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"France Football” traditionally publishes a list of the top-earning footballers. As in the list compiled by "Forbes" just over a month ago, the player who earned the most this year is the Brazilian national team and Barcelona striker Ronaldinho. Over the year, he added 20 million euros to his account, of which Ronaldinho received 15 million from advertising. In second place in terms of earnings is Real Madrid defender David Beckham. Although he has lost some income from advertising because he no longer plays for the English national team, this year the defender earned 17 million euros. In third place is French national team and Arsenal striker Thierry Henry, with earnings of 15.7 million euros. The highest-earning coach is Chelsea's strategist Jose Mourinho. His annual income is 10 million euros. List of the top-earning players according to "France Football": 1. Ronaldinho (Barcelona) - 20 million euros; 2. David Beckham (Real) - 17; 3. Thierry Henry (Arsenal) - 15.7; 4. Michael Ballack (Chelsea) - 15.3; 5. Ronaldo (Milan) - 15.2; 6. Andriy Shevchenko (Chelsea) - 12.7; 7. Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus) - 11.5; 8. John Terry (Chelsea) - 11.4; 9. Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) - 11.3; 10. Fabio Cannavaro (Real) - 10.5."
