The captain of the Russian national team spoke about the earnings of handball players

Captain of the Russian handball team Daniil Shishkarev spoke about the earnings of handball players. His words are given in an interview with Lenta.ru.

“The best players of the Russian championship earn from 600 thousand to a million rubles a month. But, in my opinion, there are about ten of them,” said Shishkarev. He also compared the salaries of handball players in Russia and Europe. “If we are talking about the best players in top European clubs, then their salaries are disproportionately higher compared to the best handball players in the Russian Super League. I think their salaries are ten times higher,” said the captain of the Russian national team and CSKA Moscow.

The 35-year-old athlete also shared his opinion regarding the earnings of young handball players. “The situation is similar to Russian football – our handball players receive very good money for their age, not the same as in football, of course, but more than young handball players in Europe. There they are paid very little, so everyone who can, from the age of 18-19, everyone strives to go to the Bundesliga to prove themselves and only then get a good contract,” Shishkarev noted.

Shishkarev is a two-time winner of the Handball Champions League as part of the Macedonian “Vardar”, he was awarded the medal “For Services to Macedonia”. The athlete is also a bronze medalist at the Club World Championship and a six-time Russian champion.

In September, Russian football player Alexei Gorodovoy complained about his salary at the Norwegian club Kongsvinger. He admitted that he received about 90 thousand rubles after taxes – as a cashier in a local store. “I don’t want to devalue anyone, but I can sit at the cash register if they train me a little. But the cashier will not be able to play football at a high level,” Gorodovoy said.