Players who played for Benfica and Deportivo La Coruña

15 players have played for both Benfica and Deportivo La Coruña, according to Wikidata. The best known include Joan Capdevila, Carlos Marchena and Álvaro Fernández. 6 of them moved straight from one club to the other, including Pizzi. The earliest arrival at one of the two clubs was in 1992 (Hélder Cristóvão), the most recent in 2015 (Jonathan Rodríguez).

The full list (15 players)

PlayerPositionNationalityBenficaDeportivo La Coruña
Joan CapdevilaDefenderSpain2011–20122000–2007
Carlos MarchenaDefenderSpain2000–20012012–2014
Álvaro FernándezDefenderSpain2024–20252012–2017
Nélson OliveiraForwardPortugal2009–20162012–2013
PizziMidfielderPortugalsince 20132012–2013
Jonathan Urretaviscaya–Uruguay2008–20142010–2011
Ivan CavaleiroMidfielderPortugal2012–20142014–2015
Ola JohnMidfielderNetherlands2012–2014–
Jonathan RodríguezForwardUruguay2015since 2015
Hélder CostaMidfielderAngola2012–20152015
SidneiDefenderBrazil2008–2013since 2014
Sílvio Manuel PereiraDefenderPortugalsince 20132013
Roderick MirandaDefenderPortugal2010–20132012
Luís Carlos Correia PintoDefenderPortugal2012–2013since 2013
Hélder CristóvãoDefenderPortugal1992–20041997–2002

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 Benfica

With Deportivo La Coruña