If you've ever wondered exactly how much the World Cup coaches earn, wonder no more. According to the Just-Football website, Argentinian sports daily Olé did some digging and published the salaries of all 32 managers who led their side to the 2010 Soccer World Cup. England's Fabio Capello is the top earner with 9.9 million USD per year. Italy's Marcelo Lippi is second with 4.1 million USD. Bafana's Carlos Alberto Parreira earns 1.8 million USD. Nigeria's coach Shaibu Amodu is the worst paid - he earns 180,000 USD.

Approximate annual salaries in US dollars:

1. Fabio Capello (England): 9,900,000 USD/year
2. Marcelo Lippi (Italy): 4,100,000
3. Javier Aguirre (Mexico): 4,000,000
4. Joachim Loew (Germany): 3,300,000
5. Berter van Marwijk (Netherlands): 2,700,000
6. Ottmar Hitzfeld (Switzerland): 2,600,000
7. Vicente del Bosque (Spain): 2,200,000
8. Carlos Queiroz (Portugal): 2,000,000
9. Pim Verbeek (Australia): 1,820,000
10. Carlos Alberto Parreira (South Africa): 1,800,000
11. Dunga (Brazil): 1,250,000
12. Diego Maradona (Argentina): 1,200,000
13. Takeshi Okada (Japan): 1,200,000
14. Ricki Herbert (New Zealand): 1,200,000
15. Otto Rehhagel (Greece): 1,150,000
16. Paul Le Guen (Cameroon): 960,000
17. Marcelo Bielsa (Chile): 850,000
18. Vahdi Halilhodzic (Cote d’Ivoire): 740,000
19. Raymond Domenech (France): 720,000
20. Hun Jung Moo (South Korea): 600,000
21. Morten Olsen (Denmark): 570,000
22. Milovan Rajevac (Ghana): 540,000
23. Bob Bradley (USA): 400,000
24. Radomir Antic (Serbia): 447,000
25. Matjaz Kek (Slovenia): 360,000
26. Gerardo Martino (Paraguay): 360,000
27. Rabah Saadane (Algeria): 360,000
28. Reinaldo Rueda (Honduras): 350,000
29. Vladimir Weiss (Slovakia): 312,000
30. Oscar Washington Tabárez (Uruguay): 300,000
31. Kim Jong Hun (North Korea): 250,000
32. Shaibu Amodu (Nigeria): 180,000

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