Players Who Played for Both Chelsea and Real Madrid
Can you name all 17 players who have played for both Chelsea and Real Madrid?
17 players have appeared for both Chelsea and Real Madrid, among them Thibaut Courtois, Eden Hazard, Antonio Rüdiger, Mateo Kovacic. Here is the full list, with a challenge to see how many you can recall from memory.
Counted from appearances in the Premier League (from 1992), La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga or Ligue 1, plus Champions League appearances from 1992. Pre-1992 English First Division and European Cup appearances aren’t included, so all-time totals published elsewhere can be higher.
All 17 players who have played for both Chelsea and Real Madrid
- Thibaut Courtois — Chelsea: 142 apps, 0 goals · Real Madrid: 303 apps, 0 goals
- Eden Hazard — Chelsea: 283 apps, 93 goals · Real Madrid: 71 apps, 6 goals
- Claude Makélélé — Chelsea: 193 apps, 2 goals · Real Madrid: 132 apps, 2 goals
- Antonio Rüdiger — Chelsea: 161 apps, 10 goals · Real Madrid: 155 apps, 6 goals
- Mateo Kovacic — Chelsea: 174 apps, 6 goals · Real Madrid: 94 apps, 3 goals
- Gonzalo Higuaín — Chelsea: 14 apps, 5 goals · Real Madrid: 238 apps, 115 goals
- Michael Essien — Chelsea: 217 apps, 23 goals · Real Madrid: 28 apps, 2 goals
- Ricardo Carvalho — Chelsea: 182 apps, 9 goals · Real Madrid: 62 apps, 3 goals
- Nicolas Anelka — Chelsea: 162 apps, 50 goals · Real Madrid: 29 apps, 4 goals
- Marcos Alonso — Chelsea: 176 apps, 25 goals · Real Madrid: 1 app, 0 goals
- Njitap Geremi — Chelsea: 88 apps, 4 goals · Real Madrid: 66 apps, 1 goal
- Arjen Robben — Chelsea: 86 apps, 17 goals · Real Madrid: 61 apps, 12 goals
- Kepa Arrizabalaga — Chelsea: 126 apps, 0 goals · Real Madrid: 18 apps, 0 goals
- Álvaro Morata — Chelsea: 54 apps, 17 goals · Real Madrid: 78 apps, 29 goals
- Lassana Diarra — Chelsea: 20 apps, 0 goals · Real Madrid: 108 apps, 1 goal
- Christian Panucci — Chelsea: 8 apps, 0 goals · Real Madrid: 88 apps, 6 goals
- Samuel Eto'o — Chelsea: 30 apps, 12 goals · Real Madrid: 6 apps, 0 goals