FOOTBALL · ITALY · 1,003 WAGES

Highest paid players from Italy

Mateo Retegui is the best paid player from Italy at AU$625,590 a week. We hold a wage for 1,003 of the 2,252 players in the squads we track who give Italy, and they earn AU$17,482,445 a week between them, across 23 leagues.

COMBINED WEEKLYAU$17.5m

COMBINED YEARLYAU$909.1m

PLAYERS IN SQUADS2,252

MOST AT ONE CLUB35 Benevento

The best-paid XI from Italy

The eleven highest-paid players from Italy that fit a 4-3-3, ranked on club wage alone.

GK Gianluigi Donnarumma AU$472,500 Manchester City
D Alessandro Bastoni AU$319,410 Inter Milan
D Marco Palestra AU$283,500 Chelsea
D Federico Dimarco AU$232,470 Inter Milan
D Gianluca Mancini AU$204,120 Associazione Sportiva Roma
M Nicolò Barella AU$378,000 Inter Milan
M Sandro Tonali AU$311,850 Tottenham Hotspur
M Lorenzo Pellegrini AU$204,120 Associazione Sportiva Roma
A Mateo Retegui AU$625,590 Al-Qadsiah Football Club
A Federico Chiesa AU$226,800 Liverpool
A Giacomo Raspadori AU$204,120 Atalanta

Combined AU$3,462,480 per week · AU$180,048,960 per year

Highest paid from Italy

Top 50 by weekly wage, 51% of every Italy wage we hold. Sortable.

The 50 highest paid footballers from Italy. Sortable by player, age, weekly and yearly wage.
#	PLAYER	WEEKLY ▼	YEARLY	CLUB	LEAGUE	AGE	POSITION
01	Mateo Retegui	AU$625,590	AU$32,530,680	Al-Qadsiah Football Club	Saudi Pro League	26	ST
02	Gianluigi Donnarumma	AU$472,500	AU$24,570,000	Manchester City	Premier League	26	GK
03	Nicolò Barella	AU$378,000	AU$19,656,000	Inter Milan	Serie A	28	M C
04	Alessandro Bastoni	AU$319,410	AU$16,609,320	Inter Milan	Serie A	26	D C
05	Sandro Tonali	AU$311,850	AU$16,216,200	Tottenham Hotspur	Premier League	25	DM
06	Marco Palestra	AU$283,500	AU$14,742,000	Chelsea	Premier League	20	D/WB/M R
07	Federico Dimarco	AU$232,470	AU$12,088,440	Inter Milan	Serie A	27	D/WB L
08	Federico Chiesa	AU$226,800	AU$11,793,600	Liverpool	Premier League	27	AM RLC, F C
09	Gianluca Mancini	AU$204,120	AU$10,614,240	Associazione Sportiva Roma	Serie A	29	D C
10	Lorenzo Pellegrini	AU$204,120	AU$10,614,240	Associazione Sportiva Roma	Serie A	29	DM, AM C

11	Giacomo Raspadori	AU$204,120	AU$10,614,240	Atalanta	Serie A	25	AM RLC, F C
12	Matteo Politano	AU$204,120	AU$10,614,240	Napoli	Serie A	31	AM RLC
13	Manuel Locatelli	AU$192,780	AU$10,024,560	Juventus	Serie A	27	DM
14	Gianluca Scamacca	AU$189,000	AU$9,828,000	Atalanta	Serie A	26	ST
15	Federico Gatti	AU$183,330	AU$9,533,160	Juventus	Serie A	27	D C
16	Moise Kean	AU$179,550	AU$9,336,600	Como 1907	Serie A	25	ST
17	Alessio Romagnoli	AU$179,550	AU$9,336,600	Lazio	Serie A	30	D C
18	Domenico Berardi	AU$177,660	AU$9,238,320	U.S. Sassuolo Calcio	Serie A	30	AM R
19	Giovanni Di Lorenzo	AU$175,770	AU$9,140,040	Napoli	Serie A	31	D RC
20	Lorenzo Insigne	AU$173,880	AU$9,041,760	Unione Calcio Sampdoria	Serie B	34	AM L, ST
21	Jorginho	AU$171,990	AU$8,943,480	Flamengo	Brasileirão Série A	33	DM
22	Mattia Zaccagni	AU$171,990	AU$8,943,480	Lazio	Serie A	30	AM LC
23	Bryan Cristante	AU$168,210	AU$8,746,920	Associazione Sportiva Roma	Serie A	30	DM
24	Davide Frattesi	AU$166,320	AU$8,648,640	Lazio	Serie A	25	M C
25	Alessandro Buongiorno	AU$151,200	AU$7,862,400	Napoli	Serie A	26	D C
26	Alex Meret	AU$151,200	AU$7,862,400	Napoli	Serie A	28	GK
27	Andrea Cambiaso	AU$145,530	AU$7,567,560	Juventus	Serie A	25	D/WB/M RL
28	Andrea Pinamonti	AU$145,530	AU$7,567,560	Lazio	Serie A	26	ST
29	Samuele Ricci	AU$141,750	AU$7,371,000	Como 1907	Serie A	23	DM
30	Guglielmo Vicario	AU$130,410	AU$6,781,320	Juventus	Serie A	28	GK
31	Destiny Udogie	AU$128,520	AU$6,683,040	Tottenham Hotspur	Premier League	22	D/WB L
32	Nicolò Savona	AU$120,960	AU$6,289,920	Nottingham Forest	Premier League	22	D/WB R
33	Riccardo Calafiori	AU$119,070	AU$6,191,640	Arsenal	Premier League	23	D LC
34	Daniele Rugani	AU$119,070	AU$6,191,640	Juventus	Serie A	30	D C
35	Ivan Provedel	AU$117,180	AU$6,093,360	Inter Milan	Serie A	31	GK
36	Lorenzo Lucca	AU$115,290	AU$5,995,080	Napoli	Serie A	24	ST
37	Michele Di Gregorio	AU$113,400	AU$5,896,800	AFC Bournemouth	Premier League	27	GK
38	Nicolò Rovella	AU$113,400	AU$5,896,800	Lazio	Serie A	23	DM
39	Riccardo Orsolini	AU$111,510	AU$5,798,520	Bologna FC 1909	Serie A	28	AM R
40	Federico Bernardeschi	AU$107,730	AU$5,601,960	Bologna FC 1909	Serie A	31	AM RLC, F C
41	Nicolò Zaniolo	AU$105,840	AU$5,503,680	Udinese Calcio	Serie A	26	AM RLC, F C
42	Leonardo Spinazzola	AU$103,950	AU$5,405,400	Napoli	Serie A	32	D/WB/M L
43	Fabiano Parisi	AU$102,060	AU$5,307,120	ACF Fiorentina	Serie A	24	D/WB/M L
44	Nicolò Fagioli	AU$102,060	AU$5,307,120	ACF Fiorentina	Serie A	24	DM, AM C
45	Matteo Gabbia	AU$102,060	AU$5,307,120	AC Milan	Serie A	25	D C
46	Niccolò Pisilli	AU$102,060	AU$5,307,120	Associazione Sportiva Roma	Serie A	20	DM, AM C
47	Cristiano Biraghi	AU$102,060	AU$5,307,120	Torino	Serie A	32	D LC, M L
48	Raoul Bellanova	AU$100,170	AU$5,208,840	Atalanta	Serie A	25	D/WB/M R
49	Giovanni Leoni	AU$96,390	AU$5,012,280	Liverpool	Premier League	18	D C
50	Manuel Lazzari	AU$96,390	AU$5,012,280	Lazio	Serie A	31	D/WB/M R

Where Italy players play

Players we hold a wage for, and what each league pays them

23 leagues in all

Serie A

397 · AU$10m Serie B

384 · AU$3.2m Other clubs

136 · AU$356k Premier League

16 · AU$2m Championship

11 · AU$104k Bundesliga

6 · AU$165k La Liga 2

6 · AU$38k Superleague Greece

5 · AU$167k Süper Lig

5 · AU$137k Ligue 1

5 · AU$114k Primeira Liga

5 · AU$15k Brasileirão Série A

4 · AU$216k

What each position earns

Average weekly wage, and share of the Italy wage total, across players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for

Goalkeepers

AU$27,787 · 12%

Defenders

AU$29,061 · 31%

Midfielders

AU$37,131 · 24%

Attackers

AU$38,794 · 32%

Peak earning years

Average weekly wage by age band

AU$1k 16-19

AU$17k 20-22

AU$26k 23-25

AU$49k 26-28

AU$40k 29-31

AU$27k 32-34

AU$18k 35+

Clubs with the most Italy players

Current squads, counting players we hold a wage for

Benevento 35

Lazio 31

Associazione Calcio Monza 27

U.S. Sassuolo Calcio 26

Ascoli Calcio 1898 24

Associazione Sportiva Roma 24

Bologna FC 1909 24

Frosinone Calcio 24

Frequently asked questions

Players from Italy

Who is the highest paid footballer from Italy?

Mateo Retegui of Al-Qadsiah Football Club is the highest paid player from Italy in our data, on AU$625,590 per week (AU$32,530,680 per year).

How much do players from Italy earn?

We hold a wage for 1,003 of the 2,252 players from Italy in our data, so an average across them would describe those 1,003 rather than Italy as a whole. The 50 highest paid are listed above.

Which league has the most players from Italy?

Serie A has the most, with 397 players from Italy on wages we hold, ahead of Serie B on 384.

How many players from Italy do you cover?

2,252 players in the current squads we track give their nationality as Italy, and we hold a weekly wage for 1,003 of them (45%). Figures are club wages: this page is not a national-team squad.

Which club has the most players from Italy?

Benevento, with 35 players from Italy in its current squad.

Every player from Italy

584 with a page of their own, A-Z, including players we hold no current club for

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N P R S T V W

Other nations

England 4,051 Argentina 1,588 France 1,229 Brazil 1,115 Spain 1,074 Germany 904 Portugal 643 Netherlands 637 Japan 622 Colombia 606 Scotland 588 Belgium 576 India 453 Poland 444

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