Players who played for CD Leganés and Real Madrid

17 players have played for both CD Leganés and Real Madrid, according to Wikidata. The best known include Samuel Eto'o, Álvaro Morata and Andriy Lounine. 7 of them moved straight from one club to the other, including Samuel Eto'o. The earliest arrival at one of the two clubs was in 1992 (David Belenguer), the most recent in 2025 (Yan Diomandé).

The full list (17 players)

PlayerPositionNationalityCD LeganésReal Madrid
Samuel Eto'oForwardCameroon1997–19981997–2000
Álvaro MorataForwardSpainsince 20262010–2017
Andriy LounineGoalkeeperUkraine2018–2019since 2018
Luca ZidaneGoalkeeperAlgeriasince 20262017–2020
Yan DiomandéForwardIvory Coast2025since 2026
Joaquín Caparrós–Spain––
Iván FresnedaDefenderSpain2018–20202014–2018
Laureano Sanabria RuizDefenderSpain2006–2007–
Thiago Pitarch–Spain2022–2023since 2023
Bryan RabelloMidfielderPoland, Chile2015–
Juan Francisco Moreno FuertesMidfielderSpain2018–20192010
Gerardo GarcíaDefenderSpain1995–1996–
David BelenguerDefenderSpain1995–19961992–1993
Fernando Sánchez CipitriaMidfielderSpain1992–1993–
Víctor Manuel Fernández GutiérrezForwardSpain2011–2012–
JuananDefenderSpain2015–2016–
Miguel Ángel GuerreroForwardSpainsince 2016–

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

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With Real Madrid