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Cagliari Calcio 2021/22 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2021/22 · top earner Kevin Strootman on £98,000 per week · see the current Cagliari Calcio wage bill
WEEKLY WAGE BILL £724k
YEARLY WAGE BILL £38m
SQUAD SIZE75
AVERAGE WEEKLY, 22+ £30k
Then and now
Cagliari Calcio pay £466,930 a week in 2026/27 — 36% lower than the £723,930 of 2021/22.
Where the money went in 2021/22
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 6 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2021/22 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | EXPIRES | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Strootman | £98,000 | £5,096,000 | 31 | Defensive midfielder | Holland | JUN 2023 | ||
| Daniele Baselli | £45,000 | £2,340,000 | 29 | Defensive midfielder | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Marko Rog | £45,000 | £2,340,000 | 25 | Central midfielder | Croatia | JUN 2024 | ||
| João Pedro Galvão | £43,000 | £2,236,000 | 29 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Italy | JUN 2023 | ||
| Leonardo Pavoletti | £43,000 | £2,236,000 | 32 | Striker | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Nahitan Nández | £39,000 | £2,028,000 | 25 | Right wing-back, defensive midfielder, central midfielder | Uruguay | JUN 2024 | ||
| Dalbert | £39,000 | £2,028,000 | 27 | Left-back, left midfielder | Brazil | JUN 2023 | ||
| Gastón Pereiro | £36,000 | £1,872,000 | 26 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Uruguay | JUN 2024 | ||
| Alessio Cragno | £33,000 | £1,716,000 | 27 | Goalkeeper | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Kwadwo Asamoah | £32,000 | £1,664,000 | 27 | Left-back, central midfielder | Ghana | JUN 2021 | ||
| Alberto Grassi | £30,000 | £1,560,000 | 26 | Defensive midfielder | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Luca Ceppitelli | £30,000 | £1,560,000 | 31 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Razvan Marin | £28,000 | £1,456,000 | 25 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder | Romania | JUN 2025 | ||
| Keita Baldé | £24,000 | £1,248,000 | 26 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Senegal | JUN 2024 | ||
| Andrea Carboni | £23,000 | £1,196,000 | 20 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Edoardo Goldaniga | £17,000 | £884,000 | 27 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Charalampos Lykogiannis | £17,000 | £884,000 | 27 | Centre-back | Greece | JUN 2022 | ||
| Raoul Bellanova | £14,000 | £728,000 | 21 | Right-back, right midfielder | Italy | JUN 2023 | ||
| Matteo Lovato | £11,000 | £572,000 | 21 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Alessandro Deiola | £9,500 | £494,000 | 25 | Defensive midfielder | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Gabriele Zappa | £9,200 | £478,400 | 21 | Right-back, right midfielder | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Giorgio Altare | £8,200 | £426,400 | 22 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Sebastian Walukiewicz | £7,600 | £395,200 | 21 | Centre-back | Poland | JUN 2024 | ||
| Adam Obert | £7,500 | £390,000 | 18 | Centre-back | Slovakia | JUN 2026 | ||
| Boris Radunovic | £6,500 | £338,000 | 25 | Goalkeeper | Serbia | JUN 2025 | ||
| Simone Aresti | £4,600 | £239,200 | 35 | Goalkeeper | Italy | JUN 2023 | ||
| Damir Ceter Valencia | £4,400 | £228,800 | 23 | Striker | Colombia | JUN 2022 | ||
| Zito Luvumbo | £3,000 | £156,000 | 19 | Winger | Angola | JUN 2025 | ||
| Christos Kourfalidis | £2,400 | £124,800 | 18 | Central midfielder | Greece | JUN 2023 | ||
| Luca Gagliano | £2,000 | £104,000 | 20 | Striker | Italy | JUN 2023 | ||
| Steve Yanken Yanken | £1,600 | £83,200 | 18 | Striker | Belgium | - | ||
| Lisandru Tramoni | £730 | £37,960 | 18 | Attacking midfielder | France | JUN 2023 | ||
| Bruno Conti | £540 | £28,080 | 19 | Defensive midfielder | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Michele Masala | £330 | £17,160 | 17 | Winger | Italy | JUN 2023 | ||
| Paolo Pilotto | £300 | £15,600 | 17 | Goalkeeper | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Alessandro Galante | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Defensive midfielder | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Sergio Sulis | £220 | £11,440 | 18 | Right-back | Italy | JUN 2023 | ||
| Domenico Ragucci | £220 | £11,440 | 15 | Attacking midfielder | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Simone Pittau | £220 | £11,440 | 15 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Davide Collu | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Simone D'Abrosca | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Goalkeeper | Italy | - | ||
| Riyad Idrissi | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Attacking midfielder | Morocco | JUN 2025 | ||
| Iurie Iovu | £220 | £11,440 | 19 | Centre-back | Moldova | JUN 2022 | ||
| Velizar-Iliya Iliev | £220 | £11,440 | 15 | Goalkeeper | Bulgaria | JUN 2025 | ||
| Stefano Atzeni | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Centre-back | Italy | - | ||
| Lorenzo Matza | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Nicolò Cavuoti | £220 | £11,440 | 18 | Attacking midfielder | Italy | JUN 2023 | ||
| Federico Arba | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Cristian Serra | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Alessandro Serra | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Alessio Erriu | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Striker | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Alex Caddeo | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Luca Accossu | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Nicola Pintus | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Andrea Pulina | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Left winger, striker | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Eugenio Fusco | £220 | £11,440 | 18 | Goalkeeper | Italy | JUN 2023 | ||
| Alessandro Vinciguerra | £220 | £11,440 | 15 | Left winger, striker | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Noah John | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Left-back | Sweden | - | ||
| Luigi Palomba | £220 | £11,440 | 18 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2023 | ||
| Giammarco Schirru | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Defensive midfielder | Italy | JUN 2023 | ||
| Alessandro Murru | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Right-back | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Giuseppe Vitale | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Francesco Zallu | £220 | £11,440 | 18 | Right-back | Italy | JUN 2023 | ||
| Samuele Zoncheddu | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Michele Carboni | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Defensive midfielder | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Michele Deriu | £220 | £11,440 | 15 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Jacopo Desogus | £220 | £11,440 | 18 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Andrea D'Aniello | £220 | £11,440 | 18 | Goalkeeper | Italy | JUN 2023 | ||
| Antonio Corsini | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Defensive midfielder | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Isaías Delpupo | £220 | £11,440 | 18 | Attacking midfielder | Argentina | - | ||
| Eldin Lolic | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Goalkeeper | Bosnia & Herzegovina | JUN 2024 | ||
| Mattia Mura | £220 | £11,440 | 18 | Full-back | Italy | JUN 2023 | ||
| Angelo Mameli | £130 | £6,760 | 16 | Midfielder | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Valerio Secci | £130 | £6,760 | 18 | Left-back | Italy | JUN 2023 | ||
| Alessandro Mauro | £130 | £6,760 | 16 | Attacking midfielder | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
Wage vs age, 2021/22
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
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Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2021/22 squad, against the share of the bill they took
PLAYERS WEEKLY WAGE SHARE OF BILL
44 Under £1k 1%
1 £1k-£2k 0%
5 £2k-£5k 2%
6 £5k-£10k 7%
6 £10k-£25k 15%
13 £25k-£100k 75%
Top 5 earners took 38% of the squad wage bill, across the 75 players we hold a 2021/22 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2021/22 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Cagliari Calcio wages, 2021/22
What was Cagliari Calcio's wage bill in 2021/22?
Cagliari Calcio paid £723,930 a week in 2021/22 - £37,644,360 across the year - spread over a squad of 75. We hold a wage for all 75 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Cagliari Calcio player in 2021/22?
Kevin Strootman was the highest earner in the 2021/22 squad on £98,000 a week, 3.3x the 22+ squad average of £30,105.
What was the average Cagliari Calcio salary in 2021/22?
The average Cagliari Calcio player aged 22 or over earned £30,105 a week in 2021/22, across the 21 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 75. The top five earners took 38% of the bill between them.
How do Cagliari Calcio's 2021/22 wages compare with now?
Cagliari Calcio pay £466,930 a week in 2026/27, 36% lower than the £723,930 of 2021/22. The current squad is 74 players against 75 then.