BELGIAN PRO LEAGUE · 2020/21 · ARCHIVE
Royal Charleroi Sporting Club 2020/21 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2020/21 · top earner Cristian Benavente on £37,000 per week · see the current Royal Charleroi Sporting Club wage bill
WEEKLY WAGE BILL £224k
YEARLY WAGE BILL £12m
SQUAD SIZE60
AVERAGE WEEKLY, 22+ £8k
Then and now
Royal Charleroi Sporting Club pay £55,284 a week in 2026/27 — 75% lower than the £224,424 of 2020/21.
Where the money went in 2020/21
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 18 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2020/21 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | EXPIRES | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cristian Benavente | £37,000 | £1,924,000 | 26 | Attacking midfielder | Peru | JUN 2023 | ||
| Ognjen Vranjes | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | 30 | Centre-back | Bosnia & Herzegovina | JUN 2022 | ||
| Łukasz Teodorczyk | £16,000 | £832,000 | 29 | Striker | Poland | JUN 2022 | ||
| Kaveh Rezaei | £16,000 | £832,000 | 28 | Winger, striker | Iran | JUN 2022 | ||
| Cédric Kipré | £14,000 | £728,000 | 23 | Centre-back | France | JUN 2024 | ||
| Guillaume Gillet | £9,200 | £478,400 | 36 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder | Belgium | JUN 2021 | ||
| Ryôta Morioka | £8,700 | £452,400 | 29 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder, attacking midfielder | Japan | JUN 2023 | ||
| Jordan Botaka | £8,100 | £421,200 | 27 | Right-back, right midfielder, right winger | Congo - Kinshasa | JUN 2024 | ||
| Dorian Dessoleil | £7,400 | £384,800 | 27 | Centre-back | Belgium | JUN 2025 | ||
| Massimo Bruno | £5,900 | £306,800 | 26 | Wide midfielder, attacking midfielder | Belgium | JUN 2021 | ||
| Nicolas Penneteau | £5,900 | £306,800 | 39 | Goalkeeper | France | JUN 2021 | ||
| Saido Berahino | £5,600 | £291,200 | 26 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Burundi | JUN 2021 | ||
| Ali Gholizadeh | £5,500 | £286,000 | 24 | Wide midfielder, winger | Iran | JUN 2024 | ||
| Christophe Diandy | £5,400 | £280,800 | 29 | Left-back, defensive midfielder, central midfielder, left winger | Senegal | JUN 2022 | ||
| Mamadou Fall | £4,900 | £254,800 | 28 | Winger | Senegal | JUN 2022 | ||
| Steeven Willems | £4,600 | £239,200 | 29 | Centre-back, left wing-back | France | JUN 2021 | ||
| Shamar Nicholson | £4,600 | £239,200 | 23 | Right winger, striker | Jamaica | JUN 2023 | ||
| Jules Van Cleemput | £4,100 | £213,200 | 23 | Centre-back, right wing-back, defensive midfielder | Belgium | JUN 2023 | ||
| Jon Flanagan | £4,100 | £213,200 | 27 | Full-back | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Modou Diagne | £3,900 | £202,800 | 26 | Centre-back | Senegal | JUN 2021 | ||
| Rémy Descamps | £3,700 | £192,400 | 24 | Goalkeeper | France | JUN 2023 | ||
| Fandjé Touré | £3,400 | £176,800 | 17 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Guinea | JUN 2026 | ||
| Ilias Moutha-Sebtaoui | £3,100 | £161,200 | 21 | Goalkeeper | Belgium | JUN 2022 | ||
| Marco Ilaimaharitra | £2,900 | £150,800 | 25 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder | Madagascar | JUN 2023 | ||
| Gjoko Zajkov | £2,200 | £114,400 | 25 | Centre-back | North Macedonia | JUN 2022 | ||
| Ivan Goranov | £2,100 | £109,200 | 28 | Left-back, left midfielder | Bulgaria | JUN 2022 | ||
| Amine Benchaib | £1,500 | £78,000 | 22 | Attacking midfielder | Morocco | JUN 2023 | ||
| Joris Kayembe | £1,100 | £57,200 | 25 | Left-back, left midfielder, left winger | Belgium | JUN 2022 | ||
| Anthony Descotte | £1,013 | £52,676 | 16 | Right winger, striker | Belgium | JUN 2021 | ||
| Joachim Imbrechts | £923 | £47,996 | 18 | Goalkeeper | Belgium | JUN 2021 | ||
| Ken Nkuba | £731 | £38,012 | 18 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Belgium | JUN 2021 | ||
| Brooklyn Dubois | £638 | £33,176 | 19 | Centre-back, left wing-back | Belgium | JUN 2022 | ||
| Theo Gécé | £595 | £30,940 | 18 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Belgium | JUN 2021 | ||
| David Eeckhout | £526 | £27,352 | 17 | Centre-back | Belgium | JUN 2023 | ||
| Reda Akbib | £478 | £24,856 | 19 | Centre-back | Belgium | JUN 2022 | ||
| François Maistriaux | £401 | £20,852 | 19 | Striker | Belgium | JUN 2021 | ||
| Thomas Renier | £366 | £19,032 | 17 | Left-back | Belgium | JUN 2023 | ||
| Jackson Tchatchoua | £334 | £17,368 | 19 | Right midfielder, right winger, striker | Belgium | JUN 2022 | ||
| Kilian Lokembo Lokaso | £333 | £17,316 | 18 | Central midfielder, attacking midfielder, striker | Belgium | - | ||
| Levi Malungu | £314 | £16,328 | 18 | Centre-back | Belgium | JUN 2021 | ||
| Yunes Bahadir | £300 | £15,600 | 17 | Right-back, right midfielder, right winger | Türkiye | JUN 2022 | ||
| Alessandro Guerri | £291 | £15,132 | 19 | Central midfielder, attacking midfielder | Italy | - | ||
| Robin Denuit | £254 | £13,208 | 18 | Centre-back | Belgium | - | ||
| Fatih Terim Karabagli | £227 | £11,804 | 18 | Right-back, right midfielder, right winger | Türkiye | - | ||
| Valentin Hostens | £50 | £2,600 | 17 | Left wing-back, defensive midfielder, central midfielder, attacking midfielder | Belgium | - | ||
| Léandro Rousseau | £50 | £2,600 | 17 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Belgium | - | ||
| Yaya Bayo | £50 | £2,600 | 17 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder | Côte d’Ivoire | - | ||
| Dorian Bertoncello | £50 | £2,600 | 17 | Left midfielder, attacking midfielder, striker | Belgium | - | ||
| Romain Donnez | £50 | £2,600 | 16 | Central midfielder | Belgium | - | ||
| Quentin Benaets | £50 | £2,600 | 16 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Belgium | - | ||
| Fabio Ferraro | £50 | £2,600 | 17 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Belgium | JUN 2022 | ||
| Luka Hoedaert | £50 | £2,600 | 17 | Centre-back | Belgium | - | ||
| Johan De Greef | £50 | £2,600 | 16 | Defensive midfielder | Belgium | - | ||
| Yves Mitsindo | £50 | £2,600 | 17 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder | Belgium | - | ||
| Matteo Chiacig | £50 | £2,600 | 17 | Goalkeeper | Belgium | - | ||
| Owen Van der Meeren | £50 | £2,600 | 17 | Centre-back | Belgium | - | ||
| Boris Ngoua | £50 | £2,600 | 17 | Goalkeeper | Belgium | - | ||
| Martin Wasiński | £50 | £2,600 | 16 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Belgium | JUN 2022 | ||
| Anas Hammas | £50 | £2,600 | 16 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Belgium | - | ||
| Rémi Tom Liegeois | £50 | £2,600 | 16 | Right-back, defensive midfielder, central midfielder, attacking midfielder | Belgium | - | ||
Wage vs age, 2020/21
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
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Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2020/21 squad, against the share of the bill they took
PLAYERS WEEKLY WAGE SHARE OF BILL
31 Under £1k 3%
3 £1k-£2k 2%
12 £2k-£5k 19%
9 £5k-£10k 27%
3 £10k-£25k 20%
2 £25k-£100k 28%
Top 5 earners took 48% of the squad wage bill, across the 60 players we hold a 2020/21 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2020/21 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Royal Charleroi Sporting Club wages, 2020/21
What was Royal Charleroi Sporting Club's wage bill in 2020/21?
Royal Charleroi Sporting Club paid £224,424 a week in 2020/21 - £11,670,048 across the year - spread over a squad of 60. We hold a wage for all 60 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Royal Charleroi Sporting Club player in 2020/21?
Cristian Benavente was the highest earner in the 2020/21 squad on £37,000 a week, 4.6x the 22+ squad average of £8,054.
What was the average Royal Charleroi Sporting Club salary in 2020/21?
The average Royal Charleroi Sporting Club player aged 22 or over earned £8,054 a week in 2020/21, across the 26 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 60. The top five earners took 48% of the bill between them.
How do Royal Charleroi Sporting Club's 2020/21 wages compare with now?
Royal Charleroi Sporting Club pay £55,284 a week in 2026/27, 75% lower than the £224,424 of 2020/21. The current squad is 51 players against 60 then.