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Jair Pereira reveals the average salary of a professional soccer player in Mexico.
In an interview with Jorge Serratos, the player revealed how he managed his salary to survive.
The man had his peak in soccer, he became champion with Chivas.
Football player Jair Pereiraformer Chivas and Cruz Azul player, revealed that, In his beginnings as a professional, he had a salary of 4,800 pesos.
The soccer profession in Mexico is one of the most controversial and unequal; while there are players who earn millions of dollars, there are those who receive a much lower salary compared to those classified as “big stars”.
Of course, the idea of the soccer player is to advance and grow in his career, until he becomes a benchmark either for his club or even for the Mexican Soccer Team itself, although, according to some soccer players, this is not something easy and requires many sacrifices.
Jair Pereira reveals salary as a footballer
Jair Pereira had his best moment playing with Club Deportivo Guadalajara, the Chivas, being champion with the team and becoming an important player for the Aztec team.
Nevertheless, He, also nicknamed “el Comandante”, recently appeared on the podcast of Jorge Serratos, a businessman who, on his YouTube channel, has just over 23,000 subscribers. and has interviewed different personalities, among which the one who was captain of Chivas and champion with the rojiblanco club a few years ago stands out.
From this interview, there is a clip that has begun to go viral, reaching more than a million views on Facebook alone and a fairly important interaction between users.
And it is that, when asked by the podcaster, Jorge Serratos, about how much a professional soccer player earns in Mexico, the figure released by Jair Pereira has created an interesting discussion among Internet users.
According to what the former Chivas and Cruz Azul player expressed, his first salary as a professional soccer player was 4,800 pesos per month, this when he was in the 2nd. Mexican soccer division.
As of today, Jair Pereira is 35 years old and, despite being an active player, he is without a club; However, he is one of the most recognized Mexican soccer players in recent years, which is why, for some Internet users, he has caused surprise what was revealed by “El Comandante”.
Chatting with Jorge Serratos, Pereira mentioned that said monthly salary, “More or less, I managed the week to be able to eat well, which was to go to a small restaurant where they gave you three meals: soup, the water you wanted, the tortillas you wanted and your stew. That was my way of eating well”.
On the other hand, the former captain of Chivas, also revealed his experience as a player of Atlante, one of the most iconic clubs of the 90’s, where he claims to have lived without a salary from the club, as part of the sacrifices that, sometimes, are done to become a professional footballer.
“First Division players sometimes gave us shoes, because there was a time when I couldn’t afford to buy some soccer shoes. Before, when I was in Atlante, I would go to the Martí and I would go to the baskets where there were many shoes and I would grab some, regardless of whether they were not my size, even if they were too big for me, but they cost me 250 or 300 pesos,” explains Pereira. .
We live in an era in which football has become global, so much so that, today, we see player sales that exceed 200 million eurosas happened with the Brazilian Neymar Jr.
In Mexico, although the situation is different, it is still unequal for some players. Previously, one of the most important players of this time, Alexus Vega, also revealed that, in his beginnings at Club Toluca, he earned about 1,300 pesos, to later earn eight thousand pesos.