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PARIS, May 3 (Reuters) - Real Madrid's David Beckham is the best paid soccer player in the world, according to a survey published in France Football magazine on Tuesday.
With €25 million (£17.01 million) a year, England captain Beckham tops the table ahead of Real Madrid team mates Ronaldo, who earns 19.6 million euros a year, and Zinedine Zidane, on €13 million.
The three each have salaries of €6.4 million and collect €200,000 a year in bonuses.
But the 30-year-old Beckham earns an additional €18.4 million in advertising contracts, with Ronaldo receiving €13 million for his commercial deals and Zidane earning €6.4 million for his.
Inter Milan striker Christian Vieri is fourth in the standings, earning 12 million euros a year, followed by Juventus striker Alessandro Del Piero on €9.5 million and Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard on €9.4 million.
Jose Mourinho, manager of English Premier League champions Chelsea, clearly benefits from owner Roman Abramovich's big spending policy, earning €7.5 million a year.
Five managers working in England are in the top 10 with Manchester United's Alex Ferguson coming second with six million euros a year, ahead of England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson (€5.8 million) and Arsenal's Arsene Wenger (€4.4 million).
Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez is ninth with €2.6 million a year.
However, Beckham is far behind golf's world number one Tiger Woods, who earns €66 million a year. Seven-times Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher is the second highest paid sportsman with €63.5 million.
Beckham is sixth behind Woods, Schumacher, NFL's Archie Manning and NBA's Shaquille O'Neal and Michael Jordan.
PARIS, May 3 (Reuters) - Real Madrid's David Beckham is the best paid soccer player in the world, according to a survey published in France Football magazine on Tuesday.
With €25 million (£17.01 million) a year, England captain Beckham tops the table ahead of Real Madrid team mates Ronaldo, who earns 19.6 million euros a year, and Zinedine Zidane, on €13 million.
The three each have salaries of €6.4 million and collect €200,000 a year in bonuses.
But the 30-year-old Beckham earns an additional €18.4 million in advertising contracts, with Ronaldo receiving €13 million for his commercial deals and Zidane earning €6.4 million for his.
Inter Milan striker Christian Vieri is fourth in the standings, earning 12 million euros a year, followed by Juventus striker Alessandro Del Piero on €9.5 million and Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard on €9.4 million.
Jose Mourinho, manager of English Premier League champions Chelsea, clearly benefits from owner Roman Abramovich's big spending policy, earning €7.5 million a year.
Five managers working in England are in the top 10 with Manchester United's Alex Ferguson coming second with six million euros a year, ahead of England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson (€5.8 million) and Arsenal's Arsene Wenger (€4.4 million).
Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez is ninth with €2.6 million a year.
However, Beckham is far behind golf's world number one Tiger Woods, who earns €66 million a year. Seven-times Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher is the second highest paid sportsman with €63.5 million.
Beckham is sixth behind Woods, Schumacher, NFL's Archie Manning and NBA's Shaquille O'Neal and Michael Jordan.
