List of Real Zaragoza players

Real Zaragoza is an association football club based in Zaragoza, Spain, that plays in the Segunda División. The club was formed in 1932 from a merger between Iberia SC and Real Zaragoza CD. It first appeared in La Liga in the 1939–40 season, finishing in 7th position.[1] The team has never won La Liga, but were Segunda División champions in 1977–78. It has had more success in cup competitions, winning the Copa del Rey six times between 1964 and 2004, plus the Supercopa de España in 2004. Real Zaragoza has also made a mark in European competitions, winning the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (predecessor to the UEFA Europa League) in 1964 and the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1995.

Ewerthon, pictured here scoring for Terek Grozny in Russia in 2011, holds the record for most goals in a single season, netting 28 times during 2008–09

Xavier Aguado holds the record for most overall appearances, having played 473 times between 1990 and 2003. He also has the most league appearances, with 383, ahead of Juan Señor, who has made 304 appearances from 1981 to 1990. Santiago Aragón is third with 303 appearances from 1992 to 2003 for the club. Marcelino is the all-time top scorer with 117. Ewerthon holds the record for the most goals in a season; he scored 28 goals in all competitions during the 2008–09 season. Miguel Pardeza has the most league goals with 76, with Saturnino Arrúa second with 71 goals and Marcelino third with 70 goals.

One of the most famous players to pass through the club was Frank Rijkaard, who played for Real Zaragoza on loan from Sporting CP during the 1987–88 season. He was placed third in the 1988 Ballon d'Or vote, partly based on his performances with Real Zaragoza, as well as those with Milan and the Netherlands national team.

The list includes notable footballers who have played for Real Zaragoza. Generally, this means players that have played at least 100 league games and/or have reached international status.

* Club record holder
¤ Played their full career at Real Zaragoza
  • Players whose name is in italics currently play for the club.
  • The years are the first and last calendar years in which the player was registered to the club.
  • Appearances and goals comprise only those in league matches; that is those in La Liga, the Segunda División and the Tercera División.

List of players

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Frank Rijkaard, pictured with Ajax in the Netherlands in 1981, placed third in the 1988 Ballon d'Or vote, partly due to his exploits with Zaragoza
 
Gus Poyet, pictured while manager of Brighton & Hove Albion in England in 2010, has made the most appearances of any foreign player in Zaragoza's history
 
Alberto Zapater, pictured playing for Lokomotiv Moscow in Russia in 2011, between his two spells with Zaragoza, is the current captain of the club
 
Juan Señor played for the club for nine years, and captained them in the late 1980s
Name Nat Pos[NB] Zaragoza career Apps Goals Notes
Mario Inchausti   Goalkeeper 1934–1940
1942
Yarza   Goalkeeper 1953–1969 1964 Copa del Generalísimo winning captain
Carlos Lapetra   Forward 1959–1969 194 38 1966 Copa del Generalísimo winning captain
Marcelino*   Forward 1959–1970 232 70 [A]
Juan Seminario   Forward 1961–1963 38 33 [Pichichi]
Juan Manuel Villa   Midfielder 1962–1971 162 43
Canário   Forward 1963–1968 117 35
Eleuterio Santos   Midfielder 1963–1971 199 54
José Luis Violeta   Midfielder 1963–1977
Carlos Diarte   Forward 1973–1976 66 31
Saturnino Arrúa   Midfielder 1973–1979 147 71
Rui Jordão   Forward 1976–1977 33 14
Víctor Muñoz   Midfielder 1976–1981
1990
131 12
Radomir Antić   Defender 1978–1980 58 7
Jorge Valdano   Forward 1979–1984 143 47
Marcelo Trobbiani   Midfielder 1980 15 2
Juan Señor   Midfielder 1981–1990 304 54
Juan Barbas   Midfielder 1982–1985 91 19
Pedro María Herrera   Midfielder 1982–1988 155 18
Rafael García Cortés   Defender 1983–1987 148 11
Ivica Šurjak   Midfielder 1984–1985 22 4
Andoni Cedrún   Goalkeeper 1984–1996 301 0
Patricio Yáñez   Forward 1985–1986 29 4
Miguel Pardeza*   Forward 1985–1986
1987–1997
297 76 [B]
1994 Copa del Rey winning captain
1995 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup winning captain
Rubén Sosa   Forward 1985–1988 106 33
Frank Rijkaard   Midfielder 1987–1988 11 0
Juanito   Defender 1987–1990 95 14
Nasko Sirakov   Forward 1988–1990 41 10
Juan Vizcaíno   Midfielder 1988–1990 86 10
José Luis Chilavert   Goalkeeper 1988–1991 79 1
Pablo Alfaro   Defender 1988–1992 107 2
Francisco Higuera   Midfielder 1988–1997 276 63
Alberto Belsué   Defender 1988–1998 277 7
Bozhidar Iskrenov   Midfielder 1989 10 1
Jesús García Sanjuán   Midfielder 1989–1998 180 5
Dorin Mateuț   Midfielder 1990–1992 64 10
Gus Poyet*   Midfielder 1990–1997 239 63 [C]
Xavier Aguado*   Defender 1990–2003 383 22 [D]
Darío Franco   Forward 1991–1995 91 7
Andreas Brehme   Defender 1992–1993 24 1
Santiago Aragón   Midfielder 1992–2003 303 35
Luis Cuartero   Defender 1992–2009¤ 190 0 2004 Copa del Rey winning captain
Juan Esnáider   Forward 1993–1995
2000–2001
78 40
Fernando Cáceres   Defender 1993–1996 91 3
Nayim   Midfielder 1993–1997 123 5
Juanmi   Goalkeeper 1993–2002 222 0
Cafu   Defender 1995 16 0
Sergio Berti   Midfielder 1995–1996 16 0
Fernando Morientes   Forward 1995–1997 66 28
Kily González   Midfielder 1996–1999 90 15
Gustavo López   Midfielder 1996–1999 105 12
Vladislav Radimov   Midfielder 1996–2000 63 5
Otto Konrad   Goalkeeper 1997–1998 25 0
Roberto Acuña   Midfielder 1997–2002 153 20
Gary Sundgren   Goalkeeper 1997–2002 111 2
Marcos Vales   Midfielder 1997–2002 103 11
Savo Milošević   Forward 1998–2000
2002
88 44
Paulo Jamelli   Forward 1998–2002 107 24
Paco Jémez   Defender 1998–2004 168 1
Faryd Mondragón   Goalkeeper 1999 13 0
Juanele   Forward 1999–2004 130 19
Sergei Gurenko   Defender 2000–2001 11 0
Daniel Montenegro   Midfielder 2000–2001 28 2
Alen Peternac   Forward 2000–2003 10 0
Cani   Midfielder 2000–2006
2016–2017
154 14
Slobodan Komljenović   Defender 2001–2003 38 2
Mate Bilić   Forward 2001–2004 18 1
Miguel Rebosio   Defender 2001–2004 93 1
Goran Drulić   Forward 2001–2005 39 3
Luciano Galletti   Midfielder 2001–2005 134 14
Constantin Gâlcă   Midfielder 2003 24 0
David Villa   Forward 2003–2005 73 32
Sávio   Midfielder 2003–2006 95 16
Leonardo Ponzio   Midfielder 2003–2006
2009–2012
214 11
Gabriel Milito   Defender 2003–2007 137 5
Javi Moreno   Forward 2004–2005 18 4
José María Movilla   Midfielder 2004–2007
2012–2014
141 1
Óscar   Midfielder 2004–2008 129 14
Alberto Zapater   Midfielder 2004–2009
2016–
232 7 Current captain
César Sánchez   Goalkeeper 2005–2008 110 0
Sergio García   Forward 2005–2008 90 14
Diego Milito   Forward 2005–2008 108 53
Ewerthon*   Forward 2005–2010 111 48 [E]
Andrés D'Alessandro   Midfielder 2006–2007 50 4
Gerard Piqué   Defender 2006–2007 22 2
Pablo Aimar   Midfielder 2006–2008 53 5
Carlos Diogo   Defender 2006–2011
2014–2015
116 6
Gustavo Nery   Defender 2007 4 0
Ricardo Oliveira   Forward 2007–2009 54 27
Roberto Ayala   Defender 2007–2010 72 4
Gabi   Midfielder 2007–2011 135 16
Fábio Coentrão   Defender 2008 1 0
Ander Herrera   Midfielder 2008–2011 82 6
Abel Aguilar   Midfielder 2009–2010 27 4
Marko Babić   Midfielder 2009–2010 14 0
Juan Pablo Carrizo   Goalkeeper 2009–2010 16 0
Ikechukwu Uche   Forward 2009–2011 18 1
Ivan Obradović   Defender 2009–2013 47 0
Jiří Jarošík   Defender 2010–2011 55 5
Florent Sinama Pongolle   Forward 2010–2011 24 4
Ádám Pintér   Midfielder 2010–2013 44 0
Leo Franco   Goalkeeper 2010–2014 67 0
Efraín Juárez   Midfielder 2011 15 1
Pablo Barrera   Midfielder 2011–2012 20 1
Fernando Meira   Defender 2011–2012 12 0
Rúben Micael   Midfielder 2011–2012 33 0
Hélder Postiga   Forward 2011–2013 70 23
Stefan Babović   Midfielder 2012–2013 9 0
Romaric   Midfielder 2012–2013 12 0
Cristian Săpunaru   Defender 2012–2013 29 2
Cezary Wilk   Midfielder 2015–2018 11 1
Giorgi Papunashvili   Midfielder 2017–2020 53 9

Notes

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^ For a full description of positions see football positions.

  • Pichichi.a Won the Pichichi Trophy while at Real Zaragoza.[2]
  • A. ^ Marcelino holds the record for most Real Zaragoza goals, with 117.
  • B. ^ Miguel Pardeza holds the record for most Real Zaragoza league goals, with 76.
  • C. ^ Gus Poyet holds the record for most Real Zaragoza appearances by a foreign player, with 239.
  • D. ^ Xavier Aguado holds the record for most Real Zaragoza appearances, with 473. He has also played the most minutes, with 33,480, and received the most red cards, with 18.
  • E. ^ Ewerthon holds the record for most Real Zaragoza goals in a single season, with 28 during 2008–09.

References

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  1. ^ Spain 1939/40; at RSSSF
  2. ^ Bravo, Luis Javier (2009-06-12). "Spain – List of Topscorers ("Pichichi")". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2010-04-09.