The World Cup’s Highest-Paid Bosses
The manager of Russia’s national football team, Fabio Capello, is the highest paid boss at the 2014 World Cup by a considerable distance. The Italian is paid $11.26 million, far ahead of England’s Roy Hodgson who is paid $5.89 annually. Cesare Prandelli of Italy rounds off the top three while Brazil’s Luiz Felipe Scolari and Switzerland’s Ottmar Hitzfeld complete the top 5.
National team managers at the 2014 soccer World Cup in Brazil, ranked by annual earnings (in million U.S. dollars)*
National team managers at the 2018 soccer World Cup in Russia, ranked by annual earnings (in million euros)
Soccer managers with the biggest salaries in the 2014/15 season (in million U.S. dollars)
Highest-paid coaches at the FIFA World Cup 2026 in Canada, Mexico, and the United States as of March 2026 (in million euros)
Annual salary of national team coaches at the FIFA World Cup 2010 (in euros)
Annual salary of the highest-paid football coaches in the world for the 2023/2024 season (in millions of euros)
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