Players who played for Nacional and River Plate

21 players have played for both Nacional and River Plate, according to Wikidata. The best known include Sebastián Abreu, Milan Borjan and Daniel Fonseca. 11 of them moved straight from one club to the other, including Milan Borjan. The earliest arrival at one of the two clubs was in 1936 (Luis Ernesto Castro), the most recent in 2013 (Iván Alonso).

The full list (21 players)

PlayerPositionNationalityNacionalRiver Plate
Sebastián AbreuForwardUruguay2001–20152008–2009
Milan BorjanGoalkeeperCanada2005–20062006–2007
Daniel FonsecaForwardUruguay1988–20022001–2002
Marcelo GallardoMidfielderArgentina2010–20111993–2010
Diego PlacenteDefenderArgentina2011–20121997–2001
Luis CubillaMidfielderUruguay1969–19741964–1968
Luis ArtimeForwardArgentina1969–19741962–1965
Antonio AlzamendiForwardUruguay19831982–1987
Tabaré ViudezMidfielderUruguay2011–2012since 2015
Iván AlonsoForwardUruguay2013–2015since 2016
Hugo de LeónDefenderUruguay1977–19931989–1990
Rogelio DomínguezGoalkeeperArgentina1966–19681962–1963
Nicolás BertoloMidfielderArgentina2008since 2015
Pedro CubillaMidfielderUruguay–1965–1966
Adolfo ZeoliGoalkeeperArgentina19951993–1994
Marcelo SosaMidfielderUruguay20072006
Domingo Salvador PérezForwardUruguay1961–19671960–1961
Luis Ernesto CastroForwardUruguay1936–19501950
Alfonso DomínguezDefenderUruguay1994–19971991–1993
Horacio TrocheDefenderUruguay1954–19621963–1964
Walter GómezForwardUruguay1946–19601950–1955

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 Nacional

With River Plate