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Players who played for both Porto and River Plate
8 players in our database played for both Porto and River Plate. 3 of them moved directly between the two clubs (Juan Fernando Quintero, Juan Iturbe, Lucho González). The first was Juan Antonio Pizzi (from 1998); the most recent to join the list is Maxi Pereira (from 2015).
| Player | Porto | River Plate |
|---|---|---|
| Fernando Belluschi | 2009–2012 | 2005–2007 |
| Juan Antonio Pizzi | 2000 | 1998–1999 |
| Juan Esnáider | 2001 | 2002 |
| Juan Fernando Quintero | 2013–2019 | 2018–2020, 2022, 2025–2026 |
| Juan Iturbe | 2011–2013 | 2013 (loan) |
| Lucho González | 2005–2009, 2012–2014 | 2002–2005, 2015–2016 |
| Maxi Pereira | 2015–2019 | 2022–2023 |
| Nicolás Otamendi | 2010–2014 | 2026–present |
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Covers the 8 players in Football Pathfinder’s database, not every player in history. Career data from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).