Ceará 2018/19 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2018/19 · top earner Samuel Xavier (Samuel Xavier Brito) on £7,600 per week · see the current Ceará wage bill
We hold a wage for all 42 players in that squad. The average is taken over the 28 players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for.
Then and now
Ceará pay £75,526 a week in 2026/27 — 21% lower than the £95,120 of 2018/19.
Where the money went in 2018/19
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 4 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2018/19 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Xavier (Samuel Xavier Brito) | £7,600 | £395,200 | 28 | D RL, DM | Brazil | ||
| Juninho | £7,100 | £369,200 | 32 | DM, AM C | Brazil | ||
| Fabinho | £6,300 | £327,600 | 31 | DM | Brazil | ||
| Pedro Ken | £5,800 | £301,600 | 31 | DM | Brazil | ||
| Felipe Baixola | £4,300 | £223,600 | 28 | AM LC | Brazil | ||
| Juninho Quixadá | £4,100 | £213,200 | 32 | AM RLC, F C | Brazil | ||
| João Paulo | £4,100 | £213,200 | 21 | AM R, ST | Brazil | ||
| Roger | £3,700 | £192,400 | 33 | ST | Brazil | ||
| Thiago Carleto | £3,600 | £187,200 | 29 | D/WB L | Brazil | ||
| Alex Amado | £3,500 | £182,000 | 31 | AM L, ST | Brazil | ||
| Diogo Silva | £3,400 | £176,800 | 31 | GK | Brazil | ||
| Felipe Jonatan | £3,300 | £171,600 | 20 | D/WB L | Brazil | ||
| Edinho | £3,300 | £171,600 | 35 | D C, DM | Brazil | ||
| Luiz Otávio | £3,000 | £156,000 | 29 | D C | Brazil | ||
| Auremir | £2,500 | £130,000 | 26 | D R, DM | Brazil | ||
| Chico | £2,400 | £124,800 | 27 | AM LC | Brazil | ||
| Charles | £2,400 | £124,800 | 30 | D C | Brazil | ||
| Eduardo Brock | £2,300 | £119,600 | 27 | D LC | Brazil | ||
| Fernando Sobral | £2,300 | £119,600 | 23 | AM C | Brazil | ||
| João Lucas | £2,100 | £109,200 | 27 | D/WB L | Brazil | ||
| Richard | £1,700 | £88,400 | 27 | GK | Brazil | ||
| Ricardinho | £1,700 | £88,400 | 32 | AM C | Brazil | ||
| Romário | £1,700 | £88,400 | 25 | ST | Brazil | ||
| Ricardo Bueno | £1,700 | £88,400 | 30 | ST | Brazil | ||
| Valdo (Andrevaldo de Jesus Santos) | £1,500 | £78,000 | 26 | D C | Brazil | ||
| Vitor Feijão | £1,500 | £78,000 | 21 | AM L, ST | Brazil | ||
| Willian Oliveira (Willian Oliveira dos Santos) | £1,400 | £72,800 | 26 | DM | Brazil | ||
| Fernando Henrique | £1,300 | £67,600 | 34 | GK | Brazil | ||
| Cristovam | £1,030 | £53,560 | 27 | D/WB R | Brazil | ||
| Kendy | £950 | £49,400 | 19 | AM C | Brazil | ||
| Matheus Matias (Matheus Matias Ferreira) | £900 | £46,800 | 19 | ST | Brazil | ||
| Tiago Alves | £600 | £31,200 | 34 | D C | Brazil | ||
| Willie | £400 | £20,800 | 25 | AM RC, F C | Brazil | ||
| Mateus Farias | £350 | £18,200 | 17 | D/WB L | Brazil | ||
| Rick | £330 | £17,160 | 18 | ST | Brazil | ||
| Tiago Cunha | £280 | £14,560 | 18 | ST | Brazil | ||
| Bartholdy | £260 | £13,520 | 19 | AM C | Brazil | ||
| Ronaldo | £230 | £11,960 | 19 | D C | Brazil | ||
| Luís David | £50 | £2,600 | 17 | ST | Brazil | ||
| Thiago | £50 | £2,600 | 16 | AM L, ST | Brazil | ||
| Enzo | £50 | £2,600 | 18 | GK | Brazil | ||
| Matheus Porto | £40 | £2,080 | 19 | ST | Brazil | ||
Wage vs age, 2018/19
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2018/19 squad, against the share of the bill they took
Top 5 earners took 33% of the squad wage bill, across the 42 players we hold a 2018/19 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2018/19 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Ceará wages, 2018/19
What was Ceará's wage bill in 2018/19?
Ceará paid £95,120 a week in 2018/19 - £4,946,240 across the year - spread over a squad of 42. We hold a wage for all 42 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Ceará player in 2018/19?
Samuel Xavier (Samuel Xavier Brito) was the highest earner in the 2018/19 squad on £7,600 a week, 2.6x the 22+ squad average of £2,955.
What was the average Ceará salary in 2018/19?
The average Ceará player aged 22 or over earned £2,955 a week in 2018/19, across the 28 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 42. The top five earners took 33% of the bill between them.
How do Ceará's 2018/19 wages compare with now?
Ceará pay £75,526 a week in 2026/27, 21% lower than the £95,120 of 2018/19. The current squad is 42 players against 42 then.