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Unione Sportiva Lecce 2021/22 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2021/22 · top earner Antonio Barreca on £29,000 per week · see the current Unione Sportiva Lecce wage bill
WEEKLY WAGE BILL £236k
YEARLY WAGE BILL £12m
SQUAD SIZE84
AVERAGE WEEKLY, 22+ £9k
Then and now
Unione Sportiva Lecce pay £261,301 a week in 2026/27 — 11% higher than the £236,310 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antonio Barreca | £29,000 | £1,508,000 | 26 | Left-back, left midfielder | Italy | JUN 2023 | ||
| Romario Benzar | £23,000 | £1,196,000 | 29 | Right-back | Romania | JUN 2022 | ||
| Gabriel | £17,000 | £884,000 | 28 | Goalkeeper | Brazil | JUN 2023 | ||
| Paolo Faragò | £14,000 | £728,000 | 28 | Right-back, central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Fabio Lucioni | £13,000 | £676,000 | 33 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Žan Majer | £11,000 | £572,000 | 28 | Attacking midfielder | Slovenia | JUN 2023 | ||
| Alessandro Plizzari | £9,500 | £494,000 | 21 | Goalkeeper | Italy | JUN 2023 | ||
| Antonino Ragusa | £9,500 | £494,000 | 31 | Winger | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Arturo Calabresi | £8,500 | £442,000 | 25 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Alexis Blin | £8,500 | £442,000 | 24 | Defensive midfielder | France | JUN 2024 | ||
| Morten Hjulmand | £7,900 | £410,800 | 22 | Defensive midfielder | Denmark | JUN 2025 | ||
| Mario Gargiulo | £6,900 | £358,800 | 25 | Defensive midfielder | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Alessandro Tuia | £6,500 | £338,000 | 31 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2023 | ||
| Antonino Gallo | £6,500 | £338,000 | 21 | Left-back, left midfielder | Italy | JUN 2023 | ||
| Francesco Di Mariano | £6,300 | £327,600 | 25 | Attacking midfielder | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| John Björkengren | £6,100 | £317,200 | 22 | Defensive midfielder | Sweden | JUN 2023 | ||
| Pablo Rodríguez | £5,800 | £301,600 | 19 | Striker | Spain | JUN 2024 | ||
| Kastriot Dermaku | £5,000 | £260,000 | 29 | Centre-back | Albania | JUN 2024 | ||
| Marco Bleve | £4,900 | £254,800 | 25 | Goalkeeper | Italy | JUN 2023 | ||
| Gabriel Strefezza | £4,200 | £218,400 | 24 | Winger | Brazil | JUN 2025 | ||
| Massimo Coda | £3,900 | £202,800 | 32 | Striker | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Valentin Gendrey | £3,500 | £182,000 | 21 | Centre-back | France | JUL 2024 | ||
| Þórir Jóhann Helgason | £3,000 | £156,000 | 20 | Central midfielder | Iceland | JUN 2025 | ||
| Marcin Listkowski | £2,900 | £150,800 | 23 | Attacking midfielder | Poland | JUN 2025 | ||
| Raúl Asencio | £2,700 | £140,400 | 23 | Striker | Spain | JUN 2022 | ||
| Lorenco Šimić | £2,000 | £104,000 | 24 | Centre-back | Croatia | JUN 2024 | ||
| Mats Lemmens | £900 | £46,800 | 19 | Centre-back | Belgium | JUN 2023 | ||
| Joan González (Joan González) | £650 | £33,800 | 19 | Defensive midfielder | Spain | JUN 2025 | ||
| Davíð Snær Jóhannsson | £600 | £31,200 | 19 | Attacking midfielder | Iceland | JUN 2023 | ||
| Alexandru Borbei | £580 | £30,160 | 18 | Goalkeeper | Romania | JUN 2023 | ||
| Cătălin Vulturar | £560 | £29,120 | 17 | Defensive midfielder | Romania | JUN 2025 | ||
| Rob Nizet | £550 | £28,600 | 19 | Left-back, left midfielder | Belgium | JUN 2025 | ||
| Jair Haakmat | £540 | £28,080 | 17 | Centre-back | Holland | JUN 2025 | ||
| Eetu Mömmö | £490 | £25,480 | 19 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Finland | JUN 2022 | ||
| Henri Salomaa | £440 | £22,880 | 18 | Winger | Finland | JUN 2024 | ||
| Medon Berisha | £410 | £21,320 | 17 | Attacking midfielder | Switzerland | - | ||
| Alessio Piazza | £410 | £21,320 | 19 | Left winger, striker | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Wessel Been | £280 | £14,560 | 18 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Holland | JUN 2025 | ||
| Álvaro Martí (Álvaro Martí de las Heras) | £260 | £13,520 | 18 | Central midfielder | Spain | JUN 2023 | ||
| Kevin Török | £230 | £11,960 | 18 | Defensive midfielder | Hungary | JUN 2023 | ||
| Tom Dreier | £190 | £9,880 | 16 | Centre-back | Germany | JUN 2024 | ||
| Pape Matar Gueye | £190 | £9,880 | 16 | Defensive midfielder | Senegal | JUN 2025 | ||
| Gabriele Perricci | £190 | £9,880 | 16 | Striker | Italy | JUN 2026 | ||
| Diego Lanciano | £190 | £9,880 | 16 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Luigi Mazzarano | £190 | £9,880 | 16 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Marco Orfano | £190 | £9,880 | 16 | Left-back | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Samuele Manfredi | £190 | £9,880 | 16 | Attacking midfielder | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Matteo Agrimi | £190 | £9,880 | 16 | Attacking midfielder | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Andrea Geusa | £190 | £9,880 | 16 | Attacking midfielder | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Matteo Litti | £190 | £9,880 | 16 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Lucas Secansky | £190 | £9,880 | 18 | Central midfielder | Slovakia | JUN 2023 | ||
| Simone Mastrapasqua | £190 | £9,880 | 16 | Striker | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Stefano Milli | £190 | £9,880 | 16 | Attacking midfielder | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Alberto Dima | £190 | £9,880 | 17 | Goalkeeper | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Mattia Ciucci | £190 | £9,880 | 18 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Samuele Oltremarini | £190 | £9,880 | 18 | Striker | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
| Alessandro Scialanga | £190 | £9,880 | 18 | Left-back | Italy | JUN 2023 | ||
| Giuseppe Luperto | £190 | £9,880 | 17 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Leonardo Moccia | £190 | £9,880 | 16 | Goalkeeper | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Francesco Minerva | £190 | £9,880 | 15 | Winger, striker | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Dario Daka | £190 | £9,880 | 17 | Right winger | Albania | JUN 2024 | ||
| Angelo Mattia Lippo | £190 | £9,880 | 16 | Central midfielder | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Giulio Gaetano Carrozzo | £190 | £9,880 | 17 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Emanuele Gallorini | £190 | £9,880 | 17 | Attacking midfielder | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Răzvan Paşcalău | £190 | £9,880 | 17 | Centre-back | Romania | JUN 2024 | ||
| Jacopo Russo | £190 | £9,880 | 17 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Nicolò Fasano | £190 | £9,880 | 15 | Defensive midfielder | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Cristian Macrì | £190 | £9,880 | 18 | Attacking midfielder | Italy | JUN 2023 | ||
| Riccardo Leone | £190 | £9,880 | 15 | Goalkeeper | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Rareş Burnete | £190 | £9,880 | 17 | Left winger, striker | Romania | JUN 2024 | ||
| Alessandro Borgo | £190 | £9,880 | 16 | Defensive midfielder | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Daniele Giuseppe Bufano | £190 | £9,880 | 17 | Goalkeeper | Italy | JUN 2024 | ||
| Andrea Fornaro | £190 | £9,880 | 16 | Attacking midfielder | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Francesco De Vito | £190 | £9,880 | 16 | Winger | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Andrea De Maria | £190 | £9,880 | 18 | Striker | Italy | JUN 2023 | ||
| Danilo Pinto | £190 | £9,880 | 18 | Goalkeeper | Italy | JUN 2023 | ||
| Mario Dell'Acqua | £190 | £9,880 | 16 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Simone De Luca | £190 | £9,880 | 17 | Goalkeeper | Italy | JUN 2023 | ||
| Cosimo Zecca | £190 | £9,880 | 16 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Emin Hasic | £190 | £9,880 | 18 | Centre-back | Sweden | JUN 2023 | ||
| Davide Leuzzi | £190 | £9,880 | 16 | Centre-back | Italy | JUN 2025 | ||
| Hugo Blondel | £190 | £9,880 | 18 | Centre-back | France | JUN 2023 | ||
| Thiago Coqu | £190 | £9,880 | 18 | Attacking midfielder, striker | France | JUN 2023 | ||
| Leonardo Trezza | £140 | £7,280 | 19 | Winger | Italy | JUN 2022 | ||
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
58 Under £1k 6%
£1k-£2k
8 £2k-£5k 11%
12 £5k-£10k 37%
5 £10k-£25k 33%
1 £25k-£100k 12%
Top 5 earners took 41% of the squad wage bill, across the 84 players we hold a 2021/22 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2021/22 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Unione Sportiva Lecce wages, 2021/22
What was Unione Sportiva Lecce's wage bill in 2021/22?
Unione Sportiva Lecce paid £236,310 a week in 2021/22 - £12,288,120 across the year - spread over a squad of 84. We hold a wage for all 84 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Unione Sportiva Lecce player in 2021/22?
Antonio Barreca was the highest earner in the 2021/22 squad on £29,000 a week, 3.2x the 22+ squad average of £9,181.
What was the average Unione Sportiva Lecce salary in 2021/22?
The average Unione Sportiva Lecce player aged 22 or over earned £9,181 a week in 2021/22, across the 21 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 84. The top five earners took 41% of the bill between them.
How do Unione Sportiva Lecce's 2021/22 wages compare with now?
Unione Sportiva Lecce pay £261,301 a week in 2026/27, 11% higher than the £236,310 of 2021/22. The current squad is 67 players against 84 then.