Players who played for Inter and Real Madrid

17 players have played for both Inter and Real Madrid, according to Wikidata. The best known include Ronaldo, Samuel Eto'o and Fabio Cannavaro. 12 of them moved straight from one club to the other, including Ronaldo. The earliest arrival at one of the two clubs was in 1992 (Iván Zamorano), the most recent in 2021 (Denzel Dumfries).

The full list (17 players)

PlayerPositionNationalityInterReal Madrid
RonaldoForwardBrazil1997–20022002–2007
Samuel Eto'oForwardCameroon2009–20111997–2000
Fabio CannavaroDefenderItaly2002–20042006–2009
Roberto CarlosDefenderBrazil1995–19961996–2007
Luís FigoMidfielderPortugal2005–20092000–2005
Wesley SneijderMidfielderNetherlands2009–20132007–2009
Achraf HakimiDefenderSpain, Morocco2020–20212017–2020
Clarence SeedorfMidfielderNetherlands2000–20031996–1999
Mateo KovačićMidfielderCroatia2013–20152015–2019
Antonio CassanoForwardItaly2012–20132006–2008
Esteban CambiassoMidfielderArgentina2004–20142002–2004
Walter SamuelDefenderArgentina2005–20142004–2005
Denzel DumfriesDefenderNetherlands2021–2026since 2026
Christian PanucciDefenderItaly1999–20011997–1999
Iván ZamoranoForwardChile1996–20011992–1996
Santiago SolariMidfielderArgentina2005–20082000–2005
Borja ValeroMidfielderSpain2017–20202006

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 Inter

With Real Madrid