Players who played for Rio Ave and Sporting CP

11 players have played for both Rio Ave and Sporting CP, according to Wikidata. The best known include Fábio Coentrão, Hélder Postiga and Adrien Silva. 6 of them moved straight from one club to the other, including Fábio Coentrão. The earliest arrival at one of the two clubs was in 1958 (João Morais), the most recent in 2016 (Jacinto Muondo Dala).

The full list (11 players)

PlayerPositionNationalityRio AveSporting CP
Fábio CoentrãoDefenderPortugal2005–20212017–2018
Hélder PostigaForwardPortugal20162008–2011
Adrien SilvaMidfielderPortugal20242007–2017
Miguel LopesDefenderPortugal2007–20092013–2015
Alberto Junior RodríguezDefenderPeru2012–20142011–2012
Rui JorgeDefenderPortugal1991–19921998–2005
Jacinto Muondo DalaMidfielderAngola–since 2016
Jaime PachecoMidfielderPortugal1994–19951984–1986
HéldonForwardCape Verdesince 20152014–2015
Marvin ZeegelaarMidfielderNetherlands2014–20152016–2017
João MoraisMidfielderPortugal1970–19721958–1969

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 Rio Ave

With Sporting CP