Rio Ave 2026/27 - player wages
Primeira Liga · highest earner Diogo Nascimento on £7,400 per week · see Rio Ave transfers
We hold a wage for 49 of the 63 players. The average is taken over the 19 players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for.
Where the money goes
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 9 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
Squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diogo Nascimento | £7,400 | £384,800 | 22 | DM | Portugal | ||
| Diogo Oliveira | £3,400 | £176,800 | 22 | AM RL | Brazil | ||
| Dario Špikić | £3,400 | £176,800 | 26 | D R, AM RL | Croatia | ||
| Ennio van der Gouw | £3,300 | £171,600 | 25 | GK | Netherlands | ||
| Brandon Aguilera | £2,500 | £130,000 | 22 | DM, AM C | Costa Rica | ||
| Francisco Petrasso | £2,300 | £119,600 | 23 | D C | Argentina | ||
| Giorgos Liavas | £2,200 | £114,400 | 24 | D RC, DM | Greece | ||
| Jalen Miller Blesa | £2,100 | £109,200 | 24 | AM RLC, F C | Spain | ||
| Kevin Chamorro | £2,000 | £104,000 | 25 | GK | Costa Rica | ||
| Marios Vrousai | £1,900 | £98,800 | 27 | D/WB/AM R | Greece | ||
| Ryan Guilherme | £1,700 | £88,400 | 22 | DM | Brazil | ||
| Tobías Medina | £1,600 | £83,200 | 21 | AM RC | Argentina | ||
| Tamble Monteiro | £1,600 | £83,200 | 24 | ST | Guinea-Bissau | ||
| Tamás Nikitscher | £1,600 | £83,200 | 25 | DM | Hungary | ||
| Cezary Miszta | £1,400 | £72,800 | 23 | GK | Poland | ||
| João Tomé | £1,100 | £57,200 | 22 | D/WB/AM R | Portugal | ||
| Julien Lomboto | £1,100 | £57,200 | 23 | D C, DM | France | ||
| Jakub Brabec | £1,100 | £57,200 | 32 | D C | Czechia | ||
| Andreas Ndoj | £897 | £46,644 | 22 | D C, DM | Greece | ||
| Amine Rehmi | £748 | £38,896 | 23 | AM RL | Netherlands | ||
| Anxhelo Sina | £748 | £38,896 | 21 | GK | Albania | ||
| Lorent Talla | £746 | £38,792 | 20 | DM | Kosovo | ||
| Saba Samushia | £654 | £34,008 | 18 | AM RL | Georgia | ||
| Dudu | £502 | £26,104 | 19 | AM RL | Brazil | ||
| Etienne Michut | £492 | £25,584 | 18 | DM, AM C | France | ||
| Nelson Abbey | £489 | £25,428 | 21 | D C | England | ||
| Georgios Lemonakis | £472 | £24,544 | 19 | D/WB R | Greece | ||
| Pedro Virgínia | £468 | £24,336 | 21 | GK | Portugal | ||
| Hassan Aboul-Maati | £462 | £24,024 | 20 | D/WB L | Egypt | ||
| Fernando Ferreira | £438 | £22,776 | 20 | AM RL | Portugal | ||
| Bacari Djamanca | £435 | £22,620 | 20 | AM RL | Guinea-Bissau | ||
| Caike | £425 | £22,100 | 20 | D C | Brazil | ||
| Dijar Ferati | £415 | £21,580 | 16 | M LC | Albania | ||
| Antoine Wenck | £402 | £20,904 | 19 | M C | Senegal | ||
| Dai Baldé | £372 | £19,344 | 18 | D C, DM | Guinea-Bissau | ||
| Francisco Curvelo | £352 | £18,304 | 18 | AM RL | Portugal | ||
| Mamadou Sawané | £325 | £16,900 | 19 | AM RL | Senegal | ||
| Vinícius Cressi | £322 | £16,744 | 21 | D C | Brazil | ||
| Rafael Lobato | £276 | £14,352 | 19 | AM RL | Brazil | ||
| Alexandre Sousa | £259 | £13,468 | 19 | AM L | Portugal | ||
| Filipe Azevedo | £259 | £13,468 | 18 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Santiago Gomes | £259 | £13,468 | 19 | GK | Portugal | ||
| Franco Pinho | £259 | £13,468 | 18 | ST | Portugal | ||
| Francisco Brás | £259 | £13,468 | 19 | D RC | Portugal | ||
| Guilherme Venâncio | £259 | £13,468 | 19 | D/WB L | Portugal | ||
| Tomé Almeida | £255 | £13,260 | 19 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Pedro Pereira | £252 | £13,104 | 19 | M C | Portugal | ||
| Pedro Davide | £216 | £11,232 | 18 | D/WB R | Portugal | ||
| Miguel Patrício | £216 | £11,232 | 18 | AM C | Portugal | ||
| Samuel Alves | - | - | 17 | ST | Brazil | ||
| Mathéo Chaigne | - | - | 18 | D C | France | ||
| Rodrigo Moreira | - | - | 18 | AM R, ST | Portugal | ||
| Luís Rasgado | - | - | 17 | AM RL | Angola | ||
| Rodrigo Real | - | - | 16 | GK | Portugal | ||
| Dinis Freitas | - | - | 17 | D/WB L | Portugal | ||
| Tomás Nóbrega | - | - | 17 | GK | Portugal | ||
| Pedro Izbisciuc | - | - | 17 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Diogo Cordeiro | - | - | 17 | AM RL | Portugal | ||
| Yanis Boisseau | - | - | 18 | D C | France | ||
| Gonçalo Dantas | - | - | 18 | M C | Portugal | ||
| Guigo | - | - | 18 | AM RL | Portugal | ||
| Rodrigo Boa Morte | - | - | 17 | D/WB L | Angola | ||
| Miguel Domingos | - | - | 18 | AM L | Portugal | ||
Wage vs age
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band, against the share of the bill they take
Top 5 earners take 37% of the squad wage bill, across the 49 players we hold a wage for.
Rio Ave against the Primeira Liga
Average weekly wage by position group, this squad against the division - over players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for
Rio Ave Primeira Liga average · Rio Ave pays under the league average in every one of them. The count after each label is the players the club average is taken over.
Contract expiries
When current deals run out
Frequently asked questions
Rio Ave wages, 2026/27
What is Rio Ave's wage bill in 2026/27?
The Rio Ave total wage bill for 2026/27 is £2,840,916 per year (£54,633 per week) across a squad of 63. We hold a wage for 49 of the 63 players.
Who is Rio Ave's highest earner?
Diogo Nascimento is the highest paid player at Rio Ave, earning £7,400 per week.
What is the average Rio Ave player salary?
The average Rio Ave player aged 22 or over earns £2,197 per week in 2026/27, across the 19 we hold a wage for. The median is £1,900. The squad list below runs down to academy age, so the average is taken over senior players only.
Which league do Rio Ave play in?
Rio Ave play in the Primeira Liga. The Primeira Liga is the top division of football in Portugal.
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