Santa Clara 2016/17 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2016/17 · top earner Denis Pineda on £3,400 per week · see the current Santa Clara wage bill
We hold a wage for all 24 players in that squad. The average is taken over the 17 players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for.
Then and now
Santa Clara pay £51,402 a week in 2026/27 — 193% higher than the £17,520 of 2016/17.
Where the money went in 2016/17
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 1 player covers two groups and are counted half in each
2016/17 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denis Pineda | £3,400 | £176,800 | 20 | AM RL | El Salvador | ||
| Hugo Santos | £860 | £44,720 | 33 | AM RLC | Portugal | ||
| Berny Burke | £840 | £43,680 | 20 | AM RL | Costa Rica | ||
| Accioly | £810 | £42,120 | 35 | D C | Brazil | ||
| Paulo Clemente | £800 | £41,600 | 32 | ST | Portugal | ||
| Osama Rashid | £790 | £41,080 | 24 | DM, AM C | Iraq | ||
| Diogo Santos | £780 | £40,560 | 31 | DM | Portugal | ||
| Pedro Pacheco | £780 | £40,560 | 32 | DM | Canada | ||
| Serginho | £750 | £39,000 | 33 | GK | Portugal | ||
| João Dias | £720 | £37,440 | 29 | D RC | Portugal | ||
| João Reis | £720 | £37,440 | 24 | AM RL | Portugal | ||
| Guilherme Schettine | £680 | £35,360 | 20 | ST | Brazil | ||
| Diogo Coelho | £670 | £34,840 | 23 | D/WB L | Portugal | ||
| Igor Rocha | £640 | £33,280 | 32 | D L | Portugal | ||
| Rúben Saldanha | £640 | £33,280 | 28 | M C | Portugal | ||
| Adel Saleh | £580 | £30,160 | 23 | DM | Yemen | ||
| Pedro Soares | £550 | £28,600 | 28 | GK | Portugal | ||
| Rui Silva | £530 | £27,560 | 20 | D RL | Portugal | ||
| Telmo Castanheira | £530 | £27,560 | 24 | DM | Portugal | ||
| Joel Silva | £500 | £26,000 | 25 | ST | Portugal | ||
| Miguel Machado | £460 | £23,920 | 17 | AM C | Portugal | ||
| Rodolfo Cardoso | £270 | £14,040 | 18 | GK | Portugal | ||
| Vítor Alves | £160 | £8,320 | 31 | D RLC | Portugal | ||
| Pedro Freitas | £60 | £3,120 | 18 | M C | Portugal | ||
Wage vs age, 2016/17
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2016/17 squad, against the share of the bill they took
Top 5 earners took 38% of the squad wage bill, across the 24 players we hold a 2016/17 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2016/17 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Santa Clara wages, 2016/17
What was Santa Clara's wage bill in 2016/17?
Santa Clara paid £17,520 a week in 2016/17 - £911,040 across the year - spread over a squad of 24. We hold a wage for all 24 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Santa Clara player in 2016/17?
Denis Pineda was the highest earner in the 2016/17 squad on £3,400 a week, 5.1x the 22+ squad average of £664.
What was the average Santa Clara salary in 2016/17?
The average Santa Clara player aged 22 or over earned £664 a week in 2016/17, across the 17 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 24. The top five earners took 38% of the bill between them.
How do Santa Clara's 2016/17 wages compare with now?
Santa Clara pay £51,402 a week in 2026/27, 193% higher than the £17,520 of 2016/17. The current squad is 79 players against 24 then.