Players who played for América and Athletico Paranaense

12 players have played for both América and Athletico Paranaense, according to Wikidata. The best known include Paulo Silas, Valdir Benedito and Michel Bastos. Paulo Silas moved straight from one club to the other. The earliest arrival at one of the two clubs was in 1975 (Éder Aleixo), the most recent in 2011 (Willian Rocha).

The full list (12 players)

PlayerPositionNationalityAméricaAthletico Paranaense
Paulo SilasMidfielderBrazil2001–20022000
Valdir BeneditoMidfielderBrazil20021990–2001
Michel BastosMidfielderBrazil20192003–2004
Alex MineiroForwardBrazil19962001–2010
Éder AleixoForwardBrazil1975–19761988–1991
Ricardo Alves PereiraForwardBrazilsince 20142005–2013
José Ilson dos SantosForwardBrazil20092007–2008
Leonardo Henrique Santos de SouzaForwardBrazil2008–20112012
Willian RochaDefenderBrazil20112013–2015
EvanílsonDefenderBrazil1996–20102006
Willian Gomes de SiqueiraForwardBrazilsince 20242006–2010
José Eduardo Bischofe de AlmeidaForwardBrazil20092005

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 América

With Athletico Paranaense