Valenciennes FC 2016/17 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2016/17 · top earner Edouard Butin on £7,300 per week · see the current Valenciennes FC wage bill
We hold a wage for all 72 players in that squad. The average is taken over the 14 players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for.
Then and now
Valenciennes FC pay £36,377 a week in 2026/27 — 72% lower than the £130,600 of 2016/17.
Where the money went in 2016/17
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 4 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2016/17 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edouard Butin | £7,300 | £379,600 | 28 | AM R, ST | France | ||
| Nuno Da Costa | £6,900 | £358,800 | 25 | AM/F C | Cape Verde | ||
| Baptiste Aloé | £5,500 | £286,000 | 22 | D C | France | ||
| Ahmed Kantari | £5,500 | £286,000 | 31 | D C | Morocco | ||
| Lamine Ndao | £5,000 | £260,000 | 21 | AM RL, ST | Senegal | ||
| Loris Néry | £5,000 | £260,000 | 25 | D/WB RL | France | ||
| Loïc Nestor | £5,000 | £260,000 | 27 | D RC | France | ||
| Abdoul Kaboré | £4,500 | £234,000 | 22 | DM | Burkina Faso | ||
| Adrien Tameze | £4,500 | £234,000 | 22 | DM | France | ||
| Angelo Fulgini | £4,500 | £234,000 | 19 | D RC, DM | France | ||
| Damien Perquis | £4,400 | £228,800 | 30 | GK | France | ||
| Moussa Niakhaté | £3,900 | £202,800 | 20 | D L | France | ||
| Saliou Ciss | £3,600 | £187,200 | 27 | D/WB/M L | Senegal | ||
| Adil Azbague | £3,500 | £182,000 | 21 | AM L | France | ||
| Cyrille Merville | £3,400 | £176,800 | 34 | GK | France | ||
| Eloge Enza-Yamissi | £3,300 | £171,600 | 33 | DM | Central African Rep. | ||
| Lebo Mothiba | £3,000 | £156,000 | 20 | ST | South Africa | ||
| Sébastien Roudet | £2,600 | £135,200 | 35 | AM LC | France | ||
| Sigamary Diarra | £2,600 | £135,200 | 32 | AM L | Mali | ||
| Andy Faustin | £2,500 | £130,000 | 19 | AM L, ST | France | ||
| Emmanuel Ntim | £2,300 | £119,600 | 20 | D RC | Ghana | ||
| Elhadj Dabo | £2,300 | £119,600 | 20 | DM | Senegal | ||
| Alan Richard | £1,500 | £78,000 | 20 | AM LC | France | ||
| Albert Makoubé | £1,500 | £78,000 | 21 | DM | France | ||
| Anthony De Oliveira | £1,500 | £78,000 | 18 | ST | Portugal | ||
| Guillaume Doré | £1,200 | £62,400 | 19 | DM | France | ||
| Ismail Haddou | £1,100 | £57,200 | 20 | AM RLC | Algeria | ||
| Alkaou Keita | £1,020 | £53,040 | 18 | ST | France | ||
| Anthony Goelzer | £970 | £50,440 | 17 | D L | France | ||
| David Bangala | £940 | £48,880 | 19 | D R | France | ||
| Gwenn Foulon | £930 | £48,360 | 17 | ST | France | ||
| Jean Verrone | £910 | £47,320 | 18 | DM | Haiti | ||
| Andy Jaoui | £910 | £47,320 | 20 | AM R | France | ||
| Nadir Ettaibi | £890 | £46,280 | 19 | AM R | France | ||
| Hamady Traoré | £890 | £46,280 | 17 | D R | France | ||
| Julien Masson | £880 | £45,760 | 18 | DM | France | ||
| Eren Yesil | £880 | £45,760 | 19 | AM L | Türkiye | ||
| Eder Verrisimo | £870 | £45,240 | 18 | M C | Portugal | ||
| Bastien Bataille | £850 | £44,200 | 18 | D/WB L | France | ||
| Kevin Anoh | £850 | £44,200 | 20 | D RC | France | ||
| Nassim Benthami | £840 | £43,680 | 17 | AM L | France | ||
| Aidara Koné | £840 | £43,680 | 17 | DM | Côte d’Ivoire | ||
| Kyle Duncan | £820 | £42,640 | 18 | D/WB R, DM | U.S.A. | ||
| Dylan Jaoui | £810 | £42,120 | 18 | D C | France | ||
| Peter Barbaret | £800 | £41,600 | 18 | ST | France | ||
| Yoann Assoumin | £790 | £41,080 | 20 | D RC | France | ||
| Maka Ndiaye | £790 | £41,080 | 19 | D C | Senegal | ||
| Jérémy Lavaur | £790 | £41,080 | 19 | DM | France | ||
| Moctar Jalo | £760 | £39,520 | 18 | D C | France | ||
| Maxence Ferret | £760 | £39,520 | 19 | D C | France | ||
| Kyllian Mammou | £760 | £39,520 | 18 | AM R | France | ||
| William Hervé | £740 | £38,480 | 17 | D C | France | ||
| Gessym Monnier | £740 | £38,480 | 17 | D L, DM | France | ||
| Waly Diouf | £740 | £38,480 | 19 | D C | France | ||
| Steve Ambri | £740 | £38,480 | 18 | ST | France | ||
| Keyssane Emmerentienne | £730 | £37,960 | 17 | D C | France | ||
| Pierre Kopniaeff | £720 | £37,440 | 17 | AM R | France | ||
| Ozcan Sahan | £720 | £37,440 | 17 | ST | France | ||
| Matteo Rigoni | £720 | £37,440 | 19 | M C | France | ||
| Simon Petiaut | £690 | £35,880 | 18 | AM R | France | ||
| Saïd Khaies | £680 | £35,360 | 17 | DM | France | ||
| Yann Georges | £680 | £35,360 | 18 | ST | France | ||
| Romain De Pascale | £680 | £35,360 | 18 | D R | Belgium | ||
| Yanis Boucif | £670 | £34,840 | 17 | D R | France | ||
| William Baku | £600 | £31,200 | 17 | DM | France | ||
| Gaëtan Arib | £400 | £20,800 | 16 | DM | France | ||
| Nicolas Kocik | £390 | £20,280 | 17 | GK | France | ||
| Gilian Dupiré | £380 | £19,760 | 16 | DM | France | ||
| Kévin Wiart | £340 | £17,680 | 19 | GK | France | ||
| Sikou Niakaté | £290 | £15,080 | 16 | D C | France | ||
| Valentin Dahak | £270 | £14,040 | 17 | GK | France | ||
| Théo Chatelain | £230 | £11,960 | 16 | GK | France | ||
Wage vs age, 2016/17
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2016/17 squad, against the share of the bill they took
Top 5 earners took 23% of the squad wage bill, across the 72 players we hold a 2016/17 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2016/17 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Valenciennes FC wages, 2016/17
What was Valenciennes FC's wage bill in 2016/17?
Valenciennes FC paid £130,600 a week in 2016/17 - £6,791,200 across the year - spread over a squad of 72. We hold a wage for all 72 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Valenciennes FC player in 2016/17?
Edouard Butin was the highest earner in the 2016/17 squad on £7,300 a week, 1.6x the 22+ squad average of £4,579.
What was the average Valenciennes FC salary in 2016/17?
The average Valenciennes FC player aged 22 or over earned £4,579 a week in 2016/17, across the 14 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 72. The top five earners took 23% of the bill between them.
How do Valenciennes FC's 2016/17 wages compare with now?
Valenciennes FC pay £36,377 a week in 2026/27, 72% lower than the £130,600 of 2016/17. The current squad is 69 players against 72 then.