It actually depends on who your playing for how good your team is and all that halabiloo but, soccer players are the most paid sport players so if you want to be a soccer player like moi, GOOD CHOICE! :)
The average player earns about 500,000 a week year long.
Cristiano Ronaldo with 12.5M€\year.
worlds highest paid soccer player with making over 39,000,000 a year
That depends on who you are talking about. Prime time great athletes in soccer, i.e. David Beckham, get paid $50 million a year. Most soccer players get paid less than that, though, much less. A good basketball player gets paid around $20 million a year.
David Beckham just signed a 5 year $50 million a year deal with the Los Angeles Galaxy of the MLS. He is the highest paid soccer player in the world.
Samuel Eto'o. 3 year contract worth $28.8 Million
The year soccer player this year is Lionel Messi.
Cristiano Ronaldo at 12.5M€\year. That's 9.5€\second.
Cristiano Ronaldo has a €1 Billion release clause, and is paid €12M/year.
It really does depend on the players calibare. The better you are as a player and the more known you are to the public the more you earn.
Usually, it depends on who the soccer player is and how he contributes to the tea. Take david beckham for example, he is a very good soccer player, and contributes to the team greatly, that is why he is getting paid 250 million dollars a year lol :P
Soccer America Player of the Year Award was created in 1984.