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Highest paid players from Uruguay

Ronald Araujo is the best paid player from Uruguay at AU$397,440 a week. We hold a wage for 147 of the 170 players in the squads we track who give Uruguay, and they earn AU$4,230,712 a week between them, across 20 leagues.

COMBINED WEEKLYAU$4.2m
COMBINED YEARLYAU$220m
AVERAGE WEEKLY AU$32k
MEDIAN WEEKLY AU$14k
PLAYERS IN SQUADS170
MOST AT ONE CLUB4 Deportivo Toluca

The best-paid XI from Uruguay

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

Highest paid from Uruguay

Top 50 by weekly wage, 82% of every Uruguay wage we hold. Sortable.

The 50 highest paid footballers from Uruguay. Sortable by player, age, weekly and yearly wage.
# PLAYER WEEKLY ▼ YEARLY CLUB LEAGUE AGE POSITION
01 Ronald Araujo
AU$397,440
AU$20,666,880 Liverpool Premier League 26 D C
02 Federico Valverde
AU$347,520
AU$18,071,040 Real Madrid La Liga 26 DM, AM RC
03 Manuel Ugarte
AU$288,000
AU$14,976,000 Manchester United Premier League 24 DM
04 Rodrigo Bentancur
AU$211,200
AU$10,982,400 Tottenham Hotspur Premier League 28 DM
05 Lucas Torreira
AU$178,560
AU$9,285,120 Galatasaray A.Ş. Süper Lig 29 DM
06 José Giménez
AU$159,360
AU$8,286,720 Deportivo La Coruña La Liga 30 D C
07 Nahitan Nández
AU$157,440
AU$8,186,880 Al-Qadsiah Football Club Saudi Pro League 29 WB R, DM, M RC
08 Diego Rossi
AU$97,920
AU$5,091,840 CF Monterrey Liga MX 27 AM RLC, F C
09 Mathías Olivera
AU$80,640
AU$4,193,280 Napoli Serie A 27 D LC, M L
10 Mauro Arambarri
AU$76,800
AU$3,993,600 Club Atlético River Plate Super Liga 29 DM
11 Gastón Ramírez
AU$71,040
AU$3,694,080 Unione Calcio Sampdoria Serie B 29 AM (RLC), ST (C)
12 Giorgian De Arrascaeta
AU$67,200
AU$3,494,400 Flamengo Brasileirão Série A 31 AM LC
13 Facundo Pellistri
AU$67,200
AU$3,494,400 Panathinaikos AO Superleague Greece 23 AM R
14 Santiago Bueno
AU$59,520
AU$3,095,040 Wolverhampton Wanderers Championship 26 D C
15 Santiago Rodríguez
AU$55,680
AU$2,895,360 Botafogo Brasileirão Série A 25 AM C
16 Alfonso Espino
AU$53,760
AU$2,795,520 Racing Club de Avellaneda Super Liga 33 D/WB L
17 Franco Israel
AU$51,840
AU$2,695,680 Torino Serie A 25 GK
18 Facundo Torres
AU$46,080
AU$2,396,160 Austin FC Major League Soccer 25 AM RLC
19 Maximiliano Araújo
AU$46,080
AU$2,396,160 Sporting Clube de Portugal Primeira Liga 25 D/WB/M L
20 Agustín Álvarez
AU$46,080
AU$2,396,160 Club Atlético Talleres de Córdoba Super Liga 24 ST
21 Guillermo Varela
AU$44,160
AU$2,296,320 Flamengo Brasileirão Série A 32 D/WB R
22 Cristhian Stuani
AU$44,160
AU$2,296,320 Girona La Liga 2 38 ST
23 Martín Satriano
AU$44,160
AU$2,296,320 Getafe La Liga 24 ST
24 Luis Suárez
AU$40,320
AU$2,096,640 Inter Miami CF Major League Soccer 38 ST
25 Facundo González
AU$38,400
AU$1,996,800 Racing Santander La Liga 22 D C
26 Christian Oliva
AU$34,560
AU$1,797,120 Santos Brasileirão Série A 29 DM
27 Santiago Mouriño
AU$32,640
AU$1,697,280 Villarreal La Liga 23 D RC
28 Fernando Gorriarán
AU$32,640
AU$1,697,280 Tigres de la UANL Liga MX 30 M RLC
29 Fernando Muslera
AU$32,640
AU$1,697,280 Club Estudiantes de La Plata Super Liga 39 GK
30 Giovanni González
AU$32,640
AU$1,697,280 Club Atlético River Plate Super Liga 30 D RLC, M R
31 Nicolás De La Cruz
AU$30,720
AU$1,597,440 Flamengo Brasileirão Série A 28 AM LC
32 Brian Rodríguez
AU$30,720
AU$1,597,440 Club América Liga MX 25 AM RLC
33 Rodrigo Zalazar
AU$30,720
AU$1,597,440 Sporting Clube de Portugal Primeira Liga 25 AM RLC
34 Leandro Cabrera
AU$28,800
AU$1,497,600 Espanyol La Liga 34 D C
35 Maximiliano Olivera
AU$28,800
AU$1,497,600 ACF Fiorentina Serie A 28 D/WB/M (L)
36 Alan Rodríguez
AU$28,800
AU$1,497,600 Club Atlético Rosario Central Super Liga 25 DM, AM RC
37 Agustín Canobbio
AU$26,880
AU$1,397,760 Fluminense Brasileirão Série A 26 AM RL
38 Federico Viñas
AU$26,880
AU$1,397,760 Deportivo Toluca Liga MX 27 ST
39 Mathías Laborda
AU$26,880
AU$1,397,760 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Major League Soccer 25 D RC
40 Lucas Olaza
AU$26,880
AU$1,397,760 FC Krasnodar Russian Premier League 30 D/WB L
41 Gastón Álvarez
AU$26,880
AU$1,397,760 Al-Qadsiah Football Club Saudi Pro League 25 D LC
42 Joaquín Piquerez
AU$24,960
AU$1,297,920 Palmeiras Brasileirão Série A 26 D/WB L
43 Alexander Barboza
AU$24,960
AU$1,297,920 Palmeiras Brasileirão Série A 30 D C
44 César Araújo
AU$24,960
AU$1,297,920 Tigres de la UANL Liga MX 24 DM
45 Bruno Damiani
AU$24,960
AU$1,297,920 Philadelphia Union Major League Soccer 23 ST
46 Juan Manuel Boselli
AU$24,960
AU$1,297,920 FC Krasnodar Russian Premier League 25 AM RLC, F C
47 Emiliano Martínez
AU$23,040
AU$1,198,080 Palmeiras Brasileirão Série A 25 DM
48 Ignacio Rivero
AU$23,040
AU$1,198,080 Xoloitzcuintles de Tijuana Liga MX 33 AM RL
49 Nicolás Marichal
AU$23,040
AU$1,198,080 Dinamo Moscow Russian Premier League 24 D C
50 Ignacio Ramírez
AU$23,040
AU$1,198,080 Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys Super Liga 28 ST

Where Uruguay players play

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

20 leagues in all

What each position earns

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

Goalkeepers
AU$18,265 · 4%
Defenders
AU$30,943 · 33%
Midfielders
AU$57,053 · 33%
Attackers
AU$26,458 · 30%

Peak earning years

Average weekly wage by age band

AU$1k 16-19
AU$9k 20-22
AU$24k 23-25
AU$42k 26-28
AU$42k 29-31
AU$18k 32-34
AU$30k 35+

Clubs with the most Uruguay players

Current squads, counting players we hold a wage for

Frequently asked questions

Players from Uruguay

Who is the highest paid footballer from Uruguay?

Ronald Araujo of Liverpool is the highest paid player from Uruguay in our data, on AU$397,440 per week (AU$20,666,880 per year).

How much do players from Uruguay earn?

The 130 players from Uruguay aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for earn AU$31,703 per week on average. The median is AU$14,400, lower, because a small number of very large contracts pull the average up. Squad lists here run down to academy age, so the average is taken over senior players only.

Which league has the most players from Uruguay?

Super Liga has the most, with 36 players from Uruguay on wages we hold, ahead of Brasileirão Série A on 29.

How many players from Uruguay do you cover?

170 players in the current squads we track give their nationality as Uruguay, and we hold a weekly wage for 147 of them (86%). Figures are club wages: this page is not a national-team squad.

Which club has the most players from Uruguay?

Deportivo Toluca, with 4 players from Uruguay in its current squad.

Every player from Uruguay

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

Other nations

Every nation we hold wages for →