SERIE A · 2017/18 · ARCHIVE
Cagliari Calcio 2017/18 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2017/18 · top earner Leandro Castán on £44,000 per week · see the current Cagliari Calcio wage bill
WEEKLY WAGE BILL £412k
YEARLY WAGE BILL £21m
SQUAD SIZE78
AVERAGE WEEKLY, 22+ £19k
Then and now
Cagliari Calcio pay £466,930 a week in 2026/27 — 13% higher than the £412,030 of 2017/18.
Where the money went in 2017/18
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 6 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2017/18 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | EXPIRES | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leandro Castán | £44,000 | £2,288,000 | 30 | Centre-back | Brazil | JUN 2018 | ||
| Leonardo Pavoletti | £44,000 | £2,288,000 | 28 | Striker | Italy | JUN 2018 | ||
| Diego Farias | £23,000 | £1,196,000 | 27 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Brazil | JUN 2021 | ||
| Diego Farias | £23,000 | £1,196,000 | 27 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Brazil | JUN 2021 | ||
| Marco Andreolli | £21,000 | £1,092,000 | 31 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2019 | ||
| Artur Ionita | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | 26 | Defensive midfielder | Moldova | JUN 2021 | ||
| Simone Padoin | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | 33 | Right wing-back, midfielder | Italy | JUN 2019 | ||
| João Pedro Galvão | £19,000 | £988,000 | 25 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Brazil | JUN 2021 | ||
| Luca Cigarini | £19,000 | £988,000 | 31 | Defensive midfielder | Italy | JUN 2019 | ||
| Daniele Dessena | £18,000 | £936,000 | 30 | Right-back, defensive midfielder | Italy | JUN 2019 | ||
| Marco Sau | £18,000 | £936,000 | 29 | Striker | Italy | JUN 2019 | ||
| Fabio Pisacane | £15,000 | £780,000 | 31 | Defender | Italy | JUN 2019 | ||
| Charalampos Lykogiannis | £15,000 | £780,000 | 23 | Centre-back, left winger | Greece | JUN 2022 | ||
| Andrea Cossu | £13,000 | £676,000 | 37 | Attacking midfielder | Italy | JUN 2018 | ||
| Alessio Cragno | £13,000 | £676,000 | 22 | Goalkeeper | Italy | JUN 2020 | ||
| Rafael (Rafael de Andrade Bittencourt Pinheiro) | £11,000 | £572,000 | 35 | Goalkeeper | Brazil | JUN 2019 | ||
| Luca Ceppitelli | £11,000 | £572,000 | 27 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2020 | ||
| Paolo Faragò | £9,000 | £468,000 | 24 | Right wing-back, central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2020 | ||
| Nicolò Barella | £9,000 | £468,000 | 20 | Attacking midfielder | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Alessandro Deiola | £6,500 | £338,000 | 21 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2020 | ||
| Filippo Romagna | £6,300 | £327,600 | 20 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Niccolò Giannetti | £5,900 | £306,800 | 26 | Left winger, striker | Italy | JUN 2020 | ||
| Senna Miangué | £5,600 | £291,200 | 20 | Centre-back | Belgium | JUN 2022 | ||
| Damir Ceter Valencia | £4,400 | £228,800 | 19 | Striker | Colombia | JUN 2022 | ||
| Han Kwang-Song | £4,200 | £218,400 | 18 | Striker | North Korea | JUN 2020 | ||
| Antonini | £1,500 | £78,000 | 19 | Defensive midfielder | Brazil | JUN 2018 | ||
| Luca Crosta | £680 | £35,360 | 19 | Goalkeeper | Italy | JUN 2019 | ||
| Alexander Molberg | £450 | £23,400 | 18 | Centre-back | Denmark | JUN 2018 | ||
| Federico Marigosu | £230 | £11,960 | 16 | Attacking midfielder | Italy | JUN 2020 | ||
| Gabriele Serra | £230 | £11,960 | 17 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2019 | ||
| Andrea Corda | £230 | £11,960 | 16 | Defensive midfielder | Italy | JUN 2020 | ||
| Mirko Atzeni | £230 | £11,960 | 16 | Goalkeeper | Italy | JUN 2020 | ||
| Lorenzo Alberghina | £230 | £11,960 | 18 | Striker | Italy | JUN 2018 | ||
| Daniele Cannas | £230 | £11,960 | 15 | Striker | Italy | JUN 2021 | ||
| Alessandro Marongiu | £230 | £11,960 | 18 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2018 | ||
| Salvatore Boccia | £230 | £11,960 | 16 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2020 | ||
| Matteo Cossu | £230 | £11,960 | 16 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2020 | ||
| Simone Capra | £230 | £11,960 | 17 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2019 | ||
| Giuseppe Mula | £230 | £11,960 | 16 | Left midfielder | Italy | JUN 2020 | ||
| Lorenzo Camba | £230 | £11,960 | 18 | Striker | Italy | JUN 2018 | ||
| Mattia Pitzalis | £230 | £11,960 | 17 | Left-back | Italy | JUN 2019 | ||
| Nicolò Cabras | £230 | £11,960 | 15 | Goalkeeper | Italy | JUN 2021 | ||
| Riccardo Daga | £230 | £11,960 | 17 | Goalkeeper | Italy | JUN 2019 | ||
| Fabio Doratiotto | £230 | £11,960 | 18 | Defensive midfielder | Italy | JUN 2018 | ||
| Lorenzo Maccis | £230 | £11,960 | 16 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2020 | ||
| Matteo Vinci | £230 | £11,960 | 16 | Striker | Italy | JUN 2020 | ||
| Andrea Cadili | £230 | £11,960 | 18 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2018 | ||
| Nicola Sarritzu | £230 | £11,960 | 17 | Defender | Italy | JUN 2019 | ||
| Andrea Porcheddu | £230 | £11,960 | 17 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2019 | ||
| Federico Mastromarino | £230 | £11,960 | 18 | Attacking midfielder | Italy | JUN 2018 | ||
| Riccardo Doratiotto | £230 | £11,960 | 18 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2018 | ||
| Gianluca Contini | £230 | £11,960 | 16 | Striker | Italy | JUN 2020 | ||
| Fabio Porru | £230 | £11,960 | 17 | Right-back | Italy | JUN 2019 | ||
| Gabriele Dore | £230 | £11,960 | 16 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2020 | ||
| Emanuele Fini | £230 | £11,960 | 17 | Attacking midfielder | Italy | JUN 2019 | ||
| Luca Gagliano | £230 | £11,960 | 16 | Striker | Italy | JUN 2020 | ||
| Aly Nader | £230 | £11,960 | 17 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2019 | ||
| Andrea Carboni | £230 | £11,960 | 16 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2020 | ||
| Francesco Paolo Cusumano | £230 | £11,960 | 16 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2020 | ||
| Giovanni Pinna | £230 | £11,960 | 16 | Attacking midfielder | Italy | JUN 2020 | ||
| Klajdi Pici | £230 | £11,960 | 16 | Centre-back | Albania | JUN 2020 | ||
| Nicola Ledda | £230 | £11,960 | 16 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2020 | ||
| Nicola Selis | £230 | £11,960 | 18 | Attacking midfielder | Italy | JUN 2018 | ||
| Gioele Zedda | £230 | £11,960 | 16 | Right-back | Italy | JUN 2020 | ||
| Simone Sau | £230 | £11,960 | 17 | Left-back | Italy | JUN 2019 | ||
| Niccolò Agostinelli | £230 | £11,960 | 16 | Striker | Italy | JUN 2020 | ||
| Bruno Floris | £230 | £11,960 | 17 | Defensive midfielder | Italy | JUN 2019 | ||
| Luca Floris | £230 | £11,960 | 17 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2019 | ||
| Mario Dervishi | £230 | £11,960 | 17 | Striker | Albania | JUN 2019 | ||
| Nicolò Sanna | £230 | £11,960 | 17 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Italy | JUN 2019 | ||
| Joseph Tetteh | £230 | £11,960 | 18 | Defensive midfielder | Ghana | JUN 2018 | ||
| Emanuele Colarieti | £230 | £11,960 | 17 | Defensive midfielder | Italy | JUN 2019 | ||
| Alessandro Lombardi | £230 | £11,960 | 17 | Attacking midfielder | Italy | JUN 2018 | ||
| Fabrizio Caligara | £230 | £11,960 | 17 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2019 | ||
| Christ Kouadio | £230 | £11,960 | 16 | Right-back, wide midfielder | Côte d’Ivoire | JUN 2020 | ||
| Damiano Cancellieri | £230 | £11,960 | 16 | Left-back | Italy | JUN 2020 | ||
| Riccardo Ladinetti | £230 | £11,960 | 16 | Defensive midfielder | Italy | JUN 2020 | ||
| Kobe Jae Chong | £230 | £11,960 | 15 | Central midfielder | England | JUN 2021 | ||
Wage vs age, 2017/18
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
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Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2017/18 squad, against the share of the bill they took
PLAYERS WEEKLY WAGE SHARE OF BILL
52 Under £1k 3%
1 £1k-£2k 0%
2 £2k-£5k 2%
6 £5k-£10k 10%
15 £10k-£25k 63%
2 £25k-£100k 21%
Top 5 earners took 38% of the squad wage bill, across the 78 players we hold a 2017/18 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2017/18 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Cagliari Calcio wages, 2017/18
What was Cagliari Calcio's wage bill in 2017/18?
Cagliari Calcio paid £412,030 a week in 2017/18 - £21,425,560 across the year - spread over a squad of 78. We hold a wage for all 78 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Cagliari Calcio player in 2017/18?
Leandro Castán was the highest earner in the 2017/18 squad on £44,000 a week, 2.3x the 22+ squad average of £19,047.
What was the average Cagliari Calcio salary in 2017/18?
The average Cagliari Calcio player aged 22 or over earned £19,047 a week in 2017/18, across the 19 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 78. The top five earners took 38% of the bill between them.
How do Cagliari Calcio's 2017/18 wages compare with now?
Cagliari Calcio pay £466,930 a week in 2026/27, 13% higher than the £412,030 of 2017/18. The current squad is 74 players against 78 then.