Players who played for Barcelona and Sporting de Gijón

15 players have played for both Barcelona and Sporting de Gijón, according to Wikidata. The best known include David Villa, Luis Enrique and Julio Salinas. 7 of them moved straight from one club to the other, including Alen Halilović. The earliest arrival at one of the two clubs was in 1947 (Manuel Badenes), the most recent in 2016 (Víctor Rodríguez Romero).

The full list (15 players)

PlayerPositionNationalityBarcelonaSporting de Gijón
David VillaForwardSpain2010–20132001–2003
Luis EnriqueForwardSpain1996–20041989–1991
Julio SalinasForwardSpain1988–19941995–1996
Alen HalilovićMidfielderCroatia2014–20162015–2016
QuiniForwardSpain1980–19841968–1987
DouglasDefenderBrazil2014–20192016–2017
Abelardo FernándezDefenderSpain1994–20021989–1994
Alberto BotíaDefenderSpain2009–20102009–2012
Thomas ChristiansenForwardSpain1993–19961993
Marc ValienteDefenderSpain2006–20082019–2022
Jony RodríguezMidfielderSpain–2014–2018
Víctor Rodríguez RomeroMidfielderSpain–2016–2017
Xavi TorresMidfielderSpain20092016–2017
Manuel BadenesForwardSpain1947–19501958–1960
Andreu Guerao MayoralMidfielderSpain–2006–2010

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 Sporting de Gijón