In Brazil, 82% of football players receive up to two minimum wages

The glorious dream to succeed in life by football is almost like winning the lottery. For the vast majority of sports professionals in Brazil.

The reality is cruel, of the 30,784 registered players in the country, currently 82% earn up to two minimum wages,

A very modest number of lucky (2%) pocketing over $ 12,400, 20 times the minimum wage. Neymar, for example, earns 241 times that amount.

Wages are still very low in the lower investment clubs.

30% of the world's athletes live with delays and non-payment of contractual obligations.

Uefa adopted a financial control system to monitor European clubs. Those who, at the end of the season, don´t prove economic conditions to deal with the debts end up suspended from continental competitions