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Cagliari Calcio 2023/24 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2023/24 · top earner Andrea Petagna on £58,000 per week · see the current Cagliari Calcio wage bill
WEEKLY WAGE BILL £520k
YEARLY WAGE BILL £27m
SQUAD SIZE93
AVERAGE WEEKLY, 22+ £19k
Then and now
Cagliari Calcio pay £466,930 a week in 2026/27 — 10% lower than the £520,130 of 2023/24.
Where the money went in 2023/24
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 8 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2023/24 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | EXPIRES | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrea Petagna | £58,000 | £3,016,000 | 28 | Striker | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Gianluca Lapadula | £35,000 | £1,820,000 | 33 | Striker | Peru | JUN 2025 | ||
| Eldor Shomurodov | £34,000 | £1,768,000 | 28 | Left winger, striker | Uzbekistan | JUN 2026 | ||
| Nahitan Nández | £33,000 | £1,716,000 | 27 | Right wing-back, defensive midfielder, central midfielder | Uruguay | JUN 2024 | ||
| Kwadwo Asamoah | £32,000 | £1,664,000 | 29 | Left-back, central midfielder | Ghana | - | ||
| Jakub Jankto | £31,000 | £1,612,000 | 27 | Attacking midfielder | Czechia | JUN 2025 | ||
| Marco Mancosu | £24,000 | £1,248,000 | 34 | Attacking midfielder | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Nicolas Viola | £22,000 | £1,144,000 | 33 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder, striker | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Yerry Mina | £21,000 | £1,092,000 | 28 | Centre-back | Colombia | JUN 2024 | ||
| Leonardo Pavoletti | £21,000 | £1,092,000 | 34 | Striker | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Marko Rog | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | 27 | Central midfielder | Croatia | JUN 2026 | ||
| Antoine Makoumbou | £19,000 | £988,000 | 24 | Defensive midfielder | Congo | JUN 2026 | ||
| Boris Radunovic | £17,000 | £884,000 | 27 | Goalkeeper | Serbia | JUN 2025 | ||
| Alessandro Deiola | £15,000 | £780,000 | 27 | Defensive midfielder | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Pantelis Hatzidiakos | £15,000 | £780,000 | 26 | Centre-back | Greece | JUN 2027 | ||
| Paulo Azzi | £14,000 | £728,000 | 28 | Left-back, left winger | Brazil | JUN 2025 | ||
| Zito Luvumbo | £13,000 | £676,000 | 21 | Winger, striker | Angola | JUN 2027 | ||
| Tommaso Augello | £12,000 | £624,000 | 28 | Left-back | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Mateusz Wieteska | £10,000 | £520,000 | 26 | Centre-back | Poland | JUN 2027 | ||
| Gabriele Zappa | £9,200 | £478,400 | 23 | Right-back, right midfielder | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Ibrahim Sulemana | £9,100 | £473,200 | 20 | Defensive midfielder | Ghana | JUN 2027 | ||
| Matteo Prati | £6,900 | £358,800 | 19 | Defensive midfielder | Italy | JUN 2028 | ||
| Adam Obert | £6,500 | £338,000 | 20 | Centre-back | Slovakia | JUN 2027 | ||
| Simone Scuffet | £5,600 | £291,200 | 27 | Goalkeeper | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Alessandro Di Pardo | £5,500 | £286,000 | 23 | Right-back, right midfielder | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Gaetano Oristanio | £5,200 | £270,400 | 20 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Italy | - | ||
| Simone Aresti | £4,600 | £239,200 | 37 | Goalkeeper | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Alberto Dossena | £3,500 | £182,000 | 24 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Gianluca Gaetano | £3,200 | £166,400 | 23 | Attacking midfielder | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Kingstone Mutandwa | £520 | £27,040 | 20 | Striker | Zambia | JUL 2027 | ||
| Alessandro Vinciguerra | £450 | £23,400 | 17 | Left winger, striker | Italy | - | ||
| Ismaël Konaté | £370 | £19,240 | 17 | Striker | Italy | - | ||
| Etienne Catena | £290 | £15,080 | 19 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Luis Pierangeli | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2027 | ||
| Aldo Piras | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Defensive midfielder | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Jacopo De Cintio | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Striker | Italy | JUN 2027 | ||
| Umberto Volpe | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Luca Asproni | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Nicola Cossu | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Carlo Mellino | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Luca Pintus | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2027 | ||
| Antoni Franke | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Centre-back | Poland | JUN 2026 | ||
| Gianluca Saddi | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Striker | Italy | JUN 2027 | ||
| Yael Trepy | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Striker | France | JUN 2026 | ||
| Nicola Pintus | £220 | £11,440 | 18 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Alex Caddeo | £220 | £11,440 | 18 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Sofiane Achour | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Striker | France | JUN 2025 | ||
| Cristian Serra | £220 | £11,440 | 18 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Michele Carboni | £220 | £11,440 | 18 | Defensive midfielder | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Antoni Wodzicki | £220 | £11,440 | 18 | Goalkeeper | Poland | JUN 2025 | ||
| Federico Arba | £220 | £11,440 | 18 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Velizar-Iliya Iliev | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Goalkeeper | Bulgaria | JUN 2025 | ||
| Riyad Idrissi | £220 | £11,440 | 18 | Left-back | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Davide Collu | £220 | £11,440 | 18 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Alberto Mereu | £220 | £11,440 | 15 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2027 | ||
| Renato Piga | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2027 | ||
| Filippo Bortolato | £220 | £11,440 | 15 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2027 | ||
| Raffaele Mereu | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Nicolas Usai | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Striker | Italy | JUN 2027 | ||
| Luca Tronci | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2027 | ||
| Manuel Conti | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Defensive midfielder | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Andrea Melis | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Striker | Italy | JUN 2027 | ||
| Marco Picchedda | £220 | £11,440 | 15 | Left-back | Italy | JUN 2027 | ||
| Nicholas Paolucci | £220 | £11,440 | 18 | Left-back, left midfielder | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Nicola Lai | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2027 | ||
| Michele Zedda | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Marco Ornano | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Defensive midfielder | Italy | JUN 2027 | ||
| Giosuè Grippa | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2027 | ||
| Simone Renna | £220 | £11,440 | 18 | Goalkeeper | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Lorenzo Pasquale | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Right-back | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Luca Tronci | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Right-back | Italy | JUN 2027 | ||
| Samuel Ardau | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Winger | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Filippo Cherchi | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Gabriele Medda | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Striker | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Riccardo Lai | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Defensive midfielder | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Leonardo Boi | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Alessandro Piseddu | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Defensive midfielder | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Alessio Saba | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Winger, striker | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Jacopo Simonetta | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Mamadou Baldé | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Central midfielder | Guinea | JUN 2025 | ||
| Alessandro Russo | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Leonardo Storri | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Roberto Malfitano | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2027 | ||
| Nicola Grandu | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Striker | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Enrico Melis | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Defensive midfielder | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Mattia Minnelli | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Nicola Montisci | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Andrea Cogoni | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Ivan Sulev | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Attacking midfielder | Bulgaria | JUN 2026 | ||
| Alessandro Bolzan | £220 | £11,440 | 18 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Matteo Marini | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | Left-back | Italy | JUN 2027 | ||
| Diego Marcolini | £220 | £11,440 | 18 | Defensive midfielder | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Andrea Smeraldi | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2027 | ||
Wage vs age, 2023/24
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
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Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2023/24 squad, against the share of the bill they took
PLAYERS WEEKLY WAGE SHARE OF BILL
64 Under £1k 3%
£1k-£2k
3 £2k-£5k 2%
7 £5k-£10k 9%
13 £10k-£25k 43%
6 £25k-£100k 43%
Top 5 earners took 37% of the squad wage bill, across the 93 players we hold a 2023/24 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2023/24 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Cagliari Calcio wages, 2023/24
What was Cagliari Calcio's wage bill in 2023/24?
Cagliari Calcio paid £520,130 a week in 2023/24 - £27,046,760 across the year - spread over a squad of 93. We hold a wage for all 93 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Cagliari Calcio player in 2023/24?
Andrea Petagna was the highest earner in the 2023/24 squad on £58,000 a week, 3x the 22+ squad average of £19,358.
What was the average Cagliari Calcio salary in 2023/24?
The average Cagliari Calcio player aged 22 or over earned £19,358 a week in 2023/24, across the 24 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 93. The top five earners took 37% of the bill between them.
How do Cagliari Calcio's 2023/24 wages compare with now?
Cagliari Calcio pay £466,930 a week in 2026/27, 10% lower than the £520,130 of 2023/24. The current squad is 74 players against 93 then.