Players who played for Banfield and River Plate

16 players have played for both Banfield and River Plate, according to Wikidata. The best known include Santiago Salcedo, Giovanni Simeone and Julio Cruz. 10 of them moved straight from one club to the other, including Giovanni Simeone. The earliest arrival at one of the two clubs was in 1940 (Roberto Aballay), the most recent in 2013 (Giovanni Simeone).

The full list (16 players)

PlayerPositionNationalityBanfieldRiver Plate
Santiago SalcedoForwardParaguay2013–20142008
Giovanni SimeoneForwardArgentinasince 20152013–2015
Julio CruzForwardArgentina1993–19961996–1997
Darío CvitanichForwardArgentina2003–2008–
Jonathan MaidanaDefenderArgentina20102010–2018
Pedro SarabiaDefenderParaguay1996–19971997–2002
José Ramos DelgadoDefenderArgentina1966–19671959–1965
José SandForwardArgentina2005–20062004–2005
Nicolás BertoloMidfielderArgentina2008–2015since 2015
Mariano BarbosaGoalkeeperArgentina2002–20052009
Ángel ComizzoGoalkeeperArgentina1993–19961988–2003
Roberto AballayForwardArgentina19431940–1941
Juan CazaresMidfielderEcuador2013–2015since 2011
Juan José PizzutiForwardArgentina1947–19501951
Nelson LópezMidfielderArgentina1964–19681961
Walter AcevedoMidfielderArgentina2011–20122010–2014

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 Banfield

With River Plate