Chinese Super League Salaries Soar

Data recently published about the Chinese Super League (CSL) shows salaries are soaring for top coaches and players alike.

The league’s highest paid personnel are Shanghai Shenhua duo Didier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka who both earn US$15.19 million anually.

Marcelo Lippi, who was recently appointed coach of Guangzhou Evergrande, is third in the list with his annual salary of US$ 12.66 million.  Other coaches in the list of top 15 highest paid CSL staff are Beijing Guoan’s Jaime Pacheo and Nelo Vingada of Dalian Shide.

Shanghai Shenhua coach Sergio Batista, who replaced Jean Tigana following the side’s poor start to the season, will be under to pressure to succeed with four of his club’s players being among the league’s top ten highest paid staff.

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=Didier Drogba —Shanghai Shenhua *$15.19m p/a

=Nicolas Anelka— Shanghai Shenhua $15.19m p/a

3. Marcelo Lippi— Guangzhou Evergrande $12.66m p/a

4. Lucas Barrios— Guangzhou Evergrande $8.23m p/a

5.Yakubu Aiyegbeni—Guangzhou R&F $ 7.85m p/a

6.Dario Conca— Guangzhou Evergrande  $$7m p/a

7. Moisés Pinheiro— Shanghai Shenhua $3.50m p/a

8. Giovanni Moreno— Shanghai Shenhua $3m p/a

9. Takeshi Okada— Hangzhou Greentown $2.36m p/a

10. Jaime Pacheco— Beijing Guoan $2.2m p/a

11. David de Jesus— Guangzhou R&F $2m p/a

12.Frédéric Kanouté — Beijing Guoan $2m p/a

13. Nelo Vingada— Dalian Shide $2m p/a

14. Aleksandar Jevtić— Jiangsu Sainty $1.5m p/a

15.Cléo Córdova— Guangzhou Evergrande $1.5m p/a

*All salaries are in US dollars

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