5 stars you probably didn’t know played for Real Madrid

The first team Fabinho played for in Europe was Real Madrid

#1. Saul Niguez

Saul Niguez is the third present Atletico Madrid player in this list but unlike Juanfran and Filipe Luis who played for the Real Madrid B team, Saul left Real at the age of 13.

The Spaniard joined Real Madrid’s youth setup in 2006 aged 11 and played there for two seasons before switching to cross-city rivals Atletico Madrid. He made his debut for the senior team in March 2012 aged 17 years and 108 days in a Europa League match and a year later, he made his La Liga debut.

Saul spent the 2013/14 season on loan at Rayo Vallecano before returning to Atletico and establishing himself as a key first team player. On 7 February 2015, he scored his team’s second goal in an eventual 4-0 win over Real Madrid with a spectacular bicycle kick and wrote his name in the derby folklore.

The 24-year-old Spaniard who has played 15 times for the national team was linked with a return to Real Madrid recently but he said it would be unthinkable for him to cross the divide.

Edited by Sripad