AEK Athens Salaries 2026/27

Super League

Top Earner: L. Jović (€2.5M)

Lowest Earner: M. Balamotis (€100K)

L. Jović

Top Earner

M. Balamotis

Lowest Earner

Player Salaries

Estimated yearly salaries.

Salary Insights

Key takeaways from the wage structure.

Four Players, Four Positions, One Salary

A unique salary benchmark of €1.5M is shared by four players across every outfield line of the team: Harold Moukoudi (Center-Back), Orbelín Pineda (Central Midfielder), Oleksandr Zubkov (Right Winger), and Barnabás Varga (Center-Forward).

Keepers Paid More Than Full-Backs

The club's top two goalkeepers, Thomas Strakosha and Alberto Brignoli, each earn more individually than the team's primary full-backs, Lazaros Rota and James Penrice.

Wingers Out-earn Entire Goalkeeping Unit

The combined salary of wingers Niclas Eliasson and Dereck Kutesa is greater than the total wage bill for all three of the club's goalkeepers combined.

Midfield and Attack: Equal Pay, Unequal Numbers

Despite having three more players, the entire nine-man midfield unit has the exact same total wage bill (€8.8M) as the six-man forward group, resulting in a significantly higher average salary for attackers.

Experience Doesn't Equal Top Pay

Veteran center-back Domagoj Vida (37) earns less than his younger central defensive partners, Harold Moukoudi (28) and Filipe Relvas (26).

Jović Earns More Than Bottom Seven

Top earner Luka Jović's salary of €2.5M is greater than the combined annual salaries of the seven lowest-paid players on the roster.

The Four Tiers of AEK Wages

The club's salary structure is split into four clear groups: an elite tier above €2M (Luka Jović), a star player tier from €1.5M-€1.9M (including Dereck Kutesa and Niclas Eliasson), a large key contributor group from €1.0M-€1.4M (including Domagoj Vida and Thomas Strakosha), and a youth/depth tier under €1M.

Midfield's Top Earner

Niclas Eliasson, a right midfielder, is the highest-paid player in the midfield group with a salary of €1.9M.

Defense's Top Earner

Center-back Harold Moukoudi is the highest-paid defender at the club, earning €1.5M per year.

AEK's Highest Paid Player

Center-forward Luka Jović is the club's overall top earner, with an annual salary of €2.5M.

Transfer rumour salaries: Lovro Majer, Milán Vitális, Kings Kangwa and Levi García

Latest reported salary figures for players linked with a move to the club.

Lovro Majer is reported to receive annual earnings of 2 million euros at AEK. Milán Vitális's annual earnings at AEK are expected to be nearly 800,000 euros. AEK's annual wage proposal for Kings Kangwa was reported to be about 800,000 euros, with some reports indicating 750,000 euros per year plus bonuses, and others mentioning a basic agreement on a contract of one million euros annually. If AEK were to acquire Levi García on loan, they would need to cover his contract of approximately 2.5 million euros annually.

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Potential wage savings from James Penrice and Niclas Eliasson's departures

Potential departures and their salary impact.

James Penrice, currently earning 800K/year, is linked with moves to Rangers, Celtic, or several English Championship clubs. Niclas Eliasson, with a salary of 1.9M/year, could depart for Internacional, Santos, or Panathinaikos. Robert Ljubicic, earning 1.1M/year, is rumored to be moving to LASK Linz. Orbelín Pineda, who earns 1.5M/year, is linked with a transfer to Monterrey.

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