Players who played for Cruzeiro and São Paulo

35 players have played for both Cruzeiro and São Paulo, according to Wikidata. The best known include Rivaldo, Luís Antônio Corrêa da Costa and Juliano Belletti. 12 of them moved straight from one club to the other, including Juliano Belletti. The earliest arrival at one of the two clubs was in 1970 (Pablo Forlán), the most recent in 2019 (Luis Manuel Orejuela).

The full list (35 players)

PlayerPositionNationalityCruzeiroSão Paulo
RivaldoForwardBrazil20042011
Luís Antônio Corrêa da CostaForwardBrazil1998–20001984–1996
Juliano BellettiDefenderBrazil1994–19961996–2002
Toninho CerezoMidfielderBrazil19941992–1996
Fabio Santos RomeuDefenderPortugal, Brazil20072003–2005
Humberlito Borges TeixeiraForwardBrazil2012–20142007–2009
Donizete OliveiraMidfielderBrazil1996–20001995
Júlio BaptistaForwardBrazil2013–20152000–2003
RôniForwardBrazil2007–20081996
ElivéltonForwardBrazil19971990–1993
Sérgio Cláudio dos SantosMidfielderBrazil1995–19961996–1999
Eugenio MenaDefenderChilesince 2015since 2016
Víctor AristizábalForwardColombia20031997–1998
Jorge WagnerMidfielderBrazil2001–20022007–2010
JadílsonDefenderBrazil20082007–2008
Marcelo Silva RamosForwardBrazil1995–20032000–2001
Marcel Augusto OrtolanForwardBrazil20082006–2007
Fabrício de SouzaDefenderBrazil2008–20112012–2014
MaiconDefenderBrazil2007–20082016
Pablo ForlánDefenderUruguay19771970–1976
Alex Sandro da SilvaDefenderBrazil2012–20132006–2011
José Luís Santos da VisitaçãoDefenderBrazil19992007–2009
BentinhoForwardBrazil19981995
Kléber de Sousa FreitasForwardBrazil2009–20102003
Claudio MaldonadoMidfielderBrazil2003–20052000–2002
NeíltonMidfielderBrazil2014–2015since 2017
Guilherme de Cássio AlvesForwardBrazil20041993–1994
Luis Manuel OrejuelaDefenderColombia2019–2021since 2021
Edimar Curitiba FragaDefenderBrazil2005–20172017–2019
André Luiz MoreiraDefenderBrazil19991992–1996
PalhinhaMidfielderBrazil1996–19971992–1995
Anderson Cléber BeraldoDefenderBrazil20092008
Thiago RibeiroForwardBrazil2008–20112005–2006
Paulo AndréDefenderBrazil2015–
DagobertoForwardBrazil2013–20152007–2011

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 Cruzeiro

With São Paulo