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Highest paid players from Venezuela

Yeferson Soteldo is the best paid player from Venezuela at AU$64,260 a week. We hold a wage for 45 of the 62 players in the squads we track who give Venezuela, and they earn AU$483,987 a week between them, across 19 leagues.

COMBINED WEEKLYAU$484k

COMBINED YEARLYAU$25.2m

PLAYERS IN SQUADS62

MOST AT ONE CLUB2 América de Cali S.A.

The best-paid XI from Venezuela

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

GK Javier Otero AU$3,969 Orlando City SC
D Jon Aramburu AU$43,470 Real Sociedad
D Nahuel Ferraresi AU$24,570 Botafogo
D Miguel Ángel Navarro AU$9,261 Club Atlético Talleres de Córdoba
D Ronaldo Rivas AU$8,883 Suphanburi FC
M Yangel Herrera AU$45,360 Real Sociedad
M Daniel Pereira AU$13,986 CF Montréal
M Cristian Cásseres AU$13,986 Toulouse FC
A Yeferson Soteldo AU$64,260 Fluminense
A Jefferson Savarino AU$35,910 Fluminense
A Salomón Rondón AU$20,790 Pachuca CF

Combined AU$284,445 per week · AU$14,791,140 per year

Highest paid from Venezuela

Top 45 by weekly wage, 100% of every Venezuela wage we hold. Sortable.

The 45 highest paid footballers from Venezuela. Sortable by player, age, weekly and yearly wage.
#	PLAYER	WEEKLY ▼	YEARLY	CLUB	LEAGUE	AGE	POSITION
01	Yeferson Soteldo	AU$64,260	AU$3,341,520	Fluminense	Brasileirão Série A	28	AM L, ST
02	Yangel Herrera	AU$45,360	AU$2,358,720	Real Sociedad	La Liga	27	DM
03	Jon Aramburu	AU$43,470	AU$2,260,440	Real Sociedad	La Liga	22	D/WB RL
04	Jefferson Savarino	AU$35,910	AU$1,867,320	Fluminense	Brasileirão Série A	28	AM RC
05	Nahuel Ferraresi	AU$24,570	AU$1,277,640	Botafogo	Brasileirão Série A	26	D C
06	Salomón Rondón	AU$20,790	AU$1,081,080	Pachuca CF	Liga MX	35	ST
07	Kevin Kelsy	AU$20,790	AU$1,081,080	Portland Timbers	Major League Soccer	20	ST
08	David Martínez	AU$13,986	AU$727,272	Football Club Midtjylland	Danish Superliga	19	AM RLC
09	Cristian Cásseres	AU$13,986	AU$727,272	Toulouse FC	Ligue 1	25	DM, AM C
10	Daniel Pereira	AU$13,986	AU$727,272	CF Montréal	Major League Soccer	24	DM

11	Josef Martínez	AU$13,419	AU$697,788	Columbus Crew	Major League Soccer	32	AM L, ST
12	Ender Echenique	AU$11,907	AU$619,164	FC Cincinnati	Major League Soccer	21	AM RL
13	Jhon Murillo	AU$11,529	AU$599,508	América de Cali S.A.	Categoría Primera A	29	AM RL, ST
14	Jhonder Cádiz	AU$11,529	AU$599,508	Wuhan Three Towns	Chinese Super League	29	ST
15	Darwin Machís	AU$10,206	AU$530,712	América de Cali S.A.	Categoría Primera A	32	AM RL
16	Eduard Bello	AU$10,017	AU$520,884	Atlético Nacional S.A.	Categoría Primera A	29	AM RL
17	Jesús Bueno	AU$9,639	AU$501,228	Philadelphia Union	Major League Soccer	26	DM
18	Miguel Ángel Navarro	AU$9,261	AU$481,572	Club Atlético Talleres de Córdoba	Super Liga	26	D/WB L
19	Ronaldo Rivas	AU$8,883	AU$461,916	Suphanburi FC	Other clubs	25	D RC
20	Telasco Segovia	AU$8,694	AU$452,088	Inter Miami CF	Major League Soccer	22	M C
21	Jorge Yriarte	AU$7,749	AU$402,948	Śląsk Wrocław	Ekstraklasa	25	DM
22	Leonardo Flores	AU$7,560	AU$393,120	Club Atlético Bucaramanga S.A.	Categoría Primera A	29	DM
23	Ronald Hernández	AU$6,993	AU$363,636	Atlanta United FC	Major League Soccer	27	D/WB RL
24	Esli García	AU$6,237	AU$324,324	Goiás	Other clubs	24	AM LC
25	Jan Hurtado	AU$5,859	AU$304,668	NPS Volos	Superleague Greece	25	ST
26	Miguel Pernía	AU$5,481	AU$285,012	Fortaleza Fútbol Club S.A.	Categoría Primera A	24	D/WB L
27	Teo Quintero	AU$4,914	AU$255,528	Sparta Rotterdam	Eredivisie	26	D LC, DM
28	Adrián Palacios	AU$4,725	AU$245,700	K Racing Club Genk	Belgian Pro League	21	D LC
29	Alejandro Marqués	AU$4,725	AU$245,700	Granada	La Liga 2	24	ST
30	Jesús Ramírez	AU$4,536	AU$235,872	Nacional da Madeira	Primeira Liga	27	ST
31	Enrique Peña Zauner	AU$4,347	AU$226,044	Marítimo	Primeira Liga	25	AM RLC
32	Javier Otero	AU$3,969	AU$206,388	Orlando City SC	Major League Soccer	22	GK
33	Gustavo Caraballo	AU$2,268	AU$117,936	Orlando City SC	Major League Soccer	16	AM RC
34	Miguel Silva	AU$1,701	AU$88,452	Fortaleza Fútbol Club S.A.	Categoría Primera A	24	GK
35	Freddy Molina	AU$1,546	AU$80,393	Unión Magdalena S.A.	Categoría Primera A	21	D RC
36	Luis Balbo Vieira	AU$1,452	AU$75,479	ACF Fiorentina	Serie A	19	D/WB L
37	Alejandro Cichero	AU$1,312	AU$68,206	Frosinone Calcio	Serie A	19	AM/F C
38	Danny Pérez	AU$1,210	AU$62,899	IF Gnistan	Veikkausliiga	25	AM RL, ST
39	Jesús Hernández	AU$1,193	AU$62,015	Envigado Fútbol Club S.A.	Categoría Primera A	32	AM/F C
40	Nicola Profeta	AU$1,060	AU$55,135	Santos	Brasileirão Série A	19	DM
41	Víctor García	AU$945	AU$49,140	Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa	La Liga 2	31	D/WB/M R
42	Leonardo Marcano	AU$879	AU$45,700	Portimonense	Other clubs	19	DM
43	Horacio Ali-Sticca	AU$633	AU$32,924	Watford	Championship	16	AM/F C
44	Román Lozada	AU$280	AU$14,545	Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield	Super Liga	16	DM
45	Andrew Pereira	AU$223	AU$11,597	Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys	Super Liga	18	AM LC

Where Venezuela players play

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

19 leagues in all

Major League Soccer

9 · AU$92k Categoría Primera A

8 · AU$49k Brasileirão Série A

4 · AU$126k Other clubs

3 · AU$16k Super Liga

3 · AU$10k La Liga

2 · AU$89k Primeira Liga

2 · AU$9k La Liga 2

2 · AU$6k Serie A

2 · AU$3k Liga MX

1 · AU$21k Danish Superliga

1 · AU$14k Ligue 1

1 · AU$14k

What each position earns

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

Goalkeepers

AU$2,835 · 1%

Defenders

AU$13,066 · 24%

Midfielders

AU$12,536 · 24%

Attackers

AU$13,735 · 50%

Peak earning years

Average weekly wage by age band

AU$2k 16-19

AU$14k 20-22

AU$7k 23-25

AU$23k 26-28

AU$8k 29-31

AU$8k 32-34

AU$21k 35+

Clubs with the most Venezuela players

Current squads, counting players we hold a wage for

América de Cali S.A. 2

Fluminense 2 Fortaleza Fútbol Club S.A. 2

Orlando City SC 2

Real Sociedad 2

ACF Fiorentina 1

Atlanta United FC 1 Atlético Nacional S.A. 1

Botafogo 1

CF Montréal 1 Club Atlético Bucaramanga S.A. 1

Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys 1

Frequently asked questions

Players from Venezuela

Who is the highest paid footballer from Venezuela?

Yeferson Soteldo of Fluminense is the highest paid player from Venezuela in our data, on AU$64,260 per week (AU$3,341,520 per year).

How much do players from Venezuela earn?

We hold a wage for 45 of the 62 players from Venezuela in our data, so an average across them would describe those 45 rather than Venezuela as a whole. The 50 highest paid are listed above.

Which league has the most players from Venezuela?

Major League Soccer has the most, with 9 players from Venezuela on wages we hold, ahead of Categoría Primera A on 8.

How many players from Venezuela do you cover?

62 players in the current squads we track give their nationality as Venezuela, and we hold a weekly wage for 45 of them (73%). Figures are club wages: this page is not a national-team squad.

Which club has the most players from Venezuela?

América de Cali S.A., with 2 players from Venezuela in its current squad.

Every player from Venezuela

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

A E J K M N R S T W Y

Other nations

Ecuador 51 Iceland 49 Chile 48 Jamaica 47 Guinea-Bissau 47 Romania 46 Kosovo 45 Guinea 44 Gambia 42 Georgia 38 Tunisia 38 Hungary 37 Angola 35 Burkina Faso 32

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