Ronaldinho best paid soccer player

Ronaldinho has beat David Beckham in the money race by earning 5 million euros more then the Englishman.

For the first time in three years Beckham is not the top earner in the sport according to France Football magazine. Ronaldinho received 14 million euros from 15 advertising contracts wth such companies as PepsiCo Inc., Nike Inc., Cadbury Schweppes Plc and Groupe Danone.

Here is the list of the best paid soccer players (all money is in euros)

PLAYER	SALARY	TOTAL
1. Ronaldinho	8.5	23.0
2. David Beckham	6.4	18.0
3. Ronaldo	6.4	17.4
4. Wayne Rooney	5.2	16.1
5. Christian Vieri	4.0	16.0
6. Zinedine Zidane	6.4	15.0
7. Alessandro del Piero	4.2	11.5
8. Frank Lampard	7.2	9.8
9. Thierry Henry	4.5	9.8
10. John Terry	5.9	9.7
11. Steven Gerrard	6.7	9.2
12. Oliver Kahn	6.0	9.1
13. Rio Ferdinand	7.2	9.0
14. Raul Gonzalez	6.4	8.9
15. Michael Owen	5.0	8.7
16. Ruud van Nistelrooy	6.4	8.5
17. Francesco Totti	5.6	8.4
18. Michael Ballack	5.5	8.4
19. Harry Kewell	5.7	7.9
20. Patrick Vieira	5.0	7.5