Rio Ave 2021/22 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2021/22 · top earner Aderllan Santos on £3,500 per week · see the current Rio Ave wage bill
We hold a wage for all 62 players in that squad. The average is taken over the 25 players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for.
Then and now
Rio Ave pay £54,633 a week in 2026/27 — 17% higher than the £46,790 of 2021/22.
Where the money went in 2021/22
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 4 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2021/22 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aderllan Santos | £3,500 | £182,000 | 32 | D C | Brazil | ||
| André Pereira | £2,500 | £130,000 | 26 | ST | Portugal | ||
| Fabrice Olinga | £2,300 | £119,600 | 25 | AM RL, ST | Cameroon | ||
| Guga (Gonçalo Rodrigues) | £2,200 | £114,400 | 23 | DM | Portugal | ||
| Gabrielzinho | £2,200 | £114,400 | 25 | AM RL | Brazil | ||
| Jhonatan (Jhonatan Luiz da Siqueira) | £2,100 | £109,200 | 30 | GK | Brazil | ||
| Zé Manuel | £2,000 | £104,000 | 30 | AM RL, ST | Portugal | ||
| Pedro Mendes | £1,800 | £93,600 | 21 | ST | Portugal | ||
| Amine Oudrhiri | £1,500 | £78,000 | 28 | DM | France | ||
| Aziz Yakubu | £1,500 | £78,000 | 23 | ST | Ghana | ||
| Ukra (André Monteiro) | £1,500 | £78,000 | 33 | AM RL | Portugal | ||
| Vítor Gomes | £1,500 | £78,000 | 33 | AM C | Portugal | ||
| Alhassane Sylla | £1,500 | £78,000 | 25 | D/WB RL | Senegal | ||
| Costinha | £1,400 | £72,800 | 21 | D/WB R | Portugal | ||
| Hugo Gomes (Hugo Domingos Gomes) | £1,200 | £62,400 | 26 | D C | Brazil | ||
| João Graça | £1,100 | £57,200 | 26 | AM C | Portugal | ||
| Joca | £1,100 | £57,200 | 25 | AM C | Portugal | ||
| Junio Rocha | £1,100 | £57,200 | 24 | D/WB R | Brazil | ||
| Zimbabwe (Kelvin Medina) | £1,000 | £52,000 | 27 | DM | Cape Verde | ||
| Ângelo Meneses | £1,000 | £52,000 | 28 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Léo Vieira (Leonardo da Silva Vieira) | £1,000 | £52,000 | 30 | GK | Brazil | ||
| Bruno Ventura | £800 | £41,600 | 20 | AM C | Portugal | ||
| Pedro Amaral | £800 | £41,600 | 23 | D/WB L | Portugal | ||
| Renato Pantalon | £760 | £39,520 | 23 | D C | Croatia | ||
| Ronan | £700 | £36,400 | 26 | ST | Brazil | ||
| Fábio Ronaldo | £640 | £33,280 | 20 | AM RL | Portugal | ||
| Sávio (Sávio Antônio Alves) | £600 | £31,200 | 26 | D/WB L | Brazil | ||
| Magrão (Audenirton Soares da Silva) | £600 | £31,200 | 21 | GK | Brazil | ||
| Leandro Alves | £580 | £30,160 | 22 | AM RLC, F C | Brazil | ||
| Ricardo Mondlane | £520 | £27,040 | 21 | M C | Mozambique | ||
| Rodrigo Guedes | £400 | £20,800 | 20 | DM | Portugal | ||
| Chico | £380 | £19,760 | 21 | ST | Portugal | ||
| Heitor Silva (Heitor Gonçalves da Silva) | £360 | £18,720 | 21 | GK | Brazil | ||
| Filipe Marques | £350 | £18,200 | 19 | AM LC | Portugal | ||
| Mohammed Sulemana | £310 | £16,120 | 18 | AM L | Ghana | ||
| Philomon Baffour | £280 | £14,560 | 20 | D RC | Ghana | ||
| Luís Carlos | £260 | £13,520 | 20 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Lucas Sousa | £260 | £13,520 | 19 | AM C | Portugal | ||
| Jorge Rodrigues | £260 | £13,520 | 20 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Agostinho (Agostinho Magalhães) | £260 | £13,520 | 21 | AM RL | Guinea-Bissau | ||
| Luís Pinto | £260 | £13,520 | 19 | AM L, ST | Portugal | ||
| Italo (Italo Pablo Alves Pereira) | £260 | £13,520 | 20 | DM | Brazil | ||
| Abulai Cassamá | £260 | £13,520 | 20 | D C, DM | Guinea-Bissau | ||
| Ablaye Diop | £260 | £13,520 | 20 | ST | Senegal | ||
| Francisco Mendes | £250 | £13,000 | 23 | M C | Guinea-Bissau | ||
| Rui André | £230 | £11,960 | 18 | D L, AM C | Portugal | ||
| Ricardo Soares | £230 | £11,960 | 19 | DM | Portugal | ||
| Darlan Zulu (Darlan Santos Rufino de Oliveira) | £110 | £5,720 | 20 | D LC, DM | Brazil | ||
| Diogo Silva | £60 | £3,120 | 18 | AM L | Portugal | ||
| Daniel Souza | £60 | £3,120 | 18 | DM | Portugal | ||
| João Pimenta | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Kevin Djabi | £60 | £3,120 | 18 | ST | Guinea-Bissau | ||
| Fernando Ferreira | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | AM RL | Portugal | ||
| David Romana | £60 | £3,120 | 18 | GK | Portugal | ||
| Diogo Ribeiro | £60 | £3,120 | 18 | D R | Portugal | ||
| João Teixeira | £60 | £3,120 | 18 | AM C | Portugal | ||
| Daniel Marques | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | D R | Portugal | ||
| Tomás Maganete | £60 | £3,120 | 18 | M C | Portugal | ||
| Guilherme Lima | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | DM | Portugal | ||
| Francisco Silva | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | AM C | Portugal | ||
| Tomás Costa | £60 | £3,120 | 18 | D/WB/AM L | Portugal | ||
| Zé Augusto (José Augusto de Jesus dos Santos) | £30 | £1,560 | 20 | D R | Brazil | ||
Wage vs age, 2021/22
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2021/22 squad, against the share of the bill they took
Top 5 earners took 27% of the squad wage bill, across the 62 players we hold a 2021/22 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2021/22 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Rio Ave wages, 2021/22
What was Rio Ave's wage bill in 2021/22?
Rio Ave paid £46,790 a week in 2021/22 - £2,433,080 across the year - spread over a squad of 62. We hold a wage for all 62 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Rio Ave player in 2021/22?
Aderllan Santos was the highest earner in the 2021/22 squad on £3,500 a week, 2.5x the 22+ squad average of £1,420.
What was the average Rio Ave salary in 2021/22?
The average Rio Ave player aged 22 or over earned £1,420 a week in 2021/22, across the 25 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 62. The top five earners took 27% of the bill between them.
How do Rio Ave's 2021/22 wages compare with now?
Rio Ave pay £54,633 a week in 2026/27, 17% higher than the £46,790 of 2021/22. The current squad is 63 players against 62 then.