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Players who played for both River Plate and Villarreal
9 players in our database played for both River Plate and Villarreal. 5 of them moved directly between the two clubs. The first was Juan Pablo Sorín (from 1996); the most recent to join the list is Rafael Santos Borré (from 2016).
| Player | River Plate | Villarreal |
|---|---|---|
| Fernando Cavenaghi | 2001–2004, 2011–2012, 2014–2015 | 2012–2013 |
| Juan Antonio Pizzi | 1998–1999 | 2002 (loan) |
| Juan Pablo Sorín | 1996–1999 | 2004–2006 |
| Luciano Figueroa | 2006 | 2004–2006 |
| Marco Ruben | 2007 | 2008–2012 |
| Mariano Barbosa | 2009 (loan) | 2005–2007, 2015–2020 |
| Mateo Musacchio | 2006–2009 | 2010–2017 |
| Rafael Santos Borré | 2017–2021, 2026–present | 2016–2017 (loan) |
| Ramiro Funes Mori | 2011–2015, 2023–2025 | 2018–2021 |
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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).