Everything you need to know about Renato Sanches' salary details playing for Benfica
Once considered one of the hottest prospects in Europe and a future midfield star, the hype around Renato Sanches faded after Portugal's win in the 2016 Euros.
Sanches moved to Bayern Munich in the summer of 2016, a transfer he would later come to regret. The Portuguese midfielder never settled in Germany, which led to a loan move to Swansea the following season, before he permanently joined Lille in France in 2019. He was later signed by PSG in 2022 and currently plays on a season-long loan with his boyhood club Benfica.
Despite being on loan, Sanches ranks as both Benfica's and Liga Portugal's highest-paid player with impressive weekly and annual wages. Exactly how much does he earn though?
GOAL delved into the numbers with Capology and found out!
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Renato Sanches' wages at Benfica in numbers
Under his current loan agreement with Benfica, the former Portuguese player earns £113,610 ($151,723) per week, with annual earnings of £5.8 million ($7.8m).
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Player
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Nationality
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Weekly wages in Pounds
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Weekly wages in USD
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Annual wages in Pounds
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Annual wages in USD
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Renato Sanches
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Portuguese
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£113,610
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$151,723
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£5,884,318
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$7,889,583
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Top earners at Benfica
Renato Sanches is the highest-paid player at Benfica.
Anatoli Trubin, Angel Di Maria, and Arthur Cabral share the second, third, and fourth positions, all earning the same salary.
Orkun Kokcu, a Turkish international, completes the top five.
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Player
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Nationality
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Weekly wages in Pounds
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Weekly wages in USD
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Annual wages in Pounds
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Annual wages in USD
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Renato Sanches
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Portuguese
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£113,610
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$151,723
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£5,884,318
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$7,889,583
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Anatoli Trubin
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Ukrainian
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£62,957
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$84,412
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£3,273,789
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$4,389,435
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Angel Di Maria
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Argentine
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£62,957
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$84,412
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£3,273,789
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$4,389,435
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Arthur Cabral
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Brazilian
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£62,957
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$84,412
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£3,273,789
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$4,389,435
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Orkun Kokcu
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Turkish
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£49,058
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$65,776
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£2,551,005
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$3,420,339
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Top earners in Liga Portugal
Four of the top five highest-paid players in Liga Portugal are from Benfica.
Renato Sanches is the highest-paid, with Francisco Trincao from Sporting CP in second place.
Anatoli Trubin, Angel Di Maria, and Arthur Cabral are in third, fourth, and fifth positions, respectively.
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Player
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Club
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Weekly wages in Pounds
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Weekly wages in USD
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Annual wages in Pounds
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Annual wages in USD
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Renato Sanches
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Benfica
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£113,610
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$151,723
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£5,884,318
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$7,889,583
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Francisco Trincao
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Sporting CP
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£62,957
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$84,412
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£3,273,789
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$4,389,435
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Anatoli Trubin
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Benfica
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£62,957
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$84,412
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£3,273,789
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$4,389,435
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Angel Di Maria
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Benfica
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£62,957
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$84,412
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£3,273,789
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$4,389,435
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Arthur Cabral
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Benfica
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£62,957
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$84,412
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£3,273,789
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$4,389,435
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Highest paid players in the world
No players from Liga Portugal rank among the top five highest-paid globally, despite high earnings.
The top five are all from the Saudi Pro League, with Cristiano Ronaldo at Al Nassr earning the most.
Karim Benzema, formerly of Real Madrid, is second, and Riyad Mahrez, now with Al-Ahli, is third.
Sadio Mane and Kalidou Koulibaly, both from Senegal, are fourth and fifth, respectively.
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Player
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Club
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Weekly wages GBP
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Weekly wages USD
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Annual wages GBP
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Annual wages USD
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Cristiano Ronaldo
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Al Nassr
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£3,216,155
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$4,210,425
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£167,250,468
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$218,942,120
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Karim Benzema
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Al Ittihad
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£1,608,178
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$2,105,213
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£83,625,234
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$109,471,060
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Riyad Mahrez
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Al Ahli
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£839,469
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$1,098,921
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£45,652,372
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$57,43,893
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Sadio Mane
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Al Nassr
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£643,271
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$842,085
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£33,450,094
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$43,788,424
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Kalidou Koulibaly
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Al Hilal
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£558,038
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$730,509
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£29,017,956
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$37,986,458
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