The Spanish soil is one of the most competitive domestic footballing stages in the World. Their top-tier football competition is the La Liga Santander. La Liga is home to one of the best teams in the World. Two of those are specifically of the most renowned teams as well.
Barcelona and Real Madrid are the two teams with the most following in the whole World. The matchup between the two is entitled the El Clasico and the term itself is used to refer to the best rivalry in any sports format after that.
It is one of the best and the most watched derby in the world. Both the teams have one of the best players in the world and try to win this matchup by any means. This also includes signing the player from the rival team.
Lets us take a look at some of the players that were seen moving to the rival side and learn more about the Top 10 players who played for both FC Barcelona and Real Madrid.
10. Ricardo Zamora
Zamora is one of the elite players in the region from the 1920-30 timeline. He played for Barcelona for three years from 1919- 1922 and moved to Espanyol. And in 1930, he was signed by the rival side Real Madrid where he won two La Liga titles. However, while in Barcelona, the player won two Copa Del Reys but no La Liga title.
9. Javier Saviola
Former Argentine forward Javier Saviola is one of the greatest players of the early 21st century. He played 6years of his senior career for Barcelona where he played 123 league matches and scored 49 goals. After his incredible performance for Barcelona, he was instantly signed by the rival team Real Madrid and was seen playing for them after.
8. Josep Samitier
One of the greatest players from the same timeline as Ricardo Zamora, Josep Samitier was an exceptional forward who played the majority of his career for Barcelona. In his 13 years for Barca, he played 174 La Liga matches and scored 133 goals. He was seen moving to Real Madrid in 1932 but failed to perform with them.
7. Robert Prosinečki
One of the best midfielders of the late 20th Century, Robert Prosinečki started playing for Real Madrid in 1991 and stayed with them for 4 years before leaving the club to join the rivals Barcelona in 1995 where he stayed for just a year and left again to join for another La Liga club Sevilla.
6. Gheorghe Hagi
Another prolific player from the late 20th Century, Gheorghe Hagi was an explosive attacking midfielder and one of the best in the region. He was first seen playing for Real Madrid in 1990 where he stayed for 2 years playing 64 league matches.
He then made a move to a Serie B team by the name of Brescia. And finally, Hagi was spotted in the Barcelona jersey in the year 1994. He played 37 league matches with Barca and scored 11 goals with them.
5. Bernd Schuster
One more late 20th-century midfielder on the list goes by the name Bernd Schuster. The player made his debut for Barcelona in the year 1980. He stayed in Barca for 8 years playing 170 league matches and scoring 63 goals in total. As soon as his tenure with Barca ended he was signed by Real Madrid and played for them for two years.
4. Samuel Eto’o
One of the best strikers in the world for the last two decades, Samuel Eto’o started his senior career playing for Real Madrid. However, while his 3 years stay with the club he just appeared in 3 league matches. After leaving the club in 2000, he was signed by Barca in the year 2004 where he had a great 5-year run and scored 108 goals in 144 league matches.
3. Luis Enrique
Yet another late 20th-century midfielder, Luis Enrique was an important player for both the rival teams. He joined Real Madrid in 1991 and left in 1996 after playing 157 league matches and scoring 15 goals. Just instants later he was seen moving to Barcelona where he appeared in 207 league matchups scoring a total of 73 goals.
2. Ronaldo
Ronaldo is one of the greatest footballers of all time. He was one of the best strikers in the region and scored many goals for both teams. Ronaldo played for Barcelona for a single year in the season 1996-97 in which he scored 34 goals in 37 league matches to become of the leading goalscorers of the season.
He played 5 years with Italian club AC Milan and then was seen moving to Real Madrid where he spent 5 years. Ronaldo played 127 league matches for Madrid and scored a total of 83 goals.
1. Luis Figo
Team Portugal’s one of the most integral players, Luis Figo was an amazing winger who played for both Real Madrid and Barcelona in his senior career. After playing 172 matches for Barcelona and scoring 30 goals Luis Figo moved to Real Madrid and played 164 league matches for them scoring 38 goals.
