Players who played for Real Madrid and Sporting CP

13 players have played for both Real Madrid and Sporting CP, according to Wikidata. The best known include Cristiano Ronaldo, Luís Figo and Fábio Coentrão. Fernando Giudicelli moved straight from one club to the other. The earliest arrival at one of the two clubs was in 1935 (Fernando Giudicelli), the most recent in 2014 (Iván Fresneda).

Play today's football grid (in French)One player ticks both the row and the column, for every square. Real Madrid special (in French)Today's games with its 460 players. Sporting CP special (in French)Today's games with its 272 players.

The full list (13 players)

PlayerPositionNationalityReal MadridSporting CP
Cristiano RonaldoForwardPortugal2009–20182002–2003
Luís FigoMidfielderPortugal2000–20051989–1995
Fábio CoentrãoDefenderPortugal2011–20182017–2018
Pablo SarabiaMidfielderSpain2010–20112021–2022
Gabriel HeinzeDefenderArgentina2007–20091998–1999
Jesé Rodríguez RuizForwardSpain2011–20162019–2020
Antonio AdánGoalkeeperSpain2004–20132020–2024
Ricardo Roberto Barreto da RochaDefenderBrazil1991–19931988
Iván FresnedaDefenderSpain2014–2018since 2023
Rodrigo FabriMidfielderBrazil1998–20032000–2001
Fernando GiudicelliMidfielderBrazil19351935
Pedro Filipe MendesDefenderPortugal2011–20122009–2013
César PratesDefenderBrazil–2000–2003

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

Espanyol45Rayo Vallecano39Real Valladolid39Real Zaragoza37Atlético Madrid36Real Betis35Barcelona32Sevilla32

With Sporting CP

Porto30Benfica26Braga24Vitória S.C.19Vitória F.C.17Os Belenenses15Barcelona14Atlético Madrid13