Players who played for Benfica and Rio Ave

12 players have played for both Benfica and Rio Ave, according to Wikidata. The best known include Fábio Coentrão, Jan Oblak and Ederson Moraes. 3 of them moved straight from one club to the other, including Fábio Coentrão. The earliest arrival at one of the two clubs was in 1993 (Paulo Santos), the most recent in 2013 (Bebé).

The full list (12 players)

PlayerPositionNationalityBenficaRio Ave
Fábio CoentrãoDefenderPortugal2007–20112005–2021
Jan OblakGoalkeeperSlovenia2010–20142012–2013
Ederson MoraesGoalkeeperBrazil2015–20172012–2015
BebéMidfielderPortugal2014–20152013
Nélson OliveiraForwardPortugal2009–20162010
Sílvio Manuel PereiraDefenderPortugalsince 20132008–2010
Paulo SantosGoalkeeperPortugal1993–19942010–2012
Carlos Eduardo VenturaMidfielderBrazil1997–19981999
Roderick MirandaDefenderPortugal2010–20132013
Luís Carlos Correia PintoDefenderPortugal2012–20132007
Daniel CandeiasMidfielderPortugalsince 20142009
Armando SáDefenderMozambique2002–20041998–2001

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 Rio Ave