Lot of money can be earned if you are into the world of sports sponsorship and
endorsement industry. In similar lines, the players of soccer grab some of the
highest deals in the industry. About this context, Nike, other than providing some
of the best
Nike offers
to its customers also rule for some of the costliest endorsements of the season.
One interesting part of this soccer world which is often overlooked is that the
deals signed typically revolves around the soccer boots.
The race does not end here! There are many top contenders who want to snatch
top notch in the list. Have a glance through the list.
Cristiano Ronaldo - Real Madrid, Portugal
Salary and Winning Amount: $53 million
Endorsements: $23 million
Earnings: $82 million
Major Endorsers: Tag Heuer, Herbalife, Nike
Cristiano Ronaldo, three-time FIFA best player of the world, also has a record
for the four times winner for European Golden Shoe. He has also been the leading
goalscorer in the domestic leagues during the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons. If
you talk off the pitch, then he is the most sought after athlete when it comes to
social media followers on Twitter and other channels.
Lionel Messi - Barcelona, Argentina
Salary and Winning Amount: $51 million
Endorsements: $26 million
Earnings: $77 million
Major Endorsers: EA Sports, Lays, Adidas, Gatorade
In January 2016, Messi was crowned the world's best player by FIFA with the
winning record of fifth Ballon d'Or for kicking 48 goals and helping for 22 more.
This helped Barcelona, Argentina to win five trophies in the year of 2015 i.e. La
Liga, Copa Del Rey, Champions League, FIFA World Cup, & Euro Super Cup.
Recently he has pitched Turkish Airlines with Kobe Bryant that has gone to win
the YouTube Ad of the Decade.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic - Sweden
Salary and Winning Amount: $30 million
Endorsements: $7 million
Earnings: $37 million
Major Endorsers: Volvo and Nike
The Swedish striker is the Ligue's numero uno best player in the world. He has
also stated that in his post retirement stage, he would like to bring his story
on-screen. He has also done a few jobs doing auditions for Vitamin Well and new
fragrance Zlatan.
Neymar - Barcelona, Brazil
Salary and Winning Amount: $14 million
Endorsements: $22 million
Earnings: $36 million
Major Endorsers: Rexona, Panasonic, Nike
Recently, Neymar has won a Webby award, considered to be the Oscars of the
Internet. He has also been nominated in several games as mentioned below:
Virtual Reality: Gaming Interactive
Real-time category for Neymar Jr. Effect
Best Use of Animation or Motion Graphics Category category for Jr. Crazy
Skills.
He is currently the only player of the season who is earning more in off field than
on the field.
Gareth Bale - Real Madrid, Wales
Salary and Winning Amount: $24 million
Endorsements: $10 million
Earnings: $34 million
Major Endorsers: Sony Xperia and Adidas
He is always suffering from injuries yet, he has scored more than 30 goals in this
season of soccer. Last year, in the month of November, he also signed a deal with
Ziptel so that they can share their Zipt free call and text app with his 42 million
social media followers.
Wayne Rooney - Manchester U., England
Salary and Winning Amount: $20 million
Endorsements: $6 million
Earnings: $26 million
Major Endorsers: Harper Collins and Nike
The father of three little boys, Wayne Rooney, is trying to earn back the
reputation after he slapped Wade Barrett in the packed house of the WWE event.
He has also become the first ever ambassador for the National Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Children. He also rejected a 3-year, 9-figure deal with
the Chinese Super League outfit in Shanghai.
This is a small insight for the latest deals being signed with the soccer players for
the some of the biggest names in the industry. But if you are in look out for some
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