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FC Metz 2023/24 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2023/24 · top earner Didier Lamkel Zé on £12,000 per week · see the current FC Metz wage bill
WEEKLY WAGE BILL £138k
YEARLY WAGE BILL £7.2m
SQUAD SIZE85
AVERAGE WEEKLY, 22+ £5k
Then and now
FC Metz pay £97,205 a week in 2026/27 — 30% lower than the £138,140 of 2023/24.
Where the money went in 2023/24
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 16 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2023/24 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | EXPIRES | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Didier Lamkel Zé | £12,000 | £624,000 | 26 | Winger, striker | Cameroon | JUN 2025 | ||
| Ismaël Traoré | £9,100 | £473,200 | 36 | Centre-back | Côte d’Ivoire | JUN 2024 | ||
| Christophe Hérelle | £8,400 | £436,800 | 30 | Centre-back | France | JUN 2025 | ||
| Fali Candé | £7,300 | £379,600 | 25 | Centre-back | Guinea-Bissau | JUN 2026 | ||
| Joel Asoro | £7,100 | £369,200 | 24 | Winger, striker | Sweden | JUN 2027 | ||
| Kévin Van Den Kerkhof | £6,000 | £312,000 | 27 | Right-back, right winger | Algeria | JUN 2026 | ||
| Maxime Colin | £5,900 | £306,800 | 31 | Full-back | France | JUN 2025 | ||
| Matthieu Udol | £5,900 | £306,800 | 27 | Centre-back | France | JUN 2027 | ||
| Benjamin Tetteh | £5,500 | £286,000 | 26 | Winger, striker | Ghana | JUN 2026 | ||
| Alexandre Oukidja | £5,500 | £286,000 | 34 | Goalkeeper | Algeria | JUN 2025 | ||
| Danley Jean-Jacques | £5,400 | £280,800 | 23 | Defensive midfielder | Haiti | JUN 2027 | ||
| Kévin N'Doram | £5,000 | £260,000 | 27 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | France | JUN 2024 | ||
| Lamine Camara | £5,000 | £260,000 | 19 | Attacking midfielder | Senegal | JUN 2026 | ||
| Koffi Kouao | £5,000 | £260,000 | 25 | Right-back | Côte d’Ivoire | JUN 2026 | ||
| Ablie Jallow | £4,500 | £234,000 | 24 | Attacking midfielder | Gambia | JUN 2025 | ||
| Cheick Sabaly | £4,400 | £228,800 | 24 | Winger | Senegal | JUN 2026 | ||
| Georges Mikautadze | £4,200 | £218,400 | 22 | Left winger, striker | France | JUN 2028 | ||
| Aboubacar Lô | £2,500 | £130,000 | 23 | Centre-back | Senegal | JUN 2025 | ||
| Guillaume Dietsch | £2,200 | £114,400 | 22 | Goalkeeper | France | JUN 2025 | ||
| Marc-Aurèle Caillard | £1,900 | £98,800 | 29 | Goalkeeper | France | JUN 2024 | ||
| Malick Mbaye | £1,900 | £98,800 | 19 | Winger | Senegal | JUN 2026 | ||
| Amadou Diallo | £1,800 | £93,600 | 19 | Right winger, striker | Senegal | JUN 2026 | ||
| Arthur Atta | £1,500 | £78,000 | 20 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder | France | JUN 2026 | ||
| Warren Tchimbembé | £1,400 | £72,800 | 25 | Attacking midfielder | Congo | JUN 2024 | ||
| Joseph Lukombo | £1,100 | £57,200 | 18 | Defensive midfielder | France | JUN 2026 | ||
| Charles Divialle Corbière | £950 | £49,400 | 19 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | France | JUN 2024 | ||
| Ibou Sané | £900 | £46,800 | 18 | Striker | Senegal | JUN 2028 | ||
| Sadibou Sané | £800 | £41,600 | 19 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Senegal | JUN 2028 | ||
| Antonin Melis | £650 | £33,800 | 18 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder | France | JUN 2025 | ||
| Albin Demouchy | £650 | £33,800 | 21 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | France | JUL 2024 | ||
| Alexis Mirbach | £650 | £33,800 | 18 | Goalkeeper | France | JUN 2025 | ||
| Badra Traoré | £640 | £33,280 | 17 | Striker | Mali | JUN 2025 | ||
| Cléo Mélières | £630 | £32,760 | 18 | Right wing-back, right winger | France | JUN 2025 | ||
| Djebril Danhach | £620 | £32,240 | 19 | Winger, striker | France | - | ||
| Luzolo Vangi Vungele | £620 | £32,240 | 17 | Centre-back | France | JUN 2025 | ||
| Delano Meyrieu | £620 | £32,240 | 19 | Attacking midfielder | France | - | ||
| Dylan Ourega | £620 | £32,240 | 18 | Left wing-back, winger | France | - | ||
| Fabio Lohei | £600 | £31,200 | 18 | Left-back | Luxembourg | JUN 2025 | ||
| Hugo Hare | £580 | £30,160 | 16 | Winger | France | JUN 2026 | ||
| Issam El Foukhari | £570 | £29,640 | 18 | Left-back, left midfielder | France | - | ||
| Joan Tshiabu | £560 | £29,120 | 17 | Centre-back | France | JUN 2026 | ||
| Joris Manquant | £560 | £29,120 | 17 | Striker | France | JUN 2024 | ||
| Lanroy Machine | £540 | £28,080 | 17 | Attacking midfielder, striker | France | JUN 2025 | ||
| Marius Ros | £530 | £27,560 | 21 | Attacking midfielder | France | JUN 2024 | ||
| Max-Henri Nicolas | £530 | £27,560 | 18 | Right-back | France | - | ||
| Morgan Hiessler | £530 | £27,560 | 18 | Centre-back | France | JUN 2024 | ||
| Nolan Jeanne | £520 | £27,040 | 18 | Striker | France | JUN 2025 | ||
| Romain Jean-Baptiste | £480 | £24,960 | 17 | Goalkeeper | France | JUN 2024 | ||
| Tanguy Ahile | £460 | £23,920 | 18 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder | France | - | ||
| Wassim Bahri | £430 | £22,360 | 18 | Attacking midfielder | France | JUN 2025 | ||
| Oumar Deme | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | Centre-back | France | - | ||
| Léo Montout | £80 | £4,160 | 17 | Attacking midfielder | France | JUN 2024 | ||
| Ryan Owusu | £80 | £4,160 | 17 | Striker | France | - | ||
| Joseph Mangondo | £80 | £4,160 | 17 | Striker | France | JUN 2024 | ||
| Noam Marchal | £80 | £4,160 | 17 | Defensive midfielder | France | - | ||
| Kimi Gandziri | £80 | £4,160 | 17 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder | France | - | ||
| Diego Duarte | £80 | £4,160 | 17 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Luxembourg | - | ||
| Illyes El Yansli | £80 | £4,160 | 17 | Centre-back | France | - | ||
| Matteo Guendez | £80 | £4,160 | 17 | Left winger, striker | France | - | ||
| Benjamin Nduquidi | £80 | £4,160 | 17 | Centre-back | France | JUN 2024 | ||
| Mathis Dijoux | £80 | £4,160 | 17 | Goalkeeper | France | JUN 2024 | ||
| Alessio Martinez | £80 | £4,160 | 17 | Attacking midfielder | France | JUN 2024 | ||
| Damien Stegmann | £80 | £4,160 | 17 | Striker | France | - | ||
| Luca Pause | £80 | £4,160 | 17 | Goalkeeper | France | JUN 2025 | ||
| Oğuzhan Aydın | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Left wing-back, left winger | Belgium | - | ||
| Benit Mukwabango | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Centre-back | France | JUN 2026 | ||
| Nathan Gnémagnon | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Striker | France | JUN 2026 | ||
| Bryan Song | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Cameroon | - | ||
| Joris Touboui-Bi | £60 | £3,120 | 15 | Attacking midfielder, striker | France | - | ||
| Tahirys Dos Santos | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | France | - | ||
| Bisnat Mbala | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | Striker | Congo - Kinshasa | JUN 2024 | ||
| Clarence Kokoro | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Right-back | France | - | ||
| Adam Chams-Dine | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | Right-back, defensive midfielder | France | JUN 2024 | ||
| Abdallah Mbemba | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Attacking midfielder | France | - | ||
| Benjamin Mambo | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Attacking midfielder | Congo - Kinshasa | JUN 2024 | ||
| Josué Fernando | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Winger, striker | France | - | ||
| César Obongo | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | France | - | ||
| Tony Algarin | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Goalkeeper | Haiti | JUN 2025 | ||
| Noé Fleck | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Striker | France | - | ||
| Anis Soubeir | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Winger, striker | France | JUN 2025 | ||
| Noham Bettahar | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Right-back | France | JUN 2025 | ||
| Noam Strotz | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Striker | France | JUN 2025 | ||
| Franck Ebonog | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Defensive midfielder | France | JUN 2025 | ||
| David Gonçalves Nascimento | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Defensive midfielder | Portugal | - | ||
| Eliot Thelen | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Defensive midfielder | Luxembourg | - | ||
Wage vs age, 2023/24
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
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Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2023/24 squad, against the share of the bill they took
PLAYERS WEEKLY WAGE SHARE OF BILL
60 Under £1k 13%
6 £1k-£2k 7%
5 £2k-£5k 13%
13 £5k-£10k 59%
1 £10k-£25k 9%
Top 5 earners took 32% of the squad wage bill, across the 85 players we hold a 2023/24 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2023/24 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
FC Metz wages, 2023/24
What was FC Metz's wage bill in 2023/24?
FC Metz paid £138,140 a week in 2023/24 - £7,183,280 across the year - spread over a squad of 85. We hold a wage for all 85 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid FC Metz player in 2023/24?
Didier Lamkel Zé was the highest earner in the 2023/24 squad on £12,000 a week, 2.2x the 22+ squad average of £5,460.
What was the average FC Metz salary in 2023/24?
The average FC Metz player aged 22 or over earned £5,460 a week in 2023/24, across the 20 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 85. The top five earners took 32% of the bill between them.
How do FC Metz's 2023/24 wages compare with now?
FC Metz pay £97,205 a week in 2026/27, 30% lower than the £138,140 of 2023/24. The current squad is 67 players against 85 then.