Salary:   $2,275,000

Overall:  $6,222,667

Net worth: $9,100,000

Club: Southampton FC

Market Value: $9,100,000

Team(s) where he played: Southampton FC

Feyenoord

Outfitter:  Nike

Place of birth:  San Cesario di Lecce

Nationality:  Italy

Height: 1,94 m

Position: Centre Forward

Agents: PUM

Current international:  Italy

Highest market value: 11,00 Mill. € (Feb 12, 2015)

Year                      Basic salary                  Bonus amount                  Yearly salary               Net worth

2016 Income      $2,275,000                        $151,667          $2,426,667  $9,100,000

2014                        $190,667                            $12,711             $203,378                     $572,000

2015                      $1,482,000                            $98,800           $1,580,800 $2,223,000

2016 (w/Bonus)                $2,275,000                               $0                                $2,275,000  $11,375,000

He is the professional soccer/football player of Southampton FC team. This 193 cm player joined Southampton FC on Jul 12, 2016. He signed contract of $6.2 million (last 3 years amount) with Southampton FC from 2016-2017. Graziano Pelle has made headlines for his move from Southampton to Shandong Luneng. Chinese clubs continue to spend highly in the transfer market and Pelle is set to earn up to €40 million over the course of his two-and-a-half years in China. Pelle has signed a contract worth £260,000 per week, making him the highest paid Italian of all time, and moving into an elite list of players in terms of pay packet.

The only players ahead of Pelle in terms of their annual pay now are Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Hulk, Neymar and Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Graziano Pellè has pushed Wayne Rooney out of the top ten of best paid footballers after his £13m switch to Chinese club Shandong saw his weekly wage skyrocket to £260,000-a-week.

Car: Racing Green Morgan

House: San Cesario mansion