FOOTBALL FINANCE | TOP 100 EARNERS IN WORLD FOOTBALL|Cristiano Ronaldo

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 €