FOOTBALL FINANCE | TOP 100 EARNERS IN WORLD FOOTBALL

Check out this well elaborated infograph on the Top 100 earners in World Football 2011. As last reports Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) is top with 12M€ per year in salary, followed by Messi ( FC Barcelona ) with 10.5M€ & third Spanish Football & Chelsea FC forward Fernando Torres with 10M€/year.

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Below is the 2011 list of the Top 20 World Football earners. A list full of players exercising their business in the Spanish Football League & Spanish born players.

Name; Club; Monthly & Yearly € (source by Futbol Finance online)

1 Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid 1.000.000 € 12.000.000 €
2 Lionel Messi FC Barcelona 875.000 € 10.500.000 €
3 Fernando Torres Chelsea 833.000 € 10.000.000 €
4 Yaya Touré Manchester City 833.000 € 10.000.000 €
5 Wayne Rooney Manchester Utd 791.000 € 9.500.000 €
6 Ricardo Kaká Real Madrid 833.000 € 9.000.000 €
7 Zlatan Ibrahimovic AC Milan 833.000 € 9.000.000 €
8 Emmanuel Adebayor Real Madrid 708.000 € 8.500.000 €
9 Carlos Tevez Manchester City 666.000 € 8.000.000 €
10 Samuel Eto´o Internazionale 666.000 € 8.000.000 €
11 Frank Ribery Bayern Munique 666.000 € 8.000.000 €
12 John Terry Chelsea 625.000 € 7.500.000 €
13 Frank Lampard Chelsea 625.000 € 7.500.000 €
14 Steven Gerrard Liverpool 625.000 € 7.500.000 €
15 Xavi FC Barcelona 625.000 € 7.500.000 €
16 Anders Iniesta FC Barcelona 583.000 € 7.000.000 €
17 David Villa FC Barcelona 583.000 € 7.000.000 €
18 Daniel Alves FC Barcelona 583.000 € 7.000.000 €
19 Edin Dzeko Manchester City 541.000 € 6.500.000 €
20 Rio Ferdinand Manchester Utd 541.000 € 6.500.000 €