Top 10 World Richest Football Coaches 2018 – Over years now, football has become of the professions that promises huge earning for players, and the football coaches are not in any way exempted. While the footballers are getting paid on weekly bases, the football coaches are also making it big in the profession.
Most of the huge amounts mentioned in football games have always been attributed to the footballers but in this post today, we are going to look into football coaches and how much they worth.
And it may interest you and probably surprise you to know that some of the world richest football coaches in 2018 even earn much higher amount than some of the highest paid football players.
May I quickly let you know that the richest football coaches in the World 2018 are mostly those managing in the top European clubs. Out of the top 10 highest paid football managers 2018, only one is coaching outside Europe at the time of this publication.
Meanwhile, the richest football coaches in the World 2018 is the coach of Chinese senior male football national team. The list is dominated by Premier League managers.
Having said, let us quickly look into the top 10 world richest football coaches. Check them out right below there;
World Richest Football Coaches 2018
In this list of top 10 richest football coaches in the World 2018, we only take into considerations coaches who are still in management as at the time of making this post;
1: Marcello Lippi (£18 million)
Italian coach Marcello Lippi who took over the Chinese senior male national football team in 2016 is the richest football coaches in the World 2018. The Italian coach earns a whopping salary of £18 million per year to make him the highest paid football coach in the world 2018. Marcello Lippi is the most expensive Football coach 2018.
2: Pep Guardiola ( £15.3 million)
Pep Guardiola is the current coach of English premier league side Manchester City Football club. The Spaniard who formally managed Barcelona and Bayern Munich is the second on our list of World richest football coaches 2018. He earns a salary of £15.3 million per year. Guardiola who is renowned for his Tiki-taka brand of football recently guided his Manchester city side to the premier league trophy. Currently, Pep Guardiola is the highest paid coach in the Premier League.
3: José Mourinho (£15million)
Jose Mourinho is the current manager of Manchester United. He earns £15million per year to make him the third richest football coach in 2018. The Portuguese who is a former Porto, Chelsea, Inter Milan and Real Madrid Coach is among the most successful football coaches in the world. Jose Mourinho is the second highest paid coach in the EPL.
4: Arsène Wenger(£8.9 million)
Arsenal Wenger earns an annual salary of £8.9 million to make him one of the richest football coaches in 2018. The Arsenal Football club manager is the longest-serving manager in the English league having joined the North London club in the summer of 1996. Wenger is the third highest paid coach in the premier league.
5: Zinedine Zidane (£8 million)
Zinedine Zidane or Zizou is the legend and manager of Real Madrid football club. Zidane earns a salary of £8 million per year. Zidane is the only manager to successfully defend the UEFA Champions League. Following this fit, Zidane was rewarded with a new contract at Madrid which doubled his salary making him one of the richest football coaches in 2018. Zidane is well on course to make it three Champions league titles in a row should his Madrid side win Liverpool in the UEFA Champions League final in Kiev on May 26th, 2018.
6: Jürgen Klopp (£7 million)
Jürgen Klopp is the current coach of Liverpool football club. The former Dortmund manager is well known for his fast-paced attacking football and his theatrics on the touchline. Klopp earns a salary of £7 million per year at Liverpool FC to make him one of the richest football coaches in the world 2018. Should they overcome Real Madrid on 26th in Kiev, Klopp will finally get his hands on the UEFA champions league trophy after some heartbreaking near-misses in his Dortmund days.
7: Ernesto Valverde (£7 million)
Ernesto Valverde is the current coach of FC Barcelona of Spain. The former Club Athletic boss took over from Luis Enrique at the Catalan club in the summer. Though Valverde and his Barca team was agonizingly knocked out of the UEFA Champions League by Roma, he has guided Barcelona to the La Liga trophy in his first season. They are also high flying in the UEFA champions league. Valverde’s salary at Barcelona is £7 million per year. Valverde is tied with Klopp in the list of highest paid football managers 2018.
8: Antonio Conte (£6.5 million)
Conte is the current head coach of Chelsea Football club. He earns an annual salary of £6.5 million at Chelsea to make him one of the world richest football coaches 208. The Former Juventus and Italy coach won the premier league title in his first season at Chelsea but with an abysmal defense of the title, his Chelsea team looks set to finish outside Champions league places in the Premier League. He, however, remains one of the richest football coaches in the world 2018.
9: Sam Allardyce (£6 million)
Surprised right? Well, you do not need to be. The former England manager earns a whopping salary of £6 million annually to make him one of the richest football coaches in 2018. The “Big Sam” as he is fondly called by his fans is the current manager of Everton Football Club. Allardyce took over from Ronald Koeman in January 2018 following a poor start to the season after spending big in the summer.
10: Unai Emery (£5.6 million)
Unai Emery is the current of Paris Saint-Germain. The Spaniard is one of the highest paid soccer coaches with an annual salary of £5.6 million. He certainly has not been able to replicate his Sevilla achievements at PSG.
