Alexia Putellas is being one of the undisputed protagonists of the 2023 Women’s World Cup. And no wonder. A few days ago, Spain thrashed Zambia and reached the round of 16, although today they will still have to face Japan in the group stage. In the last match, the Barça player started again a year after her injury and kept her return with a goal assist. She continues to enlarge her legend in this way, after having won two consecutive Ballon d’Ors and having signed successful seasons. This makes her one of the highest paid athletes in the world, but how much money does Alexia Putellas earn and what will her fortune be after the Women’s World Cup?
The most important women’s soccer tournament has been taking place for days in Australia and New Zealand. The Spanish team is one of the favorites to be the next world champion and take over from the United States, the great winner in 2019. But, to do so, they will have to overcome powerful teams such as Germany, Brazil or England.
The Spanish have in their hands to go down in the history of women’s football. To this, Alexia Putellas will contribute, to a large extent, who will advance her second consecutive ‘The Best’ trophy, five months after winning her second Ballon d’Or. And it is that she came from winning La Liga and the Spanish Cup, and of being a finalist in the Champions League with Barcelona.
How much money does the soccer player Alexia Putellas earn?
Being an essential pillar of Barça is not the only link between Messi and Alexia Putellas: both are making history as the best in football. However, the two are separated by a salary gap that is still abysmal, despite the professionalization of women’s soccer.
Until his arrival at Inter Miami, Messi’s annual salary was 41 million euros: he earns about 797,000 euros per month, which translates into 114,000 euros per day. To this we must add his income from advertising or the millions of euros that he obtains for his publications on Instagram. According to ‘Forbes’, the Argentine was the highest paid athlete in the world between 2021 and 2022, ahead of LeBron James and Cristiano Ronaldo, with 130 million euros.
Alexia’s economic situation is very different, although she is the best paid in Spanish football. While the minimum salary set for the players in the first women’s soccer agreement approved in 2020 is 16,000 euros, for men it is 155,000 euros. For her part, the Catalan receives about 600,000 euros a year, an amount that varies and increases thanks to advertising agreements and extras for objectives.
How much does the Spanish team earn in the Women’s World Cup?
The players of the Spanish team demonstrated their journey in the 2023 Women’s World Cup with the confidence of having beaten Costa Rica and Zambia. Whatever their result in the competition, for now, the girls called up by Jorge Vilda are guaranteed a salary of 27,102 euros per game, an amount of money that could rise to 270,000 euros if they manage to play in the final. And it is that the economic compensation they will receive has tripled compared to the 2019 World Cup: in total, they will distribute 150 million dollars, ten times more than in the 2015 World Cup in Canada, according to 2playbook.
In the group stage, of which Spain is now playing its third and last game, the players earned 27,102 euros per game. Therefore, since the Spanish team plays three games before reaching the round of 16, each one will receive 81,306 euros. In the next phase of the World Cup, the money allocated to the player’s salary rises to double in each game: a total of 54,200 euros will be allocated per game.
The lucky ones who reach the quarterfinals of the Women’s World Cup will have a reward of 81,889 euros. The team that finishes the tournament in fourth place will have a salary of 149,000 euros and, the one that does so in third place, 162,200 euros. In the case of the finalists, an amount of 177,427 euros has been established, and 245,669 euros for those who are crowned world champions.
