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

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.

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

• 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

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

^ 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.

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