Players who played for Marseille and Real Madrid

10 players have played for both Marseille and Real Madrid, according to Wikidata. The best known include Claude Makelélé, Gabriel Heinze and Lassana Diarra. 3 of them moved straight from one club to the other, including Gabriel Heinze. The earliest arrival at one of the two clubs was in 1954 (Héctor Rial), the most recent in 2015 (Lucas Silva Borges).

The full list (10 players)

PlayerPositionNationalityMarseilleReal Madrid
Claude MakeléléDefenderFrance1997–19982000–2003
Gabriel HeinzeDefenderArgentina2009–20112007–2009
Lassana DiarraMidfielderFrancesince 20152009–2012
Fernando MorientesForwardSpain2009–20101997–2005
Alfonso PérezForwardSpain20021990–1995
Rafael Martín VázquezMidfielderSpain19921983–1995
Lucas Silva BorgesMidfielderBrazilsince 20152015
Héctor RialForwardSpain, Argentina1962–19631954–1961
Laurie CunninghamMidfielderEngland1984–19851979–1983
Alberto Rivera PizarroMidfielderSpain20021996–2002

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 Marseille

With Real Madrid