How much does a soccer player earns?

Question

in a year or carrer

Answer 1

The figures include base salary and guaranteed salaries. See explanation below.

These numbers are not the same as those calculated by the clubs for salary-cap purposes. Salary-cap figures are topped by a $280,000 maximum and include achievable bonuses as well as surcharges tacked on for licensing agreements.

Project-40
PLAYER BASE-GUARANTEED*
Adu, Freddy $300,000 $500,000
Marshall, Chad $45,000 $68,000
Cochrane, Ryan $30,000 $45,000
Dempsey, Clint $30,000 $40,625

Pool
PLAYER BASE-GUARANTEED*
Baumstark, Clint $24,000 $24,000

Chicago
PLAYER BASE-GUARANTEED*
Armas, Chris $250,000 $325,000
Razov, Ante $300,000 $300,000
Beasley, DaMarcus $150,000 $153,000
Brown, C.J. $105,000 $106,250
Marsch, Jesse $100,100 $101,600
Whitfield, Evan $54,862 $55,487
Curtin, Jim $55,000 $55,000
Perez, Orlando $53,000 $53,750
Gray, Kelly $33,075 $35,575
Mapp, Justin $33,075 $35,575
Jaqua, Nate $31,500 $34,000
Pause, Logan $30,450 $32,950
Capano, Craig $29,767.50 $32,267.50
Ring, Henry $27,783 $27,783
Selolwane, Dipsy $26,460 $26,460
Ralph, Damani $25,200 $25,200
Spiteri, Curtis $24,000 $24,000

Colorado
PLAYER BASE-GUARANTEED*
Spencer, John $311,272.50 $311,272.50
Powell, Darryl $229,999.92 $239,999.92
Mastroeni, Pablo $200,000 $203,750
Chung, Mark $160,000 $160,000
Henderson, Chris $147,000 $147,000
Roberts, Zizi $120,000 $145,000
Cannon, Joe $125,000 $125,000
Kotschau, Richard $60,000 $60,750
Carrieri, Chris $55,125 $55,125
Vallow, Scott $37,800 $37,800
Beckerman, Kyle $30,561 $31,811
Trembly, Seth $29,172 $30,422
Stewart, Jeff $26,460 $26,460
Kingsley, Zack $26,460 $26,460
Schmidt, Casey $25,200 $25,200
Crawford, Matt $25,200 $25,200
Borchers, Nat $24,000 $24,000
Foss, Bryan $15,000 $15,000

Columbus
PLAYER BASE-GUARANTEED*
McBride, Brian $341,250 $341,250
Cunningham, Jeff $175,000 $190,701
Hejduk, Frankie $165,000 $176,000
Maisonneuve, Brian $130,000 $130,000
Paule, Ross $90,000 $90,000
Clark, Mike $86,625 $86,625
Buddle, Edson $75,000 $78,125
Garcia, Freddy $69,300 $70,550
Martino, Kyle $67,500 $70,000
McCarty, Chad $66,150 $66,150
Walsh, Diego $34,125 $44,750
Busch, Jon $38,587.50 $38,587.50
Oughton, Duncan $31,256.40 $31,256.40
Akwari, Nelson $25,200 $26,450

Dallas
PLAYER BASE-GUARANTEED*
Countess, D.J. $100,000 $128,000
Garlick, Scott $95,000 $120,000
Johnson, Ed $75,000 $86,250
O'Brien, Ronnie $60,000 $62,125
Rhine, Bobby $60,000 $60,750
Davis, Brad $50,600 $60,600
Gbandi, Chris $44,550 $59,550
Vaca, Joselito $50,190 $50,190
Thomas, Shavar $34,125 $44,125
Cassar, Jeff $37,800 $38,425
Thompson, Jason $28,350 $29,600
Curtis, Ali $28,980 $28,980
Stone, Jordan $26,460 $27,710
Glinton, Gavin $26,460 $26,460
Behncke, Matt $24,000 $24,000

D.C. United
PLAYER BASE-GUARANTEED*
Stewart, Earnie $285,000 $285,000
Kovalenko, Dema $150,000 $176,000
Petke, Mike $135,000 $165,000
Cerritos, Ronald $147,000 $162,000
Olsen, Ben $135,000 $161,000
Convey, Bobby $140,000 $143,000
Reyes, Milton $108,900 $112,650
Quaranta, Santino $85,000 $95,000
Nelsen, Ryan $80,554 $90,554
Rimando, Nick $80,000 $86,000
Barclay, Devin $75,000 $83,916.66
Eskandarian, Alecko $60,000 $80,500
Prideaux, Brandon $66,550 $69,050
Quintanilla, Eliseo $54,000 $54,000
Carroll, Brian $31,500 $34,000
Martins, Thiago $32,500 $32,500
Stokes, David $28,350 $30,850
Alegria, Jose $27,783 $27,783
Namoff, Bryan $27,780 $27,780
Warren, Doug $25,200 $25,200

Kansas City
PLAYER BASE-GUARANTEED*
Wolff, Josh $350,000 $418,571.43
Meola, Tony $250,000 $264,000
Preki $148,837.50 $148,837.50
Klein, Chris $132,000 $145,500
Gutierrez, Diego $107,992.50 $111,742.50
Harris, Wolde $92,400 $93,650
Garcia, Nick $79,413 $83,163
Zavagnin, Kerry $66,150 $66,900
Conrad, Jimmy $60,000 $63,125
Gomez, Francisco $52,250 $55,687.50
Zotinca, Alex $44,000 $44,000
Armstrong, Stephen $31,256 $31,256
Burciaga, Jose $27,783 $29,033
Arnaud, Davy $25,200 $25,200

Los Angeles
PLAYER BASE-GUARANTEED*
Hong, Myung Bo $234,999.96 $289,999.96
Hartman, Kevin $140,000 $180,000
Elliott, Simon $120,750 $120,750
Califf, Danny $92,565 $95,065
Gonzalez, Guillermo $55,000 $79,500
Marshall, Tyrone $66,150 $66,150
Broome, Paul $53,500 $54,125
Victorine, Sasha $51,975 $53,850
Vagenas, Peter $49,612.50 $51,112.50
Ruiz, Carlos $30,000 $50,000
Lewis, Ricky $31,500 $37,125
Suarez, Ryan $34,728.75 $34,728.75
Moreno, Alejandro $26,460 $26,460
Popik, Dan $28,000 $28,000
Torres, Arturo $24,000 $24,000

MetroStars
PLAYER BASE-GUARANTEED*
Pope, Eddie $286,165 $350,331.66
Guevara, Amado $225,000 $243,750
Walker, Jonny $100,000 $100,000
Gaven, Eddie $55,000 $78,000
Lisi, Mark $59,692 $69,692
Clark, Ricardo $42,000 $52,625
Bartolomeu, Edgar $40,000 $40,000
DiGiamarino, Joey $30,000 $30,000
Wolyniec, John $30,000 $30,000
Ziadie, Craig $27,783 $27,783
Leitch, Chris $26,460 $26,460
Magee, Mike $25,200 $26,450
LeBlanc, Jacob $25,200 $26,450
Addo, Joe $25,200 $25,200
Regan, Tim $25,200 $25,200

New England
PLAYER BASE-GUARANTEED*
Moore, Joe-Max $260,000 $280,000
Ralston, Steve $190,000 $202,000
Brown, Adin $140,000 $145,833
Cancela, Jose $144,000 $144,000
Twellman, Taylor $108,600 $115,266
Llamosa, Carlos $115,000 $115,000
Franchino, Joe $79,860 $81,110
Noonan, Pat $39,375 $50,000
Pierce, Rusty $46,856.25 $48,522.91
Kante, Daouda $44,625 $45,875
Reis, Matt $38,205 $38,830
Moore, Jason $31,500 $31,500
Joseph, Shalrie $25,200 $25,200
Leonard, Marshall $24,000 $24,000

San Jose
PLAYER BASE-GUARANTEED*
Donovan, Landon $280,000 $367,500
Mulrooney, Richard $150,000 $161,000
Dayak, Troy $100,000 $100,000
Onstad, Patrick $93,500 $93,500
DeRosario, Dwayne $69,457.50 $69,457.50
Corrales, Ramiro $69,457 $69,457
Russell, Ian $65,000 $66,250
Dunivant, Todd $42,000 $52,000
Faria, Rodrigo $47,250 $48,625
Robinson, Eddie $45,000 $45,625
Alvarez, Arturo $28,350 $41,550
Conway, Jon $40,000 $40,750
Mullan, Brian $34,728.75 $34,728.75
Waibel, Craig $33,571.65 $33,571.65
Levesque, Roger $28,350 $33,350
Ching, Brian $32,550 $32,550
Roner, Chris $25,200 $25,200
Walker, Jamil $24,000 $24,000


*Guaranteed compensation includes a player's base salary and all guaranteed bonuses annualized over the term of the player's contract, including option years. For example, if a player has a base salary of $50,000 for 2004, has a two-year contract with two one-year options and received a $10,000 bonus when he signed, his annualized guaranteed salary would be $52,500 (base salary plus signing bonus ($10,000) divided by number of years covered by the contract (4)). Guaranteed compensation also includes any loyalty bonus, annual marketing bonus and car/housing allowance to be received in 2004 and any agent's fees annualized over the term of the contract. Guaranteed compensation does not include performance bonuses because there is no guarantee that the player will hit those bonuses.

Answer 2

Most soccer players earn nothing.
Galacticos can earn anything up to £10million per year plus promo / advertising deals which could be the same again.

Answer 3

Tell me which player you want to know.

Answer 4

Zen master - no one's interested in MLS.
and it's football, not soccer, u american

Answer 5

FOOOOOOOOOOOTBALL you mean? it depends on the player and the club he is playing for.

Answer 6

depends... if the player is good, the get like $1,7 millions