Players who played for America Football Club and Botafogo

14 players have played for both America Football Club and Botafogo, according to Wikidata. The best known include Mário Zagallo, Sérgio Manoel and Carlos Kaiser. 5 of them moved straight from one club to the other, including Carlos Kaiser. The earliest arrival at one of the two clubs was in 1928 (Áttila), the most recent in 2007 (Athirson Mazzoli e Oliveira).

The full list (14 players)

PlayerPositionNationalityAmerica Football ClubBotafogo
Mário ZagalloForwardBrazil1948–19501958–1965
Sérgio ManoelMidfielderBrazil20031994–2006
Carlos KaiserForwardBrazil––
Aymoré MoreiraGoalkeeperBrazil1932–19331936–1946
Eduardo Francisco de Silva NetoForwardBrazil2004–
Roberto Lopes MirandaForwardBrazil1976–19771962–1972
SchwenckForwardBrazil20032004
Danilo Faria AlvimMidfielderBrazil1939–19451955–1956
Carlos Germano Schwambach NetoGoalkeeperBrazil20042002
Willian Xavier BarbosaForwardBrazil20052006–2007
Heleno de FreitasForwardBrazil19511939–1948
Zezé MoreiraForwardBrazil1944–19451935–1943
Athirson Mazzoli e OliveiraDefenderBrazil20112007
ÁttilaForwardBrazil1928–19321933–1938

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 America Football Club

With Botafogo