Rio Ave 2024/25 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2024/25 · top earner Omar Richards on £49,000 per week · see the current Rio Ave wage bill
We hold a wage for all 61 players in that squad. The average is taken over the 27 players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for.
Then and now
Rio Ave pay £54,633 a week in 2026/27 — 40% lower than the £91,160 of 2024/25.
Where the money went in 2024/25
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 5 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2024/25 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Omar Richards | £49,000 | £2,548,000 | 27 | D/WB L | England | ||
| Leonardo Buta | £14,000 | £728,000 | 23 | D/WB L | Portugal | ||
| Antonis Papakanellos | £2,500 | £130,000 | 19 | AM RLC | Greece | ||
| Gustavo Mancha | £2,200 | £114,400 | 20 | D C | Brazil | ||
| Ennio van der Gouw | £1,300 | £67,600 | 25 | GK | Netherlands | ||
| Jakub Brabec | £1,100 | £57,200 | 32 | D C | Czechia | ||
| João Graça | £1,100 | £57,200 | 30 | AM C | Portugal | ||
| Francisco Petrasso | £993 | £51,636 | 23 | D C | Argentina | ||
| Dario Špikić | £964 | £50,128 | 26 | AM RL | Croatia | ||
| Hugo Balão | £949 | £49,348 | 24 | AM RL | |||
| Ole Pohlmann | £903 | £46,956 | 24 | AM RC | Germany | ||
| Marios Vrousai | £900 | £46,800 | 27 | AM RL | Greece | ||
| Andreas Ndoj | £897 | £46,644 | 22 | D C, DM | Greece | ||
| Francisco Pinheiro | £863 | £44,876 | 26 | AM R | |||
| Brandon Aguilera | £838 | £43,576 | 22 | AM RLC | Costa Rica | ||
| Marc Gual | £777 | £40,404 | 29 | ST | Spain | ||
| Julien Lomboto | £653 | £33,956 | 23 | D C, DM | France | ||
| Giorgos Liavas | £643 | £33,436 | 24 | D RC, DM | Greece | ||
| Cezary Miszta | £635 | £33,020 | 23 | GK | Poland | ||
| Jalen Miller Blesa | £565 | £29,380 | 24 | AM R, ST | Spain | ||
| Nelson Abbey | £489 | £25,428 | 21 | D C | England | ||
| Diogo Silva | £412 | £21,424 | 22 | AM L | |||
| José Luis | £352 | £18,304 | 21 | D/WB R | |||
| Kevin Chamorro | £345 | £17,940 | 25 | GK | Costa Rica | ||
| Tamble Monteiro | £325 | £16,900 | 24 | AM RL, ST | Guinea-Bissau | ||
| Tobías Medina | £291 | £15,132 | 21 | AM C | Argentina | ||
| Rafael Lobato | £276 | £14,352 | 19 | AM RL | Brazil | ||
| Ryan Guilherme | £275 | £14,300 | 22 | DM | Brazil | ||
| Tamás Nikitscher | £255 | £13,260 | 25 | AM C | Hungary | ||
| João Tomé | £241 | £12,532 | 22 | D/WB/AM R | Portugal | ||
| Karem Zoabi | £241 | £12,532 | 19 | AM RLC, F C | Israel | ||
| Tomás Maganete | £231 | £12,012 | 22 | AM C | |||
| Diogo Silva | £216 | £11,232 | 19 | D C | |||
| Pedro Teixeira | £216 | £11,232 | 20 | M C | |||
| Miguel Domingos | £216 | £11,232 | 18 | AM L | |||
| Franco Pinho | £216 | £11,232 | 18 | ST | |||
| Afonso Campos | £216 | £11,232 | 20 | ST | |||
| Roldi Tchikamboud | £216 | £11,232 | 18 | D C | France | ||
| Yanis Bourard | £216 | £11,232 | 18 | AM C | |||
| Pedro Davide | £216 | £11,232 | 18 | D R | Portugal | ||
| Dai Baldé | £216 | £11,232 | 18 | DM | |||
| Fernando Ferreira | £216 | £11,232 | 20 | AM RL | Portugal | ||
| Afonso Pinho | £216 | £11,232 | 19 | AM C | |||
| Etienne Michut | £216 | £11,232 | 18 | DM, AM C | France | ||
| Alexandre Sousa | £216 | £11,232 | 19 | AM L | Portugal | ||
| António Costa | £216 | £11,232 | 19 | AM R | |||
| Pedro Virgínia | £216 | £11,232 | 21 | GK | Portugal | ||
| Saba Samushia | £216 | £11,232 | 18 | AM RL | Georgia | ||
| Gigi Gogia | £216 | £11,232 | 19 | AM RLC | |||
| Tomé Almeida | £216 | £11,232 | 19 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Bacari Djamanca | £216 | £11,232 | 20 | AM RL | |||
| Guilherme Venâncio | £216 | £11,232 | 19 | D/WB L | Portugal | ||
| Miguel Patrício | £216 | £11,232 | 18 | M C | Portugal | ||
| Vinícius Cressi | £216 | £11,232 | 21 | D C | Brazil | ||
| Lorent Talla | £216 | £11,232 | 20 | AM C | Kosovo | ||
| Diogo Oliveira | £159 | £8,268 | 22 | AM RL, ST | Brazil | ||
| Amine Rehmi | £138 | £7,176 | 23 | AM L | Netherlands | ||
| Pedro Izbisciuc | £109 | £5,668 | 17 | D C | |||
| Diogo Cordeiro | £109 | £5,668 | 17 | AM RL | |||
| Georgios Lemonakis | £109 | £5,668 | 17 | M C | Greece | ||
| Dijar Ferati | £55 | £2,860 | 16 | M LC | |||
Wage vs age, 2024/25
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2024/25 squad, against the share of the bill they took
Top 5 earners took 76% of the squad wage bill, across the 61 players we hold a 2024/25 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2024/25 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Rio Ave wages, 2024/25
What was Rio Ave's wage bill in 2024/25?
Rio Ave paid £91,160 a week in 2024/25 - £4,740,320 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 2024/25?
Omar Richards was the highest earner in the 2024/25 squad on £49,000 a week, 16.6x the 22+ squad average of £2,943.
What was the average Rio Ave salary in 2024/25?
The average Rio Ave player aged 22 or over earned £2,943 a week in 2024/25, across the 27 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 61. The top five earners took 76% of the bill between them.
How do Rio Ave's 2024/25 wages compare with now?
Rio Ave pay £54,633 a week in 2026/27, 40% lower than the £91,160 of 2024/25. The current squad is 63 players against 61 then.