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Players who played for both Benfica and Galatasaray

9 players in our database played for both Benfica and Galatasaray. 2 of them moved directly between the two clubs (Haris Seferovic, Kerem Aktürkoğlu). The first was Abel Xavier (from 1993); the most recent to join the list is Kerem Aktürkoğlu (from 2020).

PlayerBenficaGalatasaray
Abel Xavier1993–19952003 (loan)
Bruma2025–20262013–2017
Carlos Vinícius2019–20202024–2025 (loan)
Dean Saunders1998–19991995–1996
Fernando Meira2000–20012008–2009
Gedson Fernandes2018–20202021 (loan)
Haris Seferovic2017–20222022–2023 (loan)
Kerem Aktürkoğlu2024–20252020–2024
Kostas Mitroglou2015–20172019 (loan)

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Covers the 9 players in Football Pathfinder’s database, not every player in history. Career data from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).