the highest paid footballer & country of origin?
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you have to add marketing incomes and other resources. For the forbes magazine David Beckham was the best paid soccer player. Ronaldo, Zidane, Ronaldinho, Totti (AS ROMA), Owen, Lampard and others follow David Beckham in the list.\nFor the france football magazine Ronaldinho is the best paid with E 23 millons based on salary, advertising incomes and other incomes. He is followed by Beckham, Ronaldo, rooney, Christian Vieri, Zidane, Del Piero, Lampard, Thierry Henry and John Terry.
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Zinedine Zidane, £46m.
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Zidane was the biggest transfer fee in the history of football.
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Last year £786 million in wages alone was paid to 2,347 professional footballers, that's roughly equivalent to the GDP of Mongolia in 2005. Of that sum, £583 million went to Premiership players. And the likes of Steven Gerrard and David Beckham are reported to earn over £100,000 A WEEK – that's more than £5 million a year - not bad for playing a bit footy.
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Bonjour, voici le top 5 des footballeurs les mieux payes annuellement :\n\n1. David Beckham, Real Madrid, 30 ans\n25 M€ annuels, dont 6.4 M€ de salaire, 200 000€ de primes et 18.4 M€ de contratcs publicitaires et d'opérations diverses\n\n\n2. Ronaldo, Real Madrid, 28 ans.\n20 M€ annues, dont 6.4 M€de salaire, 200 000€ de primes, et 13M€ de contrats publicitaires et opérations diverses\n\n3. Zinedine Zidane, Real Madrid, 32 ans.\n13 M€ annuels, dont 6.4 M€ de salaire, 200 000€ de primes et 6.4M€ de contratcs publicitaires et d'opérations diverses\n\n4. Christian Vieri, Inter de Milan, 31 ans. \n12 M€ annuels, dont 6.5 M€ de salaire, 200 000M€ de primes et 5.3M€ de contratcs publicitaires et d'opérations diverses\n\n5. Alessandro Del Piero, Juventus de Turin, 30 ans.\n9.5 M€ annuels, dont 4.2 M€, 100 000 € de primes, et 5.2 M€ de contrats publicitaires et opérations diverses\n\nPour ce qui est du mondial, leur salaires sont beaucoup moins "importants" que ceux inscrits ci-dessus.\n\nAmicalement,\n\nDelphine.
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At the moment the world record for a football transfer is £47 million, which was paid by Real Madrid to Juventus in 2001 for Zidan who will be at the World Cup after coming out of internation retirement.
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Players incomes are in millions of euros: \n\n\nPLAYER                       SALARY             TOTAL\n\n1.  Ronaldinho             8.5               23.0\n2.  David Beckham          6.4               18.0\n3.  Ronaldo                6.4               17.4\n4.  Wayne Rooney           5.2               16.1\n5.  Christian Vieri        4.0               16.0\n6.  Zinedine Zidane        6.4               15.0\n7.  Alessandro del Piero   4.2               11.5\n8.  Frank Lampard          7.2                9.8\n9.  Thierry Henry          4.5                9.8\n10. John Terry             5.9                9.7\n11. Steven Gerrard         6.7                9.2\n12. Oliver Kahn            6.0                9.1\n13. Rio Ferdinand          7.2                9.0\n14. Raul Gonzalez          6.4                8.9\n15. Michael Owen           5.0                8.7\n16. Ruud van Nistelrooy    6.4                8.5\n17. Francesco Totti        5.6                8.4\n18. Michael Ballack        5.5                8.4\n19. Harry Kewell           5.7                7.9\n20. Patrick Vieira         5.0                7.5\nhttp://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000086&sid=aJp.OpANDbuU&refer=latin_america\n\nParis, April 25 (DPA) Brazilian soccer star Ronaldinho displaced David Beckham as the globe's highest-paid footballer, the French weekly France Football reported Tuesday. \n\nThe 2005 winner of the Ballon d'Or for best footballer in the world, who plays with Barcelona, will earn a total of 23 million euros ($28.5 million) this year, nearly three times as much as he made in 2005.\n\nThis total includes a salary of 8.5 million euros in bonuses and about 14 million euros income from advertising.\n\nBeckham came in second on the list, with earnings of 18 million euros for 2006, down from the 25 million euros he made last year.\n\nHe was followed by another Real Madrid 'Galactico', Brazilian striker Ronaldo with 17.4 million euros, England striker Wayne Rooney with 16.1 million euros and Monaco's Italian striker Christina Vieri at 16 million euros.\n\nWhile there are only two Chelsea players among the world's top 20 earners, the club's outspoken coach, Jose Mourinho, topped the trainer list with 10.9 million euros.\n\nFar behind in second place was England's Swedish coach Sven-Goran Eriksson with 6.9 million euros, followed by Manchester United trainer Alex Ferguson at 5.95 million euros.\n\nhttp://in.sports.yahoo.com/060425/43/63s57.html\n\n\nBrazil's Ronaldinho, the world player of the year, ended David Beckham's three-year tenure as soccer's richest player, according to France Football magazine's annual rich list. Ronaldinho's earnings more than tripled in the last year to 23 million euros ($28.5 million), $6.2 million more than Beckham.\nhttp://www.startribune.com/503/story/393205.html
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Zidane had the largest transfer fee.  I'm pretty sure he has the highest salary as well.  If you hold this question open for a few more weeks, the answer will be Thierry Henry.  Next month when Henry signs his new contract, he will have the highest salary.  I think at current it is ZZ first, Ronaldinho second, and Beckham third.
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I say Italy. Look at playes like Chovchenk, one of the richest playing in AC Milan. Italian Players are also the most expensive. Brazil sucks
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Ronaldinho.... From Barcelona
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Ronaldinho enjoyed an annual revenue of 23 million euros ($28.47 million), said France Football, which added up the salaries, bonuses, sponsorship deals and other sources of income for each player.\n\nBeckham follows with a total of 18 million, down from 25 million the previous year. Brazil and Real Madrid forward Ronaldo is in third place, having pocketed 17.4 million euros while England and Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney is fourth in the list with an income of 16.1 million euros.
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Rio Ferdinand of Manchester united. he broke the record when Beckham left Manchester united to join Real Madrid
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Mmm.  Thierry Henry?  He's the top scorer in the English Premier League.  Though it could be Ronaldinho.
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The best football player in the world is ME :D\nNR.2 in the list is Ronaldinho\nNR.3 is Andryev Shevcenko
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Shaq is the highest paid
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Real Madrid and England star DAVID BECKHAM is highest paid soccer player. \nHe switched teams from Manchester United to Real Madrid in a $41 million transfer. He earns $28 million dollars a year. \n\nAs Per Forbes List\nBeckham - $28 million \nRonaldo - $19 million \nZidane -  $16 million
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Jose Mourinho of Chelsea with earnings of about £5 million a year.