Players who played for Ajax and Roma

10 players have played for both Ajax and Roma, according to Wikidata. The best known include Thomas Vermaelen, Bojan Krkić and Maarten Stekelenburg. 4 of them moved straight from one club to the other, including Maarten Stekelenburg. The earliest arrival at one of the two clubs was in 1999 (Christian Chivu), the most recent in 2025 (Anass Salah-Eddine).

The full list (10 players)

PlayerPositionNationalityAjaxRoma
Thomas VermaelenDefenderBelgium2003–20092016–2017
Bojan KrkićForwardSpain2013–20142011–2013
Maarten StekelenburgGoalkeeperKingdom of the Netherlands2001–20232011–2013
Christian ChivuDefenderRomania1999–20032003–2007
Bogdan LobonțGoalkeeperRomania2000–20062009–2018
Urby EmanuelsonDefenderNetherlands2004–20112014–2015
Samuel Osei KuffourDefenderGhana20082005–2008
MidoForwardEgypt2001–20112004–2006
Anass Salah-EddineDefenderNetherlands, Morocco–since 2025
Benjamin Tahirović–Bosnia and Herzegovina2023–20252021–2023

Players ranked from best known to least known (number of language editions of their Wikipedia page). Data from Wikidata: spotted a mistake? Let us know.

Other club pairs

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With Roma