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Cagliari Calcio 2018/19 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2018/19 · top earner Leonardo Pavoletti on £38,000 per week · see the current Cagliari Calcio wage bill
WEEKLY WAGE BILL £496k
YEARLY WAGE BILL £26m
SQUAD SIZE78
AVERAGE WEEKLY, 22+ £18k
Then and now
Cagliari Calcio pay £466,930 a week in 2026/27 — 6% lower than the £496,090 of 2018/19.
Where the money went in 2018/19
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 6 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2018/19 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | EXPIRES | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonardo Pavoletti | £38,000 | £1,976,000 | 29 | Striker | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Darijo Srna | £34,000 | £1,768,000 | 36 | Right-back, right midfielder | Croatia | JUN 2019 | ||
| Ragnar Klavan | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | 32 | Centre-back | Estonia | JUN 2020 | ||
| Luca Pellegrini | £26,000 | £1,352,000 | 19 | Left-back, left midfielder | Italy | JUN 2019 | ||
| Cyril Théréau | £24,000 | £1,248,000 | 35 | Attacking midfielder, striker | France | JUN 2019 | ||
| Alessio Cragno | £22,000 | £1,144,000 | 23 | Goalkeeper | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Artur Ionita | £22,000 | £1,144,000 | 27 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder | Moldova | JUN 2021 | ||
| Lucas Castro | £22,000 | £1,144,000 | 29 | Attacking midfielder | Argentina | JUN 2021 | ||
| Nicolò Barella | £21,000 | £1,092,000 | 21 | Attacking midfielder | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Filip Bradarić | £21,000 | £1,092,000 | 26 | Defensive midfielder | Croatia | JUN 2019 | ||
| Simone Padoin | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | 34 | Full-back, midfielder | Italy | JUN 2019 | ||
| João Pedro Galvão | £19,000 | £988,000 | 26 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Brazil | JUN 2022 | ||
| Luca Ceppitelli | £19,000 | £988,000 | 28 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2020 | ||
| Alberto Cerri | £19,000 | £988,000 | 22 | Striker | Italy | JUN 2019 | ||
| Luca Cigarini | £19,000 | £988,000 | 32 | Defensive midfielder | Italy | JUN 2019 | ||
| Charalampos Lykogiannis | £18,000 | £936,000 | 24 | Left-back, left midfielder | Greece | JUN 2022 | ||
| Fabrizio Cacciatore | £18,000 | £936,000 | 31 | Defender | Italy | JUN 2019 | ||
| Valter Birsa | £16,000 | £832,000 | 31 | Attacking midfielder | Slovenia | - | ||
| Filippo Romagna | £15,000 | £780,000 | 21 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Fabio Pisacane | £15,000 | £780,000 | 32 | Defender | Italy | JUN 2020 | ||
| Paolo Faragò | £12,000 | £624,000 | 25 | Right-back, central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Kiril Despodov | £8,000 | £416,000 | 21 | Winger, striker | Bulgaria | JUN 2023 | ||
| Rafael (Rafael de Andrade Bittencourt Pinheiro) | £8,000 | £416,000 | 36 | Goalkeeper | Brazil | JUN 2019 | ||
| Jherson Vergara | £6,100 | £317,200 | 24 | Centre-back | Colombia | - | ||
| Simone Aresti | £4,600 | £239,200 | 32 | Goalkeeper | Italy | JUN 2020 | ||
| Alessandro Deiola | £3,500 | £182,000 | 22 | Central midfielder | Italy | - | ||
| Christian Oliva | £3,400 | £176,800 | 22 | Defensive midfielder | Uruguay | JUN 2019 | ||
| Maxime Leverbe | £1,900 | £98,800 | 21 | Centre-back | France | JUN 2019 | ||
| Andrea Cadili | £1,500 | £78,000 | 19 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2020 | ||
| Francesco Verde | £670 | £34,840 | 18 | Striker | Italy | - | ||
| Alessandro Marongiu | £600 | £31,200 | 19 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2019 | ||
| Riccardo Doratiotto | £430 | £22,360 | 19 | Left winger | Italy | JUN 2019 | ||
| Salvatore Boccia | £230 | £11,960 | 17 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2021 | ||
| Luca Floris | £230 | £11,960 | 18 | Striker | Italy | JUN 2020 | ||
| Bruno Floris | £230 | £11,960 | 18 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2020 | ||
| Nunzio Lella | £230 | £11,960 | 17 | Defensive midfielder | Italy | JUN 2020 | ||
| Klajdi Pici | £230 | £11,960 | 16 | Centre-back | Albania | JUN 2021 | ||
| Aly Nader | £230 | £11,960 | 18 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2020 | ||
| Mohamed Camara | £230 | £11,960 | 16 | Central midfielder | Guinea | - | ||
| Andrea Carboni | £230 | £11,960 | 17 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2021 | ||
| Iurie Iovu | £230 | £11,960 | 15 | Centre-back | Moldova | JUN 2022 | ||
| Alessandro Lombardi | £230 | £11,960 | 18 | Attacking midfielder | Italy | JUN 2020 | ||
| Abel Kanyamuna | £230 | £11,960 | 16 | Defensive midfielder | Zambia | JUN 2022 | ||
| Stefano Pani | £230 | £11,960 | 16 | Attacking midfielder | Italy | - | ||
| Mirko Atzeni | £230 | £11,960 | 17 | Goalkeeper | Italy | JUN 2021 | ||
| Walid Retibi | £230 | £11,960 | 16 | Striker | Tunisia | JUN 2022 | ||
| Christian Marroni | £230 | £11,960 | 16 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Riccardo Desole | £230 | £11,960 | 17 | Right winger | Italy | JUN 2020 | ||
| Bruno Conti | £230 | £11,960 | 16 | Attacking midfielder | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Luca Gagliano | £230 | £11,960 | 17 | Striker | Italy | JUN 2020 | ||
| Giuseppe Ciocci | £230 | £11,960 | 16 | Goalkeeper | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Davide Bernacchi | £230 | £11,960 | 15 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Marco Cirina | £230 | £11,960 | 16 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Daniele Cannas | £230 | £11,960 | 16 | Striker | Italy | - | ||
| Fabio Cuccu | £230 | £11,960 | 16 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Fabio Fiori | £230 | £11,960 | 15 | Central midfielder | Italy | - | ||
| Fabio Fredrich | £230 | £11,960 | 16 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Emanuele Hoyos Cardenas | £230 | £11,960 | 16 | Left-back | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Massimiliano Manca | £230 | £11,960 | 15 | Striker | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Andrea Musiu | £230 | £11,960 | 15 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Daniele Nuzzo | £230 | £11,960 | 16 | Striker | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Mario Piga | £230 | £11,960 | 16 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Marco Ragatzu | £230 | £11,960 | 16 | Striker | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Tommaso Spanu | £230 | £11,960 | 16 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Maicol Antonucci | £230 | £11,960 | 16 | Goalkeeper | Italy | - | ||
| Fabio Porru | £230 | £11,960 | 18 | Right-back | Italy | JUN 2020 | ||
| Gabriele Dore | £230 | £11,960 | 17 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2021 | ||
| Gianluca Contini | £230 | £11,960 | 17 | Striker | Italy | JUN 2021 | ||
| Riccardo Daga | £230 | £11,960 | 18 | Goalkeeper | Italy | JUN 2020 | ||
| Nicolò Cabras | £230 | £11,960 | 17 | Goalkeeper | Italy | JUN 2021 | ||
| Federico Marigosu | £230 | £11,960 | 17 | Attacking midfielder | Italy | JUN 2021 | ||
| Christian Acella | £230 | £11,960 | 16 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Fabrizio Caligara | £230 | £11,960 | 18 | Defensive midfielder | Italy | JUN 2019 | ||
| Jacopo Desogus | £230 | £11,960 | 16 | Striker | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Riccardo Ladinetti | £230 | £11,960 | 17 | Defensive midfielder | Italy | JUN 2020 | ||
| Alessandro Peressutti | £230 | £11,960 | 18 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2020 | ||
| Christ Kouadio | £230 | £11,960 | 17 | Right-back | Côte d’Ivoire | JUN 2020 | ||
| Alessio Albini | £40 | £2,080 | 17 | Left winger | Italy | JUN 2019 | ||
Wage vs age, 2018/19
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
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Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2018/19 squad, against the share of the bill they took
PLAYERS WEEKLY WAGE SHARE OF BILL
49 Under £1k 2%
2 £1k-£2k 1%
3 £2k-£5k 2%
3 £5k-£10k 4%
17 £10k-£25k 65%
4 £25k-£100k 25%
Top 5 earners took 30% of the squad wage bill, across the 78 players we hold a 2018/19 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2018/19 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Cagliari Calcio wages, 2018/19
What was Cagliari Calcio's wage bill in 2018/19?
Cagliari Calcio paid £496,090 a week in 2018/19 - £25,796,680 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 2018/19?
Leonardo Pavoletti was the highest earner in the 2018/19 squad on £38,000 a week, 2.1x the 22+ squad average of £17,852.
What was the average Cagliari Calcio salary in 2018/19?
The average Cagliari Calcio player aged 22 or over earned £17,852 a week in 2018/19, across the 23 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 78. The top five earners took 30% of the bill between them.
How do Cagliari Calcio's 2018/19 wages compare with now?
Cagliari Calcio pay £466,930 a week in 2026/27, 6% lower than the £496,090 of 2018/19. The current squad is 74 players against 78 then.