The Chosen One Club. Which players have played on the same team as Messi and Ronaldo?

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are without much doubt the two best footballers in history. Since they played or are still playing at the same time, several players have had the opportunity to meet both of them in the team. Who has been lucky enough to do so?

Gabriel Heinze

Heinze played 37 games alongside Lionel Messi in the Argentina jersey, and 75 games alongside Cristiano Ronaldo in the Manchester United jersey.

Deco

One of Portugal’s best footballers, who of course had a long association with Ronaldo in the national team, they managed a total of 57 games together. But Deco played even more with Messi, they met in 79 duels in the Barcelona jersey.

Carlos Tévez

At Manchester United back then, Sir Alex Ferguson put together a packed attack consisting of Wayne Rooney – Carlos Tévez – Cristiano Ronaldo. The latter duo played 80 games together, Tévez also managed 47 for Argentina with Messi.

Gerard Piqué

After Sergio Busquets, Piqué is the player who has played the most games with Messi – 506. With Ronaldo it was much less, they played 15 games together at United.

Sergio Ramos

Just like Barcelona’s iconic stopper, Real Madrid’s legendary defender cannot be missing from the selection. Sergio Ramos has been Ronaldo’s partner for his entire career, playing 339 games with him. But at the end of his career, the rivals became teammates and Ramos played 46 games with Messi in a PSG jersey.

Gonzalo Higuaín

Another big name who has met both superstars is Gonzalo Higuaín. “Pipita” played 61 games for Argentina with Messi, and even 180 for Real Madrid and Juventus with Ronaldo.

Ángel di María

One of Messi’s great friends in the national team, they also met at PSG and played 136 games together. But the Argentine also had a good relationship with Ronaldo, with whom he played 166 games at Real Madrid.

Paulo Dybala

Even though Paulo Dybala is one of the elite footballers, the Argentina national team passed him by a bit, moreover, Messi himself reportedly had a problem with him. That’s why they only played 18 games together. Dybala managed significantly more with Ronaldo, they managed 94 games at Juventus.

Arthur Melo

This time it’s not about the Argentine, Brazilian Arthur Melo has played 60 games alongside Messi at Barcelona, after the swap to Juventus he played in 25 games with Ronaldo.

Miralem Pjanic

It was Pjanic who was at the other end of the swap with Arthur between Barcelona and Juventus. In Italy, he played with Ronaldo in 77 games, while in Catalonia he enjoyed Messi in 24 games.

Other players:

Henrik Larsson, Fernando Gago, Ezequiel Garay, André Gomes, Nelson Semedo, Martín Cáceres, Francisco Trincao, Keylor Navas, Danilo Pereira, Achraf Hakimi, Pablo Sarabia, Alejandro Garnacho, Renato Sanches, Nuno Mendes, Vitinha, Lisandro Martínez

Source: MARCA