Gerardo Martino Tata, coach of Mexico, is among the six coaches with the top salary in the Qatar World Cup. “Tata” is by far the highest-paid coach in Concacaf.
The Mexican team is one of the teams that is called to face Concacaf football. However, Canada and the United States have shown better performance in recent matches. Gerardo Martino leads this process under a millionaire salary, which is one more example of money-buying results.
Clearly, there is concern among El Tri supporters. There is very little left for the start of the 2022 Qatar World Cup, and the Mexican team did not leave a good image in their last friendy match. So much of the responsibility falls on “Tata.”
The Argentine coach can boast that he has one of the highest salaries among the coaches participating in the Qatar World Cup. The South American is only surpassed by the coaches of the great powers of European football and “Tite,” the great leader of the Canarinha. In this sense, the question arises if the veteran coach of Mexico has done justice to be among the best unemployed in the World Cup.
The 10 Highest Paid Coaches of the Qatar World Cup 2022
As the summer of 2022 approaches, more and more details about the ruling of Qatar and the World Cup are coming out. Some facts about this competition are known, and some are still secret. However, one thing is that many coaches will be earning large amounts of money. The following list contains information about the 10 highest-paid coaches at Qatar World Cup 2022.
1. Hans-Dieter Flick -Germany ($6.5 million)
Hans-Dieter “Hansi” Flick is a former player and current professional football head coach of Germany. He served as assistant coach of Germany from August 2006 to July 2014.
2. Gareth Southgate – England ($5.8 million)
Former defender and midfielder Gareth Southgate OBE is a professional football manager of England. Since 2016, he has served as England’s national team’s manager.
3. Didier Deschamps – France ($3.8 million)
Didier Claude Deschamps, a former professional player and current manager of the France national football team, has held this position since 2012. Besides, he was a defensive midfielder who played for a number of teams in France, Italy, England, and Spain, including Marseille, Juventus, Chelsea, Valencia, Nantes, and Bordeaux.
4. Tite – Brazil ($3.6 million)
Tite, formerly known as Adenor Leonardo Bacchi, is the current coach of the Brazil national team and a former professional football player from Brazil. He played for Caxias from 1978 and 1984 before spending a season with Esportivo de Bento Gonçalves and another with Portuguesa.
5. Louis van Gaal – Netherlands ($2.9 million)
The head coach of the Netherlands national football team is Aloysius Paulus Maria “Louis” van Gaal OON, a former football player and manager from the Netherlands. He managed Ajax, Barcelona, AZ Alkmaar, Bayern Munich, and Manchester United at the club level in addition to three terms in charge of the Netherlands team. With 20 major victories under his career, Van Gaal is among the most successful football managers in his career.
6. Gerardo Martino – Mexico ($2.9 million)
A former professional footballer from Argentina, Gerardo Daniel “Tata” Martino currently serves as the Mexico national team’s manager. Martino mostly participated in Rosario’s Newell’s Old Boys. He played a total of 505 matches for the team in all official competitions, setting a record for most appearances.
7. Lionel Scaloni – Argentina ($2.6 million)
Argentina’s national team is coached by professional football manager and former player Lionel Sebastián Scaloni. Besides, he was a versatile player who could play either right defense or right midfield.
8. Felix Sanchez Bas – Qatar ($2.4 million)
A Spanish football coach named Félix Sánchez Bas is now in charge of the national team of Qatar. He worked with the national junior teams there for the majority of his career until being promoted to the senior team in 2017. His team reached the CONCACAF Gold Cup semifinals in 2021 and won the 2019 AFC Asian Cup.
9. Fernando Santos – Portugal ($2.2 million)
Portuguese professional football manager Fernando Manuel Fernandes da Costa Santos GOM was a defender throughout his playing career. He coaches the Portugal national team. In eight seasons, he played in 161 matches last season twice in the Primeira Liga, nearly entirely while playing for Estoril.
10. Murat Yakin – Switzerland ($1.6 million)
Murat Yakin is a former footballer and current football coach from Switzerland. He is presently in charge of the Switzerland national football team. After serving as the head coach of FC Frauenfeld and the Grasshoppers’ development program, Yakin was appointed FC Thun’s coach in 2009. Besides, in his first season as manager at Thun, Yakin guided the team to promotion and the 2010 Swiss Challenge League Championship. Thun managed to place fifth in the Swiss Super League in his second season with the team, which earned him a spot in the UEFA Europa League second qualifying round the following year.
Yakin was chosen to lead the national football team of Switzerland on August 9, 2021. Switzerland qualified for the tournament while Italy had to compete in the playoffs. When Northern Ireland held defending European champions Italy to a scoreless draw in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying match. He sent the Irish Football Association 9.3 kg of Swiss chocolate as a token of his appreciation.