4 players who have excelled for both Real Madrid and FC Barcelona

#4 Luis Figo

Luis Figo's remarkable achievements in La Liga are almost equally distributed between his stints with the 2 Spanish Giants. He played 5 seasons apiece for Barca and Real, appearing in 240-odd matches for each of them.

He also scored 45 goals for Barca and 57 for Real but that apparent statistical parity cannot camouflage the acrimony and bad blood caused by his move from Barca to Real in 2000.

He was loathed by Barca supporters for that move and became a target of verbal and non-verbal attacks when Real visited Camp Nou in 2000.

However, it cannot be denied that Figo was supremely successful with Barca and won 2 successive La Liga titles and the Cup Winners’ Cup with them.

He formed a deadly partnership with Rivaldo and became one of the finest players in the world during his stint at Barca.

However he was arguably more successful at Madrid as he won 2 La Ligas and 1 Champions League title with Real. He joined players like Zidane, Ronaldo and Raul to make Real the best team in the world in the early 2000s.

Figo remains one of the greatest wingers the game has ever seen and was a consummate dribbler. He continues to symbolize the bitter rivalry between the two Spanish giants.

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