Rio Ave 2019/20 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2019/20 · top earner Aderllan Santos on £22,000 per week · see the current Rio Ave wage bill
We hold a wage for all 54 players in that squad. The average is taken over the 23 players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for.
Then and now
Rio Ave pay £54,633 a week in 2026/27 — 46% lower than the £101,810 of 2019/20.
Where the money went in 2019/20
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 4 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2019/20 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aderllan Santos | £22,000 | £1,144,000 | 30 | D C | Brazil | ||
| Lucas Piazón | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | 25 | AM RLC | Brazil | ||
| Diogo Figueiras | £6,400 | £332,800 | 28 | D/WB RL, M R | Portugal | ||
| Mehdi Taremi | £3,900 | £202,800 | 26 | AM L, ST | Iran | ||
| Carlos Mané | £3,400 | £176,800 | 25 | AM RLC | Portugal | ||
| Filipe Augusto | £3,300 | £171,600 | 25 | DM | Brazil | ||
| Gélson Dala | £3,200 | £166,400 | 22 | AM LC, F C | Angola | ||
| Nuno Santos | £2,900 | £150,800 | 24 | AM RL | Portugal | ||
| Bruno Moreira | £2,500 | £130,000 | 31 | ST | Portugal | ||
| Diego Lopes | £2,400 | £124,800 | 25 | AM RLC | Brazil | ||
| Matheus Reis | £1,900 | £98,800 | 24 | D/WB L | Brazil | ||
| Nikola Jambor | £1,900 | £98,800 | 23 | DM, AM C | Croatia | ||
| Manuel Namora | £1,900 | £98,800 | 21 | ST | Portugal | ||
| Nélson Monte | £1,900 | £98,800 | 23 | D RC | Portugal | ||
| Paweł Kieszek | £1,800 | £93,600 | 35 | GK | Poland | ||
| Pedro Amaral | £1,800 | £93,600 | 21 | D/WB L | Portugal | ||
| Toni Borevkovic | £1,600 | £83,200 | 22 | D RC | Croatia | ||
| Tarantini | £1,600 | £83,200 | 35 | DM | Portugal | ||
| Eliseu Nadjack | £1,300 | £67,600 | 25 | D/WB R | Guinea-Bissau | ||
| Junio Rocha | £1,100 | £57,200 | 22 | D/WB R | Brazil | ||
| Ali Al Musrati | £930 | £48,360 | 23 | DM | Libya | ||
| Carlos Alves | £910 | £47,320 | 21 | GK | Portugal | ||
| Messias | £900 | £46,800 | 24 | D C | Brazil | ||
| Paulo Vitor | £800 | £41,600 | 30 | GK | Brazil | ||
| Diogo Teixeira | £780 | £40,560 | 20 | DM, AM RC | Portugal | ||
| Bruninho | £690 | £35,880 | 21 | AM RL | Portugal | ||
| Vító | £600 | £31,200 | 21 | DM, AM C | Portugal | ||
| Baggio | £570 | £29,640 | 20 | D C | Brazil | ||
| Chico | £560 | £29,120 | 19 | ST | Portugal | ||
| Costinha | £560 | £29,120 | 19 | D/WB R | Portugal | ||
| Daniel Santos | £550 | £28,600 | 21 | DM | Brazil | ||
| Diogo Bianchi | £550 | £28,600 | 22 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Filipe Almeida | £530 | £27,560 | 21 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Guilherme Eller | £520 | £27,040 | 20 | DM | Brazil | ||
| Hugo Pinho | £510 | £26,520 | 19 | M C | Portugal | ||
| Jaiminho | £490 | £25,480 | 21 | AM RL | Portugal | ||
| Leandro Alves | £470 | £24,440 | 20 | AM RLC | Brazil | ||
| Nuno Namora | £450 | £23,400 | 21 | D L | Portugal | ||
| Ricardo Schutte | £410 | £21,320 | 21 | AM RC, F C | Portugal | ||
| Gabi | £380 | £19,760 | 19 | D/WB RL | Brazil | ||
| Vitor Luiz | £370 | £19,240 | 23 | GK | Brazil | ||
| João Gonçalo | £350 | £18,200 | 19 | GK | Portugal | ||
| Nuno Silva | £310 | £16,120 | 20 | M C | Portugal | ||
| Nuno Barbosa | £310 | £16,120 | 18 | AM L, ST | Portugal | ||
| Pedro Graça | £290 | £15,080 | 20 | M C | Portugal | ||
| Rúben Gonçalves | £270 | £14,040 | 20 | AM C | Portugal | ||
| Gonçalo Torres | £220 | £11,440 | 19 | M C | Portugal | ||
| João Pedro | £220 | £11,440 | 20 | D RL | Portugal | ||
| Xavi | £210 | £10,920 | 18 | GK | Portugal | ||
| Fábio Ronaldo | £60 | £3,120 | 18 | AM RL | Portugal | ||
| Diogo Figueiredo | £60 | £3,120 | 18 | GK | Portugal | ||
| Rodrigo Guedes | £60 | £3,120 | 18 | DM | Portugal | ||
| Luís Carlos | £60 | £3,120 | 18 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Luís Pedro | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | DM | Portugal | ||
Wage vs age, 2019/20
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2019/20 squad, against the share of the bill they took
Top 5 earners took 55% of the squad wage bill, across the 54 players we hold a 2019/20 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2019/20 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Rio Ave wages, 2019/20
What was Rio Ave's wage bill in 2019/20?
Rio Ave paid £101,810 a week in 2019/20 - £5,294,120 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 Rio Ave player in 2019/20?
Aderllan Santos was the highest earner in the 2019/20 squad on £22,000 a week, 5.8x the 22+ squad average of £3,767.
What was the average Rio Ave salary in 2019/20?
The average Rio Ave player aged 22 or over earned £3,767 a week in 2019/20, across the 23 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 54. The top five earners took 55% of the bill between them.
How do Rio Ave's 2019/20 wages compare with now?
Rio Ave pay £54,633 a week in 2026/27, 46% lower than the £101,810 of 2019/20. The current squad is 63 players against 54 then.