Rio Ave 2022/23 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2022/23 · top earner Aderllan Santos on £3,500 per week · see the current Rio Ave wage bill
Then and now
Rio Ave pay £57,533 a week in 2026/27 — 7% lower than the £61,810 of 2022/23.
Where the money went in 2022/23
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 6 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2022/23 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | EXPIRES | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aderllan Santos | £3,500 | £182,000 | 33 | D C | Brazil | JUN 2025 | ||
| Andreas Samaris | £3,500 | £182,000 | 33 | D C, DM | Greece | JUN 2023 | ||
| Guga (Gonçalo Rodrigues) | £3,200 | £166,400 | 24 | DM | Portugal | JUN 2024 | ||
| Hernâni | £3,200 | £166,400 | 30 | AM RL | Portugal | JUN 2023 | ||
| Miguel Baeza | £2,900 | £150,800 | 22 | AM RLC | Spain | JUN 2025 | ||
| Paulo Vitor | £2,800 | £145,600 | 23 | D/WB L, AM RL | Brazil | JUN 2025 | ||
| Patrick William | £2,800 | £145,600 | 25 | D RC | Brazil | JUN 2025 | ||
| Aziz Yakubu | £2,500 | £130,000 | 24 | ST | Ghana | JUN 2025 | ||
| André Pereira | £2,500 | £130,000 | 27 | ST | Portugal | JUN 2024 | ||
| Emmanuel Boateng | £2,300 | £119,600 | 26 | ST | Ghana | JUN 2024 | ||
| Jhonatan (Jhonatan Luiz da Siqueira) | £2,100 | £109,200 | 31 | GK | Brazil | JUN 2025 | ||
| Junio Rocha | £2,100 | £109,200 | 25 | D/WB R | Brazil | JUN 2023 | ||
| Josué Sá | £2,100 | £109,200 | 30 | D C | Portugal | JUN 2024 | ||
| Leonardo Ruiz | £2,000 | £104,000 | 26 | ST | Colombia | JUN 2024 | ||
| Miguel Nóbrega | £1,900 | £98,800 | 22 | D C, DM | Portugal | JUN 2025 | ||
| Sávio (Sávio Antônio Alves) | £1,600 | £83,200 | 27 | D/WB L | Brazil | JUN 2025 | ||
| Amine Oudrhiri | £1,500 | £78,000 | 29 | DM | France | JUN 2023 | ||
| Vítor Gomes | £1,500 | £78,000 | 34 | AM C | Portugal | JUN 2023 | ||
| Ukra (André Monteiro) | £1,500 | £78,000 | 34 | AM RL | Portugal | JUN 2023 | ||
| Costinha | £1,400 | £72,800 | 22 | D/WB R | Portugal | JUN 2026 | ||
| João Graça | £1,100 | £57,200 | 27 | AM C | Portugal | JUN 2024 | ||
| Joca | £1,100 | £57,200 | 26 | AM RC | Portugal | JUN 2024 | ||
| Fábio Ronaldo | £870 | £45,240 | 21 | AM RLC | Portugal | JUN 2026 | ||
| Lucas Flores | £740 | £38,480 | 20 | GK | Brazil | JUN 2025 | ||
| Bruno Ventura | £740 | £38,480 | 21 | AM C | Portugal | JUN 2025 | ||
| Marko Brkic | £710 | £36,920 | 20 | ST | Croatia | JUN 2025 | ||
| Renato Pantalon | £700 | £36,400 | 24 | D C | Croatia | JUN 2024 | ||
| Philomon Baffour | £680 | £35,360 | 21 | D RC | Ghana | JUN 2023 | ||
| Magrão (Audenirton Soares da Silva) | £600 | £31,200 | 22 | GK | Brazil | JUN 2024 | ||
| Julien Lomboto | £570 | £29,640 | 20 | DM | France | JUN 2025 | ||
| Ruca (Rui Morgado) | £490 | £25,480 | 20 | D RL | Portugal | JUN 2025 | ||
| Richard Caimmy | £450 | £23,400 | 20 | D C | Brazil | JUN 2024 | ||
| Gonçalo Vidazinha | £430 | £22,360 | 19 | AM RC | Portugal | JUN 2023 | ||
| Mohammed Sulemana | £410 | £21,320 | 19 | AM L | Ghana | JUN 2023 | ||
| Diogo Silva | £410 | £21,320 | 19 | AM L | Portugal | JUN 2023 | ||
| Filipe Marques | £350 | £18,200 | 20 | AM LC | Portugal | JUN 2023 | ||
| José Botelho | £350 | £18,200 | 20 | D C, DM | Portugal | JUN 2023 | ||
| João Teixeira | £350 | £18,200 | 19 | AM C | Portugal | JUN 2023 | ||
| Aymen Bouzidi | £260 | £13,520 | 19 | ST | Tunisia | JUN 2023 | ||
| Rafael Ferraz | £260 | £13,520 | 19 | ST | Portugal | JUN 2023 | ||
| Pedro Ribeiro | £260 | £13,520 | 18 | AM RL | Portugal | JUN 2023 | ||
| Tiago Rodrigues | £260 | £13,520 | 18 | AM RL | Portugal | JUN 2023 | ||
| Luís Pinto | £260 | £13,520 | 20 | AM L, ST | Portugal | JUN 2023 | ||
| Diogo Ribeiro | £260 | £13,520 | 19 | D R | Portugal | JUN 2023 | ||
| Afonso Gama | £260 | £13,520 | 19 | DM | Portugal | JUN 2023 | ||
| Landing Diedhiou | £260 | £13,520 | 20 | ST | Senegal | JUN 2023 | ||
| Francisco Moreira | £240 | £12,480 | 21 | M C | Portugal | JUN 2023 | ||
| Fodelcio Pereira | £240 | £12,480 | 19 | AM R | Guinea-Bissau | JUN 2023 | ||
| José Luis | £240 | £12,480 | 18 | D/WB R | Portugal | JUN 2023 | ||
| Rui André | £230 | £11,960 | 19 | D L, AM C | Portugal | JUN 2023 | ||
| Tomás Maganete | £230 | £11,960 | 19 | AM C | Portugal | JUN 2023 | ||
| Rodrigo Almeida | £60 | £3,120 | 18 | GK | Portugal | JUN 2023 | ||
| Fernando Ferreira | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | AM RL | Portugal | JUN 2023 | ||
| José Carlos | £60 | £3,120 | 18 | GK | Portugal | JUN 2023 | ||
| Lucas Moreira | £60 | £3,120 | 18 | D/WB L | Brazil | JUN 2023 | ||
| Jorge Karseladze | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | D/WB/AM R | Portugal | JUN 2023 | ||
| Gonçalo Figueiredo | £60 | £3,120 | 18 | GK | Portugal | JUN 2023 | ||
| Vasco Baptista | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | GK | Portugal | JUN 2023 | ||
| Guilherme Lima | £60 | £3,120 | 18 | DM | Portugal | JUN 2023 | ||
| João Pimenta | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | D C | Portugal | JUN 2023 | ||
| Lucas Pinto | £60 | £3,120 | 18 | ST | Portugal | JUN 2023 | ||
Wage vs age, 2022/23
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2022/23 squad, against the share of the bill they took
Top 5 earners took 26% of the squad wage bill, across the 61 players we hold a 2022/23 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2022/23 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Rio Ave wages, 2022/23
What was Rio Ave's wage bill in 2022/23?
Rio Ave paid £61,810 a week in 2022/23 - £3,214,120 across the year - spread over a squad of 61. We hold a wage for all 61 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Rio Ave player in 2022/23?
Aderllan Santos was the highest earner in the 2022/23 squad on £3,500 a week, 1.7x the 22+ squad average of £2,100.
What was the average Rio Ave salary in 2022/23?
The average Rio Ave player aged 22 or over earned £2,100 a week in 2022/23, across the 24 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 61. The top five earners took 26% of the bill between them.
How do Rio Ave's 2022/23 wages compare with now?
Rio Ave pay £57,533 a week in 2026/27, 7% lower than the £61,810 of 2022/23. The current squad is 64 players against 61 then.