Red Bull Salzburg Salaries 2025/26

Admiral Bundesliga

Top Earner: J. Gadou (€3.0M)

Lowest Earner: E. Aguilar (€114K)

J. Gadou

Top Earner

E. Aguilar

Lowest Earner

Player Salaries

Estimated yearly salaries.

Salary Insights

Key takeaways from the wage structure.

Teenager Gadou Out-Earns Everyone

At just 19 years old, centre-back Joane Gadou is the club's highest-paid player, earning €3.0M. His salary is 50% higher than the next highest earners in the squad.

Trio Commands Third of Wage Bill

The club's top three earners—Joane Gadou, Takumu Kawamura, and Yorbe Vertessen—have a combined annual salary of €7.0M. This represents nearly a third of the entire squad's €22.2M total wage bill.

Salzburg's Defensive Salary Fortress

The club's three highest-paid defenders (Joane Gadou, Stefan Lainer, Aleksa Terzić) have a combined salary of €5.9M. This is significantly more than the combined salary of the top three midfielders (€4.4M) or the top three forwards (€4.2M).

Onisiwo Earns More Than All Goalkeepers

Forward Karim Onisiwo's individual salary of €1.2M is greater than the combined salaries of all three goalkeepers on the roster, which totals €1.1M.

Veteran Experience Commands High Wages

The two oldest players in the squad, Karim Onisiwo (34) and Stefan Lainer (33), are both among the club's highest earners with salaries of €1.2M and €1.5M respectively, placing them in the top 'Key Player' salary tier.

The Four Tiers of Salzburg

The squad's wage structure is split into four clear tiers. A single Marquee player (Gadou at €3.0M), a Key Player tier of six players earning between €1.2M and €2.0M (like Kawamura and Vertessen), a large group of Rotation/Prospects earning between €500K and €1M, and a Development tier for those under €500K.

Kawamura and Vertessen on Equal Pay

The highest-paid midfielder, Takumu Kawamura, and the highest-paid forward, Yorbe Vertessen, are on identical €2.0M salaries. Similarly, defender Stefan Lainer and midfielder Frans Krätzig both earn exactly €1.5M.

Joane Gadou is Salzburg's Top Earner

Centre-back Joane Gadou is the highest-paid player at Red Bull Salzburg, earning an annual salary of €3.0M.

Kawamura Leads The Midfield Pay

Takumu Kawamura is the highest-paid midfielder at the club, with an annual salary of €2.0M.

Vertessen is The Top-Paid Forward

With a salary of €2.0M per year, Yorbe Vertessen stands as the club's highest-earning forward.

Transfer rumour salaries: Giannis Konstantelias

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

Red Bull Salzburg offered Giannis Konstantelias a contract with annual earnings of €1,500,000, which would increase each year.

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Potential wage savings from Joane Gadou and Kerim Alajbegović's departures

Potential departures and their salary impact.

Joane Gadou, currently earning €3.0M/year, is linked with moves to Borussia Dortmund or FC Barcelona. Kerim Alajbegović, with a salary of €624K/year, could depart for clubs like Roma, Napoli, or Milan. Maurits Kjaergaard, earning €420K/year, is also linked with a move to Napoli.

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