When it comes to the salaries of the coaches at the World Cup, there is a huge disparity between the highest-paid and those at the bottom of the list.Jurgen Klinsmann of the United States is the tenth highest-paid coach in the tournament, making $2.6 million per year according to data collected by the UK Daily Mail. But that pales in comparison to Fabio Capello, who is making $11.2 million leading the Russian team.
Here is the salary for every coach at the World Cup:
1. Fabio Capello, Russia — $11,235,210
2. Roy Hodgson, England — $5,874,570
3. Cesare Prandelli, Italy — $4,322,010
4. Luiz Felipe Scolari, Brazil — $3,973,730
5. Ottmar Hitzfeld, Switzerland — $3,745,130
6. Joachim Löw, Germany — $3,602,460
7. Vicente del Bosque, Spain — $3,386,270
8. Louis van Gaal, Netherlands — $2,738,060
9. Alberto Zaccheroni, Japan — $2,727,480
10. Jurgen Klinsmann, United States — $2,621,740
11. Didier Deschamps, France — $2,161,000
12. Paulo Bento, Portugal — $2,160,170
13. Carlos Queiroz, Iran — $2,098,060
14. Jorge Sampaoli, Chile — $1,774,960
15. Jose Pekerman, Colombia — $1,678,450
16. Ange Postecoglou, Australia — $1,395,300
17. Óscar Tabárez, Uruguay — $1,258,840
18. Sabri Lamouchi, Ivory Coast — $1,037,450
19. Vahid Halilhodžić, Algeria — $1,007,070
20. Marc Wilmots, Belgium — $864,400
21. Fernando Santos, Greece — $864,400
22. Alejandro Sabella, Argentina — $818,240
23. Hong Myung-bo, South Korea — $795,250
24. Luis Fernando Suárez, Honduras — $629,420
25. Reinaldo Rueda, Ecuador — $566,480
26. Jorge Luis Pinto, Costa Rica — $440,590
27. Volke Finke, Cameroon — $394,440
28. Stephen Keshi, Nigeria — $392,420
29. Safet Susic, Bosnia and Herzegovina — $352,470
30. Niko Kovac, Croatia — $271,740
31. James Kwesi Appiah, Ghana — $251,770
32. Miguel Herrera, Mexico — $209,810
Of course, salaries mean different things in different countries. Here is a look at how much each coach makes compared to the average salary in that country via SportingIntelligence.com.
While Russia's Fabio Capello is still near the top, making 763 times as much as the average Russian, that is actually second to Sabri Lamouchi, who makes 795 times as much as the average person in the Ivory Coast.
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