Salary of Dunga and other coaches of the World Cup 2010
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December 13th, 2009
Portuguese site Futebol Finance published a list with the salaries of coaches of National teams in the World Cup 2010.
Best paid coach is Fabio Capello, the Italian who manages the English Team, with an annual salary of € 8,800,000; distant second is Marcelo Lipi, from Italy, with € 3,000,000. Salaries listed do not include other perks such as bonus for victories, championships, etc, which can explain some of the differences.
Below, the list of all 32 coaches.
Interesting to notice that Brazilian coach Dunga is listed with a salary of € 800,000 per year, or about € 66,666 per month, or about US$ 100,000, or about R$ 170,000 per month (all values approximated using current exchange rates).
Dunga’s official salary was not disclosed, because CBF, the Brazilian Confederation, who pays Dunga’s salary, doesn’t have to disclose it. But it is very unlikely that Dunga would accept to coach the Brazilian Team for such a salary.
Not that is a low salary, per Brazilian standards. Minimum wage in Brazil is currently R$ 550 per month, or about € 220 per month (someone with a minimum wage, which comprehends a lot of people in Brazil, would take 25 years to get what Dunga gets in one month). But football in Brazil pays top salaries to some people.
In June of 2009, the best paid coach in Brazil was Carlos Alberto Parreira, with a wage of R$ 500,000, or about € 200,000 per month; Parreira was then coach of Fluminense, and today he is back to manage the South Africa team, probably with a salary higher than the € 100,000 monthly informed in the above list (during the first sting of Parreira as South Africa’s coach, in 2006, the announcement that his salary would be US$ 253,000 per month caused a revolt in South Africa).
Vanderlei Luxemburgo, winner of five National Leagues (most ever), ex-coach of Brazil team, is one of the highest salaries in the country: around R$ 570,000, or € 220,000 per month. Muricy Ramalho was national champion in 2006, 2007 and 2008; when he moved from Sao Paulo FC to Palmeiras, there were rumors that his salary was around R$ 460,000, or € 190,000 per month. Luis Felipe Scolari, the coach of Brazil in World Cup 2002, was recently quoted as the coach with highest salary in the world, with € 16,600,000 per year.
In a recent interview, Dunga said that he is aware of the responsibility of managing the Brazilian team. It is very likely that he demanded a salary compatible with such responsibility.