Bekcom Ranked Top Incomes among Soccer Players

David Bekcom (28 years old, member of Manchester United soccer team) in England Premier League is top ranking income among the soccer players all over the world.

According to the soccer magazine, France Football issued on May 7, David Bekcom is making the most money among the active soccer players in the world. It is estimated that he earns EURD 15 million (KRW 20.5 billion) of annual income including annual salary EURD 6.6 million.

According to calculation based on the data collected from the soccer players` annual salary, bonus and the right of portrait, high-income soccer players are as the following. Zinedine Zidane (Spain Real Madrid) ranked no. 2 with EURD 14 million incomes. Followed by Ronaldo (EURD 11.7 million, Real Madrid), Rio Ferdinand (EURD 9.62 million, Manchester United), Alessandro Del Piero (EURD 9.55 million, Italy Juventus). Hidetoshi Nakata, Japanese soccer player (Italy Ac Parma) was on the list ranked no. 6 with EURD 9.36 million income and the only one within ranking no. 20 from Asian soccer players.

If the soccer players are classified within rank no. 20 by the clubs, Real Madrid in Spain Primera Liga and Intermillan in Italy Serie-A have the most, 4 players each, and Manchester United has 3 players.

On the other hand, Bekcom at the day denied at the interview with Manchester Evening News the rumor about transferring to Real Madrid, which recently has been issued. Despite the interview, the rumor about transfer may still be on the tongues of the chatterers. It is because that Bekcom enrolled his 4-year-old son at the school in northern Madrid 2 days ago. The school has many children of the famous soccer players. Beckom didn`t participate in the win ceremony for Primera Liga, his current belonging team.

Sang-Ho Kim hyangsan@donga.com