samsung, Pepsi, Turkish
Airlines, Herbalife
Earnings: $65 million
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6. #3 Zlatan Ibrahimovic,
Paris Saint-Germain
Major Sponsors: Nike, Volvo
Earnings: $34 million
#4 Neymar Jr,
Barcelona
Major Sponsors: Nike,
Castrol, Panasonic,
L'Oreal, Volkswagen
Earnings: $28 million
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7. #5 Radamel Falcao,
AS Monaco
Major Sponsors: Puma,
Samsung, Gillette
Earnings: $26 million
#6 Gareth Bale,
Real Madrid
Major Sponsors: Adidas,
EA Sports, Lucozade
Earnings: $24 million
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8. #8 Sergio Aguero,
Manchester City
Major Sponsors: Puma,
Pepsi, Gillette
Earnings: $21 million
#7 Wayne Rooney,
Manchester United
Major Sponsors: Nike,
Samsung, Harper Collins
Earnings: $22 million
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9. #9 Yaya Toure,
Manchester City
Major Sponsor: Puma
Earnings: $21 million
#10 Fernando Torres,
Chelsea
Major Sponsors:
Adidas, Pepsi
Earnings: $20 million
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Making money is great, but what
about handling all-things tax?
Footballers in both the UK’s Premier
League and Spain’s La Liga have been
charged with tax evasion by local tax
authorities. In some cases, they are
even facing potential bankruptcy.
Moneymaking
can be
Messi business

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