GENOA CRICKET AND FOOTBALL CLUB · ALL-TIME EARNERS
The highest earners in the history of Genoa Cricket and Football Club
Kevin Strootman has earned AU$24.2m at Genoa Cricket and Football Club across 3 seasons, more than any other player in our records. 16 of the twenty above have since left the club.
PAID TO THESE PLAYERS AU$484.6m
PLAYERS RANKED158
NO LONGER AT THE CLUB142
YEARS2015-2026
The 20 biggest earners in Genoa Cricket and Football Club history
These 20 players took AU$219.3m between them, 45% of everything Genoa Cricket and Football Club has paid the players we hold a wage for.
Every Genoa Cricket and Football Club player we hold a wage for
Every player we hold a Genoa Cricket and Football Club wage for, ranked on what the club has paid them. Totals run to the end of the 2025/26 season.
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| # | PLAYER | EARNED AT CLUB | SEASONS | YEARS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kevin Strootman | AU$24.2m | 3 | 2021-2024 |
| 2 | Mattia Perin | AU$20.6m | 4 | 2017-2021 |
| 3 | Milan Badelj | AU$18.4m | 5 | 2021-2025 |
| 4 | Domenico Criscito | AU$15.7m | 5 | 2019-2023 |
| 5 | Stefano Sturaro | AU$14.8m | 4 | 2019-2023 |
| 6 | Maxwel Cornet | AU$12.6m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 7 | Caleb Ekuban | AU$11.3m | 5 | 2022-2026 |
| 8 | Goran Pandev | AU$10.7m | 6 | 2016-2021 |
| 9 | Gianluca Lapadula | AU$9.6m | 2 | 2018-2019 |
| 10 | Mattia Destro | AU$9.1m | 3 | 2020-2022 |
| 11 | Vitinha Current squad | AU$8.3m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 12 | Cristián Zapata | AU$7.9m | 2 | 2020-2021 |
| 13 | Federico Marchetti | AU$7.5m | 4 | 2019-2022 |
| 14 | Davide Biraschi | AU$7.3m | 5 | 2017-2021 |
| 15 | Aarón Current squad | AU$7.1m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 16 | Tommaso Baldanzi Current squad | AU$7.1m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 17 | Justin Bijlow Current squad | AU$6.9m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 18 | Davide Zappacosta | AU$6.8m | 1 | 2021 |
| 19 | Ruslan Malinovskyi | AU$6.8m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 20 | Andrea Masiello | AU$6.7m | 3 | 2020-2022 |
| 21 | Albert Guðmundsson | AU$6.5m | 3 | 2022-2024 |
| 22 | Andrea Bertolacci | AU$6.5m | 1 | 2018 |
| 23 | Leo Østigård Current squad | AU$6.5m | 3 | 2022-2026 |
| 24 | Marko Pjaca | AU$6.3m | 1 | 2021 |
| 25 | Junior Onana Current squad | AU$6.1m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 26 | Miguel Veloso | AU$6.1m | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 27 | Nicolò Rovella | AU$6.1m | 5 | 2018-2022 |
| 28 | Salvatore Sirigu | AU$5.8m | 1 | 2022 |
| 29 | Antonio Sanabria | AU$5.7m | 2 | 2019-2020 |
| 30 | Junior Messias Current squad | AU$5.6m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 31 | Armando Izzo | AU$5.5m | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 32 | Iago Falqué | AU$5.2m | 1 | 2020 |
| 33 | Johan Felipe Vásquez Current squad | AU$5.1m | 4 | 2022-2026 |
| 34 | Brooke Norton-Cuffy | AU$4.9m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 35 | Andrea Favilli | AU$4.8m | 2 | 2019-2020 |
| 36 | Mattia Bani | AU$4.7m | 3 | 2022-2024 |
| 37 | Nadiem Amiri | AU$4.7m | 1 | 2022 |
| 38 | Morten Frendrup Current squad | AU$4.7m | 5 | 2022-2026 |
| 39 | Djed Spence | AU$4.6m | 1 | 2024 |
| 40 | Nikola Maksimovic | AU$4.4m | 1 | 2022 |
| 41 | Paolo Ghiglione | AU$4.4m | 3 | 2020-2022 |
| 42 | Darko Lazovic | AU$4.3m | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 43 | Ervin Zukanovic | AU$4.1m | 2 | 2018-2019 |
| 44 | Oscar Hiljemark | AU$4.1m | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 45 | Andrea Pinamonti | AU$3.9m | 1 | 2020 |
| 46 | Lasse Schöne | AU$3.7m | 1 | 2020 |
| 47 | Eldor Shomurodov | AU$3.6m | 1 | 2021 |
| 48 | Lennart Czyborra | AU$3.6m | 3 | 2021-2023 |
| 49 | Mateo Retegui | AU$3.6m | 1 | 2024 |
| 50 | Cristian Romero | AU$3.6m | 2 | 2019-2020 |
| 51 | Mikael Egill Ellertsson Current squad | AU$3.5m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 52 | Edoardo Goldaniga | AU$3.4m | 2 | 2020-2021 |
| 53 | Zinho Vanheusden | AU$3.3m | 1 | 2022 |
| 54 | Luca Pellegrini | AU$3.2m | 1 | 2021 |
| 55 | Andrey Galabinov | AU$3.1m | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 56 | Lukas Lerager | AU$3.1m | 2 | 2019-2020 |
| 57 | Stefano Sabelli Current squad | AU$3.1m | 4 | 2023-2026 |
| 58 | Francesco Cassata | AU$3.1m | 2 | 2020-2021 |
| 59 | Darko Lazovic | AU$2.9m | 2 | 2018-2019 |
| 60 | Miha Zajc | AU$2.9m | 1 | 2021 |
| 61 | Rok Vodišek | AU$2.9m | 5 | 2019-2023 |
| 62 | Antonio Barreca | AU$2.9m | 1 | 2020 |
| 63 | Diego Laxalt | AU$2.9m | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 64 | Alessandro Marcandalli Current squad | AU$2.8m | 4 | 2021-2026 |
| 65 | Daniel Bessa | AU$2.8m | 2 | 2018-2019 |
| 66 | Hernâni | AU$2.8m | 1 | 2022 |
| 67 | Adama Soumaoro | AU$2.7m | 1 | 2020 |
| 68 | Danilo Cataldi | AU$2.7m | 1 | 2017 |
| 69 | Valon Behrami | AU$2.5m | 2 | 2020-2021 |
| 70 | Lorenzo Colombo Current squad | AU$2.4m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 71 | Stefan Ilsanker | AU$2.4m | 1 | 2023 |
| 72 | Pedro Pereira | AU$2.3m | 2 | 2018-2019 |
| 73 | Adrian Semper | AU$2.1m | 2 | 2022-2023 |
| 74 | Patrizio Masini | AU$2m | 5 | 2018-2026 |
| 75 | Ionut Radu | AU$2m | 1 | 2019 |
| 76 | Ivan Radovanovic | AU$2m | 1 | 2019 |
| 77 | Josep Martínez | AU$1.9m | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 78 | Riccardo Calafiori | AU$1.9m | 1 | 2022 |
| 79 | Emil Bohinen | AU$1.8m | 1 | 2024 |
| 80 | Radu Drăguşin | AU$1.7m | 1 | 2023 |
| 81 | Filip Jagiełło | AU$1.6m | 2 | 2020-2023 |
| 82 | George Puşcaş | AU$1.6m | 1 | 2023 |
| 83 | Luca Rossettini | AU$1.6m | 1 | 2018 |
| 84 | Morten Thorsby | AU$1.6m | 1 | 2024 |
| 85 | Nils Zätterström | AU$1.6m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 86 | Ridgeciano Haps | AU$1.5m | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 87 | Diego Perotti | AU$1.5m | 1 | 2015 |
| 88 | Gianluca Scamacca | AU$1.4m | 1 | 2021 |
| 89 | Giuseppe Pezzella | AU$1.4m | 1 | 2019 |
| 90 | Peter Ankersen | AU$1.4m | 1 | 2020 |
| 91 | Christian Kouamé | AU$1.3m | 1 | 2019 |
| 92 | Güven Yalçın | AU$1.3m | 1 | 2023 |
| 93 | Manolo Portanova | AU$1.3m | 2 | 2021-2022 |
| 94 | Jandrei (Jandrei Chitolina Carniel) | AU$1.2m | 1 | 2019 |
| 95 | Koni De Winter | AU$1.2m | 1 | 2024 |
| 96 | Luca Mazzitelli | AU$1.1m | 1 | 2019 |
| 97 | Olivier Ntcham | AU$1.1m | 1 | 2017 |
| 98 | Koray Günter | AU$983k | 1 | 2019 |
| 99 | Giovanni Simeone | AU$904k | 1 | 2017 |
| 100 | Roberto Piccoli | AU$855k | 1 | 2022 |
Frequently asked questions
Who has earned the most money at Genoa Cricket and Football Club?
Kevin Strootman, with AU$24.2m across 3 seasons at Genoa Cricket and Football Club.
How is a career total worked out?
Each season counts the wage the club paid that year, added to every other season we hold. A player who moved mid-season has that year credited to the club paying him more. Totals run to the end of the 2025/26 season.
How far back does this go?
It covers the 158 players we hold a Genoa Cricket and Football Club wage for, from 2015 to 2026.