Ceará 2022/23 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2022/23 · top earner Danilo Barcelos (Danilo Carvalho Barcelos) on £30,000 per week · see the current Ceará wage bill
Then and now
Ceará pay £50,251 a week in 2026/27 — 62% lower than the £130,570 of 2022/23.
Where the money went in 2022/23
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 6 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2022/23 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | EXPIRES | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danilo Barcelos (Danilo Carvalho Barcelos) | £30,000 | £1,560,000 | 30 | Left-back, left midfielder | Brazil | NOV 2023 | ||
| Lucas Ribeiro | £9,000 | £468,000 | 23 | Centre-back | Brazil | JUN 2023 | ||
| Chay (Chayene Medeiros Oliveira Santos) | £6,400 | £332,800 | 31 | Left winger | Brazil | DEC 2024 | ||
| Guilherme Castilho | £6,200 | £322,400 | 22 | Defensive midfielder | Brazil | JUN 2027 | ||
| Luiz Otávio | £6,000 | £312,000 | 33 | Centre-back | Brazil | DEC 2023 | ||
| Michel Macedo | £5,900 | £306,800 | 32 | Right-back | Brazil | DEC 2023 | ||
| Tiago | £5,600 | £291,200 | 32 | Centre-back | Brazil | DEC 2024 | ||
| Janderson (Janderson Santos de Souza) | £5,100 | £265,200 | 23 | Winger | Brazil | DEC 2025 | ||
| Leandro Carvalho | £5,000 | £260,000 | 27 | Winger | Brazil | DEC 2023 | ||
| Richard | £4,700 | £244,400 | 31 | Goalkeeper | Brazil | DEC 2024 | ||
| Willian Maranhão | £4,400 | £228,800 | 26 | Defensive midfielder | Brazil | DEC 2024 | ||
| Cléber (Cléber Bomfim de Jesus) | £4,400 | £228,800 | 25 | Striker | Brazil | DEC 2024 | ||
| Gabriel Lacerda | £4,200 | £218,400 | 23 | Centre-back | Brazil | DEC 2024 | ||
| Jean Carlos | £4,100 | £213,200 | 30 | Attacking midfielder | Brazil | DEC 2024 | ||
| Richardson | £3,700 | £192,400 | 30 | Defensive midfielder | Brazil | DEC 2024 | ||
| Richard | £3,700 | £192,400 | 28 | Defensive midfielder | Brazil | DEC 2024 | ||
| Arthur Rezende | £2,500 | £130,000 | 28 | Attacking midfielder | Brazil | DEC 2023 | ||
| Alfredo Aguilar | £2,500 | £130,000 | 33 | Goalkeeper | Paraguay | DEC 2023 | ||
| Warley (Warley Leandro da Silva) | £2,400 | £124,800 | 22 | Right-back, right winger | Brazil | DEC 2023 | ||
| Erick | £2,300 | £119,600 | 24 | Winger | Brazil | DEC 2023 | ||
| Luvannor | £2,000 | £104,000 | 32 | Left-back, winger, striker | Moldova | DEC 2023 | ||
| Caíque | £1,400 | £72,800 | 26 | Defensive midfielder | Brazil | DEC 2023 | ||
| Hygor | £1,200 | £62,400 | 29 | Winger, striker | Brazil | DEC 2024 | ||
| Igor | £1,100 | £57,200 | 24 | Right-back, defensive midfielder, central midfielder | Brazil | DEC 2023 | ||
| Álvaro | £1,000 | £52,000 | 24 | Left winger, striker | Brazil | - | ||
| Índio | £960 | £49,920 | 23 | Defensive midfielder | Brazil | DEC 2024 | ||
| Pedro Lucas | £940 | £48,880 | 19 | Attacking midfielder | Brazil | DEC 2024 | ||
| André Luiz | £590 | £30,680 | 22 | Goalkeeper | Brazil | DEC 2023 | ||
| Vitor Gabriel | £500 | £26,000 | 22 | Striker | Brazil | JUN 2024 | ||
| Léo Rafael | £480 | £24,960 | 21 | Attacking midfielder | Brazil | DEC 2024 | ||
| Willian Formiga | £460 | £23,920 | 27 | Centre-back | Brazil | - | ||
| David Ricardo | £280 | £14,560 | 19 | Centre-back | Brazil | DEC 2025 | ||
| Daniel Mazerochi (Daniel Henrique Aguiar Mazerochi) | £260 | £13,520 | 18 | Right winger | Brazil | - | ||
| João Victor (João Victor Vieira Ferreira Sousa) | £240 | £12,480 | 18 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Brazil | DEC 2023 | ||
| Caio Rafael | £130 | £6,760 | 18 | Attacking midfielder | Brazil | DEC 2025 | ||
| Jefferson Maciel | £110 | £5,720 | 19 | Centre-back | Brazil | DEC 2024 | ||
| Cristian (Cristian de Lima) | £70 | £3,640 | 20 | Goalkeeper | Brazil | - | ||
| Da Guia | £70 | £3,640 | 19 | Defensive midfielder | Brazil | - | ||
| Átila (Átila Guilherme Sales Freire) | £70 | £3,640 | 20 | Right-back | Brazil | - | ||
| Pablo | £70 | £3,640 | 18 | Striker | Brazil | - | ||
| Rubens (Rubens Abreu Ferreira) | £50 | £2,600 | 20 | Defensive midfielder | Brazil | DEC 2023 | ||
| Ezequiel | £50 | £2,600 | 19 | Striker | Brazil | - | ||
| Pedro (Pedro Henrique Matos de Oliveira) | £50 | £2,600 | 19 | Attacking midfielder | Brazil | - | ||
| David | £50 | £2,600 | 18 | Attacking midfielder | Brazil | DEC 2025 | ||
| Lucas (Lucas Vitor Gualdessi) | £40 | £2,080 | 18 | Goalkeeper | Brazil | - | ||
| Melqui | £40 | £2,080 | 15 | Attacking midfielder | Brazil | - | ||
| Renan | £40 | £2,080 | 17 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Brazil | - | ||
| Jonathan (Jonathan de Jesus Alves) | £40 | £2,080 | 18 | Centre-back | Brazil | - | ||
| Jatobá (Mateus Pereira de Brito) | £30 | £1,560 | 17 | Left-back | Brazil | - | ||
| Jotave | £30 | £1,560 | 18 | Right-back, defensive midfielder | Brazil | - | ||
| César | £30 | £1,560 | 18 | Goalkeeper | Brazil | DEC 2024 | ||
| Wesllen Reis (Wesllen Patrick Oliveira Reis) | £30 | £1,560 | 20 | Centre-back | Brazil | - | ||
| João | £30 | £1,560 | 18 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Brazil | - | ||
| Fabrício | £30 | £1,560 | 18 | Attacking midfielder | Brazil | FEB 2026 | ||
Wage vs age, 2022/23
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2022/23 squad, against the share of the bill they took
Top 5 earners took 44% of the squad wage bill, across the 54 players we hold a 2022/23 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2022/23 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Ceará wages, 2022/23
What was Ceará's wage bill in 2022/23?
Ceará paid £130,570 a week in 2022/23 - £6,789,640 across the year - spread over a squad of 54. We hold a wage for all 54 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Ceará player in 2022/23?
Danilo Barcelos (Danilo Carvalho Barcelos) was the highest earner in the 2022/23 squad on £30,000 a week, 6.8x the 22+ squad average of £4,390.
What was the average Ceará salary in 2022/23?
The average Ceará player aged 22 or over earned £4,390 a week in 2022/23, across the 29 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 54. The top five earners took 44% of the bill between them.
How do Ceará's 2022/23 wages compare with now?
Ceará pay £50,251 a week in 2026/27, 62% lower than the £130,570 of 2022/23. The current squad is 37 players against 54 then.