Ceará 2021/22 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2021/22 · top earner Lucas Ribeiro on £9,000 per week · see the current Ceará wage bill
We hold a wage for all 53 players in that squad. The average is taken over the 30 players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for.
Then and now
Ceará pay £75,526 a week in 2026/27 — 39% lower than the £123,810 of 2021/22.
Where the money went in 2021/22
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 3 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2021/22 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucas Ribeiro | £9,000 | £468,000 | 22 | D C | Brazil | ||
| Vina | £8,000 | £416,000 | 30 | AM RLC | Brazil | ||
| Matheus Peixoto | £6,900 | £358,800 | 25 | ST | Brazil | ||
| Dentinho (Bruno Ferreira Bonfim) | £6,400 | £332,800 | 32 | AM RLC, F C | Brazil | ||
| Fernando Sobral | £6,300 | £327,600 | 26 | DM, AM RC | Brazil | ||
| João Ricardo | £6,100 | £317,200 | 32 | GK | Brazil | ||
| Messias | £5,900 | £306,800 | 26 | D C | Brazil | ||
| Rodrigo Lindoso | £5,700 | £296,400 | 32 | DM | Brazil | ||
| Stiven Mendoza | £5,600 | £291,200 | 29 | AM RL, ST | Colombia | ||
| Bruno Pacheco | £5,500 | £286,000 | 29 | D/WB L | Brazil | ||
| Luiz Otávio | £5,000 | £260,000 | 32 | D C | Brazil | ||
| Michel Macedo | £4,900 | £254,800 | 31 | D/WB R | Brazil | ||
| Victor Luís | £4,500 | £234,000 | 28 | D/WB L | Brazil | ||
| Gabriel Lacerda | £4,200 | £218,400 | 22 | D C | Brazil | ||
| Zé Roberto | £4,000 | £208,000 | 27 | AM RL, ST | Brazil | ||
| Nino Paraíba (Severino do Ramo Clementino da Silva) | £3,900 | £202,800 | 35 | D/WB R | Brazil | ||
| Richard | £3,700 | £192,400 | 30 | GK | Brazil | ||
| Lima | £3,000 | £156,000 | 25 | AM RC | Brazil | ||
| Richard | £2,700 | £140,400 | 27 | DM | Brazil | ||
| Buiú (Marcos Ytalo Benício da Silva) | £2,500 | £130,000 | 25 | D/WB/AM R | Brazil | ||
| Cléber (Cléber Bomfim de Jesus) | £2,400 | £124,800 | 24 | ST | Brazil | ||
| Wescley | £2,400 | £124,800 | 29 | AM RL, ST | Brazil | ||
| Jael | £2,100 | £109,200 | 32 | ST | Brazil | ||
| Iury Castilho | £2,100 | £109,200 | 25 | AM RL, ST | Brazil | ||
| Marlon | £1,900 | £98,800 | 31 | AM RLC | Brazil | ||
| Richardson | £1,700 | £88,400 | 29 | DM | Brazil | ||
| Erick | £1,300 | £67,600 | 23 | AM RL | Brazil | ||
| Gabriel Santos | £1,200 | £62,400 | 22 | AM RL, ST | Brazil | ||
| Kelvyn | £970 | £50,440 | 22 | D/WB L, DM | Brazil | ||
| Vinicius Machado | £830 | £43,160 | 21 | GK | Brazil | ||
| Índio | £680 | £35,360 | 22 | DM | Brazil | ||
| Vitor Jacaré | £610 | £31,720 | 21 | AM/F C | Brazil | ||
| André Luiz | £520 | £27,040 | 21 | GK | Brazil | ||
| João Victor (João Victor Vieira Ferreira Sousa) | £200 | £10,400 | 17 | AM/F C | Brazil | ||
| Pedro Igor (Pedro Igor de Sousa Carneiro Martins) | £190 | £9,880 | 19 | ST | Brazil | ||
| Guthierres (Guthierres Sales de Oliveira) | £140 | £7,280 | 20 | AM RL, ST | Brazil | ||
| Felipe Micael | £100 | £5,200 | 20 | ST | Brazil | ||
| Jefferson Maciel | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | D C | Brazil | ||
| Wendell (Wendell Fernandes da Silva) | £80 | £4,160 | 18 | DM | Brazil | ||
| Átila (Átila Guilherme Sales Freire) | £60 | £3,120 | 19 | D/WB R | Brazil | ||
| Davi (Davi Carlos da Costa Schneider) | £60 | £3,120 | 18 | GK | Brazil | ||
| Rubens (Rubens Abreu Ferreira) | £40 | £2,080 | 19 | DM | Brazil | ||
| Pedro (Pedro Henrique Matos de Oliveira) | £40 | £2,080 | 18 | AM C | Brazil | ||
| Lucas (Lucas Vitor Gualdessi) | £40 | £2,080 | 17 | GK | Brazil | ||
| Lucas Guido (Lucas Guido de Almeida Jeronymo Corrêa) | £40 | £2,080 | 19 | AM C | Brazil | ||
| David | £40 | £2,080 | 17 | AM C | Brazil | ||
| Gustavo Henrique (Gustavo Henrique da Silva Lima) | £30 | £1,560 | 18 | AM RL | Brazil | ||
| Jonathan (Jonathan de Jesus Alves) | £30 | £1,560 | 17 | D C | Brazil | ||
| Warlen (Warlen Wilderk Soares de Sales) | £30 | £1,560 | 18 | GK | Brazil | ||
| Rafael Almada | £20 | £1,040 | 18 | ST | Brazil | ||
| Vila Verde (João Vitor da Silva Vila Verde) | £20 | £1,040 | 18 | D C | Brazil | ||
| Kauan Galhardo (Kauan Galhardo Ferrarini Brustolin) | £20 | £1,040 | 17 | AM C | Brazil | ||
| Jatobá (Mateus Pereira de Brito) | £20 | £1,040 | 16 | D/WB L | Brazil | ||
Wage vs age, 2021/22
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2021/22 squad, against the share of the bill they took
Top 5 earners took 30% of the squad wage bill, across the 53 players we hold a 2021/22 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2021/22 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Ceará wages, 2021/22
What was Ceará's wage bill in 2021/22?
Ceará paid £123,810 a week in 2021/22 - £6,438,120 across the year - spread over a squad of 53. We hold a wage for all 53 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Ceará player in 2021/22?
Lucas Ribeiro was the highest earner in the 2021/22 squad on £9,000 a week, 2.2x the 22+ squad average of £4,018.
What was the average Ceará salary in 2021/22?
The average Ceará player aged 22 or over earned £4,018 a week in 2021/22, across the 30 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 53. The top five earners took 30% of the bill between them.
How do Ceará's 2021/22 wages compare with now?
Ceará pay £75,526 a week in 2026/27, 39% lower than the £123,810 of 2021/22. The current squad is 42 players against 53 then.