Players who played for Alavés and Athletic Club

21 players have played for both Alavés and Athletic Club, according to Wikidata. The best known include Ernesto Valverde, Julio Salinas and Andoni Zubizarreta. 13 of them moved straight from one club to the other, including Julio Salinas. The earliest arrival at one of the two clubs was in 1927 (Víctor Unamuno Ibarzabal), the most recent in 2023 (Andoni Gorosabel).

Play today's football grid (in French)One player ticks both the row and the column, for every square. Alavés special (in French)Today's games with its 152 players. Athletic Club special (in French)Today's games with its 172 players.

The full list (21 players)

PlayerPositionNationalityAlavésAthletic Club
Ernesto ValverdeForwardSpain1983–19851990–1996
Julio SalinasForwardSpain1998–20001982–1986
Andoni ZubizarretaGoalkeeperSpain1980–19811981–1986
Luis de la FuenteDefenderSpain1993–19941977–1993
Óscar de MarcosForwardSpain2001–20092009–2025
Daniel VivianDefenderSpain2009–2011since 2021
Aitor KarankaDefenderSpainuntil 19911991–2006
José Ramón AlexankoDefenderSpain19761976–1980
Ibai GómezForwardSpain2016–20192010–2021
Gaizka ToqueroForwardSpain1997–20172008–2015
Asier VillalibreForwardSpain2023–20262011–2024
Borja VigueraForwardSpain2012–20142014–2016
Gaizka Garitano AguirreDefenderSpain2008–20091997–1998
Víctor Unamuno IbarzabalForwardSpain1927–19281928–1942
Borja SainzForwardSpain2017–20212012–2017
Andoni GorosabelDefenderSpain2023–2024since 2024
Raúl Fernández-Cavada MateosGoalkeeperSpain2025–20261998–2013
Xabi CastilloDefenderSpain2014–20151996–2013
Iñigo CórdobaForwardSpain20212009–2020
Armando RibeiroGoalkeeperSpain1994–19982008–2010
Josu SarriegiDefenderSpain2000–20062006–2007

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

With Alavés

Barcelona25Real Sociedad22Espanyol22Real Madrid20Deportivo La Coruña14Real Zaragoza13Atlético Madrid13Mallorca12

With Athletic Club

Real Sociedad26Osasuna25SD Eibar21Club Deportivo Numancia de Soria17Espanyol15Barcelona12CD Leganés12Atlético Madrid10