Players who played for Real Madrid and Valencia

26 players have played for both Real Madrid and Valencia, according to Wikidata. The best known include Raúl Albiol, Francisco Román Alarcón and Denis Cheryshev. 12 of them moved straight from one club to the other, including Sergio Canales. The earliest arrival at one of the two clubs was in 1931 (Juan Marrero Pérez), the most recent in 2019 (Rubén Sobrino).

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. Valencia special (in French)Today's games with its 301 players.

The full list (26 players)

PlayerPositionNationalityReal MadridValencia
Raúl AlbiolDefenderSpain2009–20132004–2009
Francisco Román AlarcónMidfielderSpain2013–20222010–2011
Denis CheryshevMidfielderSpain, Russia2013–20162016–2022
Fernando GagoDefenderArgentina2007–20122012–2013
Ezequiel GarayDefenderArgentina2008–20112016–2020
Álvaro Negredo SánchezForwardSpain20092014–2017
Roberto SoldadoForwardSpain2005–20082010–2013
Fernando MorientesForwardSpain1997–20052006–2009
Sergio CanalesMidfielderNigeria2010–20122011–2014
RodrigoMidfielderSpain–2014–2020
Dani ParejoMidfielderSpain20092011–2020
Santiago CañizaresGoalkeeperSpain1988–19981998–2008
Predrag MijatovićForwardYugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro1996–19991993–1996
Mohamed SissokoMidfielderMali20152003–2005
Iván HelgueraDefenderSpain1999–20072007–2008
Quique Sánchez FloresDefenderSpain1994–19961984–1994
Iván CampoDefenderSpain1998–20031996–1997
César SánchezGoalkeeperSpain2000–20122009–2011
Luis MillaMidfielderSpain1990–19971997–2001
José Manuel OchotorenaGoalkeeperSpain1982–19881988–1992
Rubén SobrinoForwardSpain–since 2019
Juan Marrero PérezMidfielderSpain1931–19361936–1939
Simón LecueMidfielderSpain1935–19421942–1946
Miguel TendilloDefenderSpain1987–19921979–1986
Juan Cruz SolDefenderSpain1975–19791965–1981
Gerardo GarcíaDefenderSpain–1999–2001

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 Valencia

Barcelona36Villarreal30Celta Vigo29Levante UD26Real Valladolid25Atlético Madrid24Sevilla22Real Zaragoza21