Earn 263 billion won a year...Brazil's national genius who grew up in poverty re-examines Choi Jong-ki's trip to China

Sep 09, 2024

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Oscar prioritized family support as much as his ambition as a soccer player.

British Give Me Sports played very well in Chelsea on the 9th (Korea time) and highlighted how much money Oscar, who played for Brazil, moved to the Chinese stage at his peak and earned there.

Oscar, who was born in 1991, grew up in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and entered the first division. After showing good potential at Inter, he moved to Chelsea ahead of the 2012-2013 season. As soon as he moved to Chelsea, Oscar emerged as the future of the team, showing good chemistry with Eden Hazard and Juan Mata.

Oscar wasn't the type to have many offensive points, but he was a scoring playmaker who could play in all areas of the second line. He led Chelsea's attack by showing organic play with Hazard and Mata. He was a steel king without many injuries and actually showed a lot of activity on the field.

In the 2014-2015 season, he won the English Premier League (EPL) with Chelsea and expanded his position as a member of the Brazilian national team. However, Oscar quickly lost ground after Antonio Conte took over. He was able to move to other big clubs in Europe in the transfer market, but in the winter of 2016, Oscar surprisingly surprised the world by deciding to move to Shanghai Sanggang (currently Shanghai Haigang) in China at its peak.

Oscar gave up his dream and decided to go to China. Give Me Sports shed light on Oscar's past remarks. "Every soccer player or working person wants to make money to support their family. I grew up in a very poor family in Brazil. There was nothing"He said why he chose a dream, not an ambition.

Oscar was paid 400,000 pounds (about 700 million won) a week when he moved to the Chinese stage. The salary has risen 2.7 times. At the time, Oscar became one of the world's highest-paid players because Saudi clubs did not recruit players by releasing astronomical amounts of money as they do now.

Oscar remains China's best foreign player of all time, performing very well in Shanghai from 2017 to now. From 2021, he even served as the team's captain. Oscar has now made enough money to support his family. According to Give Me Sports, Oscar's net salary so far will amount to 150 million pounds (about 264.3 billion won). It is estimated to be more than four times the annual salary he could have received when he remained in Europe.

Oscar is reportedly planning to leave Shanghai at the end of the 2024 season. It is known that he plans to put down the time he sacrificed for his family and pursue his dream again. Oscar has said in the past that he wants a return to Chelsea, but it seems difficult in reality.

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