Diogo Costa vs Séko Fofana - salary comparison
Séko Fofana earns £57,000 a week more than Diogo Costa — £139,000 against £82,000, a difference of £2,964,000 over a year. The two best paid players at Futebol Clube do Porto.
Side by side
Current weekly wage, and where each of them earns it
Diogo Costa vs Séko Fofana, line by line
The better figure in each row is picked out in gold. A dash is a figure we do not hold.
| MEASURE | DIOGO COSTA | SÉKO FOFANA | DIFFERENCE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly wage | £82,000 | £139,000 | £57,000 |
| Yearly salary | £4,264,000 | £7,228,000 | £2,964,000 |
| Net worth | £10m | £30m | £20m |
| Seasons we hold a wage for | 9 | 10 | 1 |
| Age | 25 | 30 | 5 yr |
| Position | GK | DM | - |
| Club | Futebol Clube do Porto | Futebol Clube do Porto | team-mates |
| League | Primeira Liga | Primeira Liga | same league |
| Nationality | Portugal | Ivory Coast | - |
| Contract expiry | JUN 2030 | JUN 2029 | 365 days |
What the gap buys
The difference between these two, put next to figures the rest of the site holds
Séko Fofana is paid £57,000 a week more than Diogo Costa — £2,964,000 over a year.
of the 910 clubs we hold squad wages for pay their whole first team less each week than the gap between these two. The biggest of them is FC Erzgebirge Aue, whose 24 players cost £57k a week between them.
what Diogo Costa is paid. Put another way, Séko Fofana earns Diogo Costa's entire week in 4.1 days.
a week, in 2024 — the widest the two have been apart in any of the 10 seasons below that they both appear in.
Season by season
Weekly wage in each season both men appear in our data, newest at the bottom. Where they were is beside the figure.
Full histories: Diogo Costa · Séko Fofana
Frequently asked questions
Diogo Costa vs Séko Fofana
Who earns more, Diogo Costa or Séko Fofana?
Séko Fofana earns more. Séko Fofana is on £139,000 per week against Diogo Costa's £82,000, a gap of £57,000 a week.
What is the difference between Diogo Costa's and Séko Fofana's salary?
£57,000 per week, which comes to £2,964,000 over a year. Séko Fofana is paid 1.7 times what Diogo Costa is paid.
How much does Diogo Costa earn per week?
Diogo Costa earns £82,000 per week at Futebol Clube do Porto, or £4,264,000 per year.
How much does Séko Fofana earn per week?
Séko Fofana earns £139,000 per week at Futebol Clube do Porto, or £7,228,000 per year.
Who is older, Diogo Costa or Séko Fofana?
Séko Fofana is older, at 30 to 25.
Whose contract runs longer, Diogo Costa's or Séko Fofana's?
Diogo Costa. Diogo Costa's deal runs to 30 June 2030, against 30 June 2029 for Séko Fofana.
Who has earned more over their career, Diogo Costa or Séko Fofana?
Séko Fofana, on the seasons we hold a wage for. Diogo Costa has earned £10,465,520 across 9 seasons, Séko Fofana £30,108,000 across 10 seasons.
How big is the gap between Diogo Costa and Séko Fofana?
£57,000 a week. That is more than the entire first-team wage bill at 438 of the 910 clubs whose squads we hold wages for, the biggest of them FC Erzgebirge Aue on £56,909 a week.