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Cagliari Calcio 2020/21 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2020/21 · top earner Radja Nainggolan on £146,000 per week · see the current Cagliari Calcio wage bill
WEEKLY WAGE BILL £998k
YEARLY WAGE BILL £52m
SQUAD SIZE72
AVERAGE WEEKLY, 22+ £43k
Then and now
Cagliari Calcio pay £466,930 a week in 2026/27 — 53% lower than the £997,904 of 2020/21.
Where the money went in 2020/21
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 13 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2020/21 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | EXPIRES | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radja Nainggolan | £146,000 | £7,592,000 | 32 | Central midfielder, attacking midfielder | Belgium | JUN 2022 | ||
| Daniele Rugani | £114,000 | £5,928,000 | 25 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2023 | ||
| Diego Godín | £100,000 | £5,200,000 | 34 | Centre-back | Uruguay | JUN 2023 | ||
| Giovanni Simeone | £50,000 | £2,600,000 | 24 | Striker | Argentina | JUN 2024 | ||
| Marko Rog | £48,000 | £2,496,000 | 25 | Central midfielder, attacking midfielder | Croatia | JUN 2024 | ||
| João Pedro Galvão | £46,000 | £2,392,000 | 28 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Brazil | JUN 2023 | ||
| Leonardo Pavoletti | £46,000 | £2,392,000 | 31 | Striker | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Alfred Duncan | £45,000 | £2,340,000 | 27 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder | Ghana | JUN 2024 | ||
| Nahitan Nández | £42,000 | £2,184,000 | 24 | Central midfielder, right winger | Uruguay | JUN 2024 | ||
| Gastón Pereiro | £38,000 | £1,976,000 | 25 | Attacking midfielder | Uruguay | JUN 2024 | ||
| Alberto Cerri | £36,000 | £1,872,000 | 24 | Striker | Italy | JUN 2023 | ||
| Alessio Cragno | £36,000 | £1,872,000 | 26 | Goalkeeper | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Luca Ceppitelli | £33,000 | £1,716,000 | 30 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2021 | ||
| Kwadwo Asamoah | £32,000 | £1,664,000 | 31 | Left-back, central midfielder | Ghana | JUN 2021 | ||
| Razvan Marin | £31,000 | £1,612,000 | 24 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder, attacking midfielder | Romania | JUN 2024 | ||
| Ragnar Klavan | £31,000 | £1,612,000 | 34 | Centre-back | Estonia | JUN 2021 | ||
| Charalampos Lykogiannis | £18,000 | £936,000 | 26 | Left-back, left midfielder | Greece | JUN 2022 | ||
| Alessandro Tripaldelli | £13,000 | £676,000 | 21 | Left-back, left midfielder | Italy | JUN 2023 | ||
| Alessandro Deiola | £13,000 | £676,000 | 24 | Defensive midfielder, central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Guglielmo Vicario | £11,000 | £572,000 | 23 | Goalkeeper | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Andrea Carboni | £8,500 | £442,000 | 19 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Arturo Calabresi | £8,500 | £442,000 | 24 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Kiril Despodov | £8,000 | £416,000 | 23 | Winger, striker | Bulgaria | JUN 2023 | ||
| Sebastian Walukiewicz | £7,600 | £395,200 | 20 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Poland | JUN 2024 | ||
| Zito Luvumbo | £6,000 | £312,000 | 18 | Winger | Angola | JUN 2025 | ||
| Gabriele Zappa | £5,200 | £270,400 | 20 | Right-back, right midfielder | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Riccardo Sottil | £4,700 | £244,400 | 21 | Wide midfielder, winger | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Simone Aresti | £4,600 | £239,200 | 34 | Goalkeeper | Italy | JUN 2021 | ||
| Mattéo Tramoni | £3,900 | £202,800 | 20 | Left midfielder, winger | France | JUN 2025 | ||
| Ivan Michelotti | £1,100 | £57,200 | 19 | Centre-back, left wing-back, left midfielder | Italy | JUN 2021 | ||
| Lisandru Tramoni | £771 | £40,092 | 17 | Winger | France | JUN 2023 | ||
| Salvatore Boccia | £600 | £31,200 | 19 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Gianluca Contini | £428 | £22,256 | 19 | Striker | Italy | JUN 2021 | ||
| Francesco Paolo Cusumano | £423 | £21,996 | 19 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2021 | ||
| Giuseppe Ciocci | £233 | £12,116 | 18 | Goalkeeper | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Ovidiu Gabor | £233 | £12,116 | 16 | Striker | Romania | - | ||
| Diego Laconi | £233 | £12,116 | 16 | Centre-back | Italy | - | ||
| Iurie Iovu | £233 | £12,116 | 18 | Centre-back | Moldova | JUN 2022 | ||
| Alessandro Murtas | £233 | £12,116 | 16 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Italy | - | ||
| Tommaso Spanu | £233 | £12,116 | 18 | Left-back | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Roberto Piroddi | £233 | £12,116 | 16 | Striker | Italy | JUN 2023 | ||
| Michele Carboni | £233 | £12,116 | 15 | Central midfielder | Italy | - | ||
| Paolo Pilotto | £233 | £12,116 | 16 | Goalkeeper | Italy | - | ||
| Eugenio Fusco | £233 | £12,116 | 17 | Goalkeeper | Italy | JUN 2023 | ||
| Mattia Porcu | £233 | £12,116 | 16 | Goalkeeper | Italy | - | ||
| Jurghen Tahiri | £233 | £12,116 | 16 | Central midfielder | Albania | - | ||
| Luigi Palomba | £233 | £12,116 | 17 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2023 | ||
| Luca Usai | £233 | £12,116 | 16 | Goalkeeper | Italy | - | ||
| Giuseppe Vitale | £233 | £12,116 | 16 | Centre-back | Italy | - | ||
| Christos Kourfalidis | £233 | £12,116 | 17 | Midfielder | Greece | JUN 2022 | ||
| Sergio Sulis | £233 | £12,116 | 17 | Striker | Italy | JUN 2023 | ||
| William Mario Cabras | £233 | £12,116 | 16 | Striker | Italy | - | ||
| Lorenzo Cogotti | £233 | £12,116 | 16 | Central midfielder | Italy | - | ||
| Bruno Conti | £233 | £12,116 | 18 | Central midfielder, attacking midfielder | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Andrea Costanzo | £233 | £12,116 | 16 | Goalkeeper | Italy | - | ||
| Matteo Maccioni | £233 | £12,116 | 16 | Central midfielder | Italy | - | ||
| Francesco Manunta | £233 | £12,116 | 16 | Centre-back | Italy | - | ||
| Alessandro Murru | £233 | £12,116 | 16 | Centre-back | Italy | - | ||
| Massimiliano Manca | £233 | £12,116 | 18 | Striker | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Mario Piga | £233 | £12,116 | 17 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Francesco Zallu | £233 | £12,116 | 17 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2023 | ||
| Samuele Zoncheddu | £233 | £12,116 | 16 | Central midfielder | Italy | - | ||
| Nicolò Cavuoti | £233 | £12,116 | 17 | Attacking midfielder | Italy | JUN 2023 | ||
| Giammarco Schirru | £233 | £12,116 | 16 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2023 | ||
| Michele Masala | £233 | £12,116 | 16 | Winger | Italy | - | ||
| Isaías Delpupo | £233 | £12,116 | 17 | Attacking midfielder | Argentina | - | ||
| Mattia Mura | £233 | £12,116 | 17 | Full-back | Italy | JUN 2023 | ||
| Antonio Corsini | £233 | £12,116 | 16 | Central midfielder | Italy | - | ||
| Rachid Kouda | £233 | £12,116 | 18 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Jacopo Desogus | £233 | £12,116 | 17 | Right winger | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Andrea D'Aniello | £139 | £7,228 | 17 | Goalkeeper | Italy | JUN 2023 | ||
| Jakub Sangowski | £55 | £2,860 | 18 | Striker | Poland | - | ||
Wage vs age, 2020/21
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
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Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2020/21 squad, against the share of the bill they took
PLAYERS WEEKLY WAGE SHARE OF BILL
42 Under £1k 1%
1 £1k-£2k 0%
3 £2k-£5k 1%
6 £5k-£10k 4%
4 £10k-£25k 6%
13 £25k-£100k 52%
3 £100k+
36%
Top 5 earners took 46% of the squad wage bill, across the 72 players we hold a 2020/21 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2020/21 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Cagliari Calcio wages, 2020/21
What was Cagliari Calcio's wage bill in 2020/21?
Cagliari Calcio paid £997,904 a week in 2020/21 - £51,891,008 across the year - spread over a squad of 72. We hold a wage for all 72 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Cagliari Calcio player in 2020/21?
Radja Nainggolan was the highest earner in the 2020/21 squad on £146,000 a week, 3.4x the 22+ squad average of £42,595.
What was the average Cagliari Calcio salary in 2020/21?
The average Cagliari Calcio player aged 22 or over earned £42,595 a week in 2020/21, across the 22 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 72. The top five earners took 46% of the bill between them.
How do Cagliari Calcio's 2020/21 wages compare with now?
Cagliari Calcio pay £466,930 a week in 2026/27, 53% lower than the £997,904 of 2020/21. The current squad is 74 players against 72 then.