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Daniel Thioune salary

Q: Who is the highest paid football manager?

Daniel Thioune earns AU$42,240 a week managing SV Werder Bremen - AU$2,196,480 a year.

Daniel Thioune earns AU$42,240 a week managing SV Werder Bremen - AU$2,196,480 a year. That is the 10 best paid of the 18 Bundesliga managers we hold a wage for.

SV Werder Bremen · Germany · Bundesliga

WEEKLY AU$42,240

YEARLY AU$2.2m

AGE50

CONTRACT TO JUN 2026

The SV Werder Bremen squad is paid AU$1.4m a week between them.

Wage by season

Every season we hold a wage for, and the club he was at

2025/26

AU$42k

2024/25

AU$50k

2020/21

AU$16k

2019/20

AU$14k

2018/19

AU$14k

2017/18

AU$14k

Wage by season
SEASON	WEEKLY	YEARLY	CLUB	AGE
2025/26	AU$42,240	AU$2.2m	SV Werder Bremen	50
2024/25	AU$49,920	AU$2.6m	SV Werder Bremen	50
2020/21	AU$16,128	AU$839k	Hamburger Sport-Verein	46
2019/20	AU$14,208	AU$739k	VfL Osnabrück	44
2018/19	AU$14,208	AU$739k	VfL Osnabrück	43
2017/18	AU$14,208	AU$739k	VfL Osnabrück	42

Coaching staff at SV Werder Bremen

20 of the 29 staff we hold at the club

Coaching staff at SV Werder Bremen
NAME	ROLE
Peter Niemeyer	Director
Marc Dommer	Technical Director
Johannes Jahns	Chief Scout
Christian Vander	GK Coach First Team
Jan Hoepner	Assistant Manager First Team
Raphael Duarte	Assistant Manager First Team
Sören Quittkat	Head Performance Analyst
Christian Groß	Coach First Team
Günther Stoxreiter	Fitness Coach First Team
Björn Schierenbeck	Loan Manager
Philipp Pelka	Performance Analyst First Team
Henrik Frach	Sports Scientist First Team
Dustin Haloschan	Recruitment Analyst
Adis Lović	Physio First Team
Claas Bente	Physio First Team
Florian Lauerer	Physio First Team
Johannes Haberlandt	Physio First Team
Michael Jürgen	GK Coach U19 Team
Frank Bender	Scout
Frank Ordenewitz	Scout

Where the backroom money goes at SV Werder Bremen

What the club pays its staff a year, department by department.

Where the backroom money goes at SV Werder Bremen
DEPARTMENT	STAFF	YEARLY
Scouting and analysis	12	AU$2m
Coaching	6	AU$1.4m
Medical and sports science	7	AU$911k

What these roles pay at Bundesliga clubs

The median weekly wage for each role, across the 15 Bundesliga clubs we hold staff for.

What these roles pay at Bundesliga clubs
ROLE	STAFF	MEDIAN WEEKLY
Director	14	AU$60,480
Technical Director	13	AU$30,720
Chief Scout	10	AU$14,784
GK Coach First Team	18	AU$8,160
Assistant Manager First Team	24	AU$7,776
Head Performance Analyst	8	AU$5,568
Coach First Team	13	AU$4,992
Fitness Coach First Team	46	AU$4,128
Loan Manager	9	AU$4,032
Performance Analyst First Team	41	AU$3,648
Sports Scientist First Team	11	AU$3,648
Recruitment Analyst	19	AU$3,264
Physio First Team	59	AU$2,496
GK Coach U19 Team	8	AU$1,920
Scout	148	AU$1,759

Frequently asked questions

Who is the highest paid football manager?

Daniel Thioune earns AU$42,240 a week managing SV Werder Bremen - AU$2,196,480 a year.

Is a manager's salary part of the club wage bill?

No. The wage bills on our club and league pages are what the playing squad is paid. Manager and coaching salaries sit outside them.