HIGHEST PAID BRAZILIAN FOOTBALLERS

NO#	PLAYER	CLUB	WEEKLY SALARY	YEARLY SALARY
1	Thiago Silva	PSG	£260,000	£12m
2	Neymar	Barcelona	£230,000	£10.5m
3	Hulk	Zenit	£180,000	£7m
4	Kaka	AC Milan	£165,000	£6.8m
5	Dani Alvez	Barcelona	£160,000	£6m
6	Marcelo	Real Madrid	£150,000	£5.6m
7	David Luiz	Chelsea	£120,000	£4m
8	Ramirez	Chelsea	£100,000	£3.5m
9	Oscar	Chelsea	£100,000	£3.5m
10	Lucas Moura	PSG	£90,000	3.2m
11	Maxwell	PSG	£80,000	£2.3m
12	Ronaldinho	Atletico Mineiro	£65,000	£1.8m
13	Julio Cesar	QPR	£65,000	£1.8m
14	Luis Gustavo	Vfs Wolfsburg	£60,000	£1.5m
15	Alex	PSG	£55,000	£1.4m

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1. Neymar Jr makes the most money overall if we combine both their club salaries and endorsement deals, Neymar has a very lucarative Nike deal in place which gets him around $8 million plus he has many other deals which take his annual income head and shoulders above any other Brazilian. Though he comes 2nd on the salary contract as Brazilian defender Thiago Silva makes the most money with his PSG contract.
2. Than there is a huge list of players in the region of $5-$8 million a year which include Chelsea trio, David Luiz, Ramirez and Oscar.
3. While Kaka took a huge pay-cut to join AC Milan last season.
4. Ronaldinho is playing with Athletico Miniero in his native Brazil where he makes around $3million in his yearly salary.
5. Brazilian forward Hulk enjoy the best tax fee on his income as he is playing his trade in Russia, where he only pay tax of 13% compared to other european nations where tax on incomes is around 40% to 52%. In that sense Hulk takes home the largest chunk of his yearly income.
6. Julio Cesar brazil first choice keeper signed for QPR on a highly lucarative deal which gets him $5 million a year.