Players who played for Real Madrid and Santos

12 players have played for both Real Madrid and Santos, according to Wikidata. The best known include Robinho, Rodrygo and Danilo Luiz da Silva. 4 of them moved straight from one club to the other, including Robinho. The earliest arrival at one of the two clubs was in 1991 (Ricardo Roberto Barreto da Rocha), the most recent in 2017 (Rodrygo).

The full list (12 players)

PlayerPositionNationalityReal MadridSantos
RobinhoMidfielderBrazil2005–20082002–2020
RodrygoForwardBrazilsince 20192017–2019
Danilo Luiz da SilvaDefenderBrazil2015–20172010–2012
EmersonMidfielderBrazil2006–20072009
Zé RobertoMidfielderBrazil1997–19982006–2007
Freddy RincónMidfielderColombia1995–19962000
Willian JoséForwardBrazil20142013
Luis NenêMidfielderBrazil–2002–2004
Ricardo Roberto Barreto da RochaDefenderBrazil1991–19931993
Dejan PetkovićMidfielderSerbia, Serbia and Montenegro, Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia1995–19972007
Rodrigo FabriMidfielderBrazil1998–2003–
Edwin ValenciaMidfielderColombia–since 2015

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 Real Madrid

With Santos