Which players played for Real Madrid and Chelsea

Real Madrid and Chelsea star in one of the semifinals of the Champions League in an unprecedented duel in Europe. Although they are two teams aspiring to everything, Madrid has always and Chelsea in the 21st century, they have never crossed paths. Of course, its elite level has allowed many players to have worn both shirts over the years.

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Without going any further, Courtois, Real Madrid's goalkeeper, and Hazard, his latest great signing, come from the Stamford Bridge team.

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From Madrid to London

First of all, these are the players who first played for Real Madrid and later wore the Chelsea shirt:

Nicholas Anelka

The Frenchman ended up at Real Madrid when his career was being launched and his time in the Spanish capital was turbulent. He wore white in the 99/00 season from Arsenal. After wearing several shirts, Anelka signed for Chelsea, where he starred in his period of greatest stability in a club. From 2008 to 2011 he wore blue. He was the protagonist for better and for worse in the Champions League. He was key in Real Madrid's conquest of the eighth with a decisive goal in Munich in the semifinal, and a bad memory in London, because he missed the penalty that caused him to lose the 2008 Champions League against Manchester United.

Claude Makelele

He was a cornerstone of Madrid de los galácticos, with whom he won Champions and two leagues. But despite his importance, the white club dispensed with him and went directly to Chelsea in the summer of 2003, where he won two Premier Leagues. In London he was until the 2008 season.

Álvaro Morata Trained at Castilla, he was a full-fledged player in the Real Madrid first team in the 2013/14 season and in a second stage in 2016/2017. In both seasons he won the European Cup and also a League. In July 2017, Chelsea paid Real Madrid €80 million for the striker, making him the most expensive Spanish player in history. In London he spent two seasons, where he won a Europa League.

Samuel Eto'o his time at Real Madrid was short-lived. He only played one league game and three Champions League games between the 1998/99 and 1999/00 seasons. Already in the twilight of his career, when he had won everything with Barcelona and Inter, the Cameroonian joined Chelsea in August 2013. In London he only spent one season where he scored 12 goals.

Mateo Kovacic In the summer of 2015 he landed in Madrid and in the three seasons he was there he won three European Cups as well as one League. In 2018/19 he left for London in search of more minutes and this is already his third season at Chelsea, where he won the Europa League.

From London to Madrid

Arjen Robben

The Dutchman became a figure of European football in London, where he played three seasons in the emergence of Chelsea in the Champions League, although I can not conquer it. He did win two Premier Leagues. He signed for Real Madrid in 2007 and spent two seasons at the Bernabéu, winning a league title. His great track record would develop from 2009 at Bayern Munich.

Ricardo Carvalho Hand in hand with José Mourinho, he wore the shirt of both clubs. After winning the Champions League with Porto, both ended up at Chelsea, where the centre-back stayed until 2010, winning three Premier Leagues. When Mourinho signed for Madrid, he requested his services and Carvalho accompanied the Setúbal coach during the three seasons he was at the Bernabéu. Carvalho won a League with Real Madrid and could not fulfill the dream of the Décima.

Michael Essian

He spent seven seasons at Chelsea, where he won the blues' only Champions League. From 2005 to 2012 he was a regular in the lineups. In 2012, at the express request of José Mourinho, the Ghanaian reinforced the Real Madrid coach's Praetorian Guard. He played in white on loan and could not lift any title. He returned to Chelsea where he played one more season under Mourinho.

Thibaut Courtois

After winning the League in 2014 with Atlético de Madrid, the Belgian moved to Chelsea, where he stayed until the 2017/2018 season. There he won two Premier League. That summer of 2018, despite having won three Champions Leagues in a row with Keylor Navas under the sticks, Real Madrid hired the services of Courtois, who had to share the minutes with the Costa Rican until he left Real Madrid after a season living with Courtois. Now no one overshadows the Belgian, who has already won a League in white.

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Eden Hazard

The Belgian has spent seven consecutive seasons at Chelsea, between the 2012/13 and 2018/19 seasons. There he won two Premier and two Europa League. In 2019/20 he was the last great signing of Real Madrid, where he has not shone for two seasons due to injuries.