# 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. 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.
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.

## Key

| * | 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

| Name | Pos | 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 | |
| Juan Seminario | Forward | 1961–1963 | 38 | 33 | |
| 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 | 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 | |
| Xavier Aguado* | Defender | 1990–2003 | 383 | 22 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |