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Daniel Thioune salary

Q: Who is the highest paid football manager?

Daniel Thioune earns AU$41,580 a week managing SV Werder Bremen - AU$2,162,160 a year.

Daniel Thioune earns AU$41,580 a week managing SV Werder Bremen - AU$2,162,160 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$41,580

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$49k

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$41,580	AU$2.2m	SV Werder Bremen	50
2024/25	AU$49,140	AU$2.6m	SV Werder Bremen	50
2020/21	AU$15,876	AU$826k	Hamburger Sport-Verein	46
2019/20	AU$13,986	AU$727k	VfL Osnabrück	44
2018/19	AU$13,986	AU$727k	VfL Osnabrück	43
2017/18	AU$13,986	AU$727k	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$1.3m
Medical and sports science	7	AU$897k

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$59,535
Technical Director	13	AU$30,240
Chief Scout	10	AU$14,553
GK Coach First Team	18	AU$8,033
Assistant Manager First Team	24	AU$7,655
Head Performance Analyst	8	AU$5,481
Coach First Team	13	AU$4,914
Fitness Coach First Team	46	AU$4,064
Loan Manager	9	AU$3,969
Performance Analyst First Team	41	AU$3,591
Sports Scientist First Team	11	AU$3,591
Recruitment Analyst	19	AU$3,213
Physio First Team	59	AU$2,457
GK Coach U19 Team	8	AU$1,890
Scout	148	AU$1,731

Frequently asked questions

Who is the highest paid football manager?

Daniel Thioune earns AU$41,580 a week managing SV Werder Bremen - AU$2,162,160 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.