Players who played for Barcelona and Racing de Santander

18 players have played for both Barcelona and Racing de Santander, according to Wikidata. The best known include Giovani dos Santos, Luis Javier García Sanz and Henrique Adriano Buss. 6 of them moved straight from one club to the other, including Thomas Christiansen. The earliest arrival at one of the two clubs was in 1954 (Ramón Alberto Villaverde), the most recent in 2020 (Pablo Torre).

The full list (18 players)

PlayerPositionNationalityBarcelonaRacing de Santander
Giovani dos SantosMidfielderMexico2007–20082011
Luis Javier García SanzMidfielderSpain1998–20042009–2010
Henrique Adriano BussDefenderBrazil2008–20122009–2011
Iván de la PeñaMidfielderSpain1995–2001–
Raúl Vicente AmarillaForwardSpain, Paraguay1985–19881980–1981
Thomas ChristiansenForwardSpain1993–19961994–1995
Pablo TorreMidfielderSpain2022–20252020–2022
Gaï AssulinMidfielderSpain, Israel2009–20102012–2013
Lluís Carreras FerrerDefenderSpain1993–19961994–1995
Marcos Alonso PeñaMidfielderSpain1982–19871977–1991
Damià Abella PérezDefenderSpain2004–20062006
Pablo AlfaroDefenderSpain1992–19931993–2007
Pedro ZaballaForwardSpain1961–19671958–1961
Ramón Alberto VillaverdeForwardUruguay1954–19631963–1964
Edu BediaMidfielderSpain–2008–2012
Jordi LópezMidfielderSpain–2007–2008
Quique EstebaranzForwardSpain1993–19941988–1989
Andreu Guerao MayoralMidfielderSpain–2013–2015

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 Barcelona

With Racing de Santander