List of River Plate players

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Club Atlético River Plate is an Argentine professional football club based in Buenos Aires, who currently play in the Argentine Primera División. River Plate entered the Primera División in their fifth season, and placed second in the league's 18th edition. Since that time, the club's first team has competed in numerous nationally and internationally organised competitions. Since playing their first competitive match, more than 1300 players have made a competitive first-team appearance for the club, of whom 206 players have made at least 100 appearances.

Reinaldo Merlo is River Plate's most-capped player of all time, making 563 appearances in 16 years for the club.

River Plate's record appearance-maker is Reinaldo Merlo, who made 563 appearances between 1969 and 1984. Amadeo Carrizo has made the second-most appearances with 550, while eight other players have made more than 400 appearances for the club. Ángel Labruna is the club's record goalscorer, with 318 goals in over 20 years at the club. He is also the only player to score more than 300 goals for River Plate; only two other players have scored more than 200 goals for the club.

Players

  • Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only.
  • Players are listed according to the date of their first team debut for the club.
  • Positions are listed according to the tactical formations that were employed at the time. Thus, the change in the names of defensive and midfield reflects the tactical evolution that occurred from the 1960s onwards.
  • Players still actively playing at River Plate are marked with †.
  • Statistics correct as of 25 April 2026.

Table headers

  • Nationality – If a player played international football, the country/countries he played for are shown. Otherwise, the player's nationality is given as their country of birth.
  • Club career– The year of the player's first appearance for River Plate to the year of his last appearance.
  • Starts – The number of games started.
  • Sub – The number of games played as a substitute. Substitutions were only introduced to the Primera División in the year 1959.[1]
  • Total – The total number of games played, both as a starter and as a substitute.
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GK Goalkeeper
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Amadeo Carrizo lies second in the all-time appearance list with 550.
Ángel Labruna, the club's record goalscorer with 318 goals and longest-serving player.
Oscar Más is River Plate's second-highest all-time goalscorer.
Norberto Alonso has 158 goals, the most for a River Plate midfielder.
Cándido García scored the first official goal in the history of the Superclásico.[2]
Ariel Ortega registered 80 goals in 361 matches during his three spells at the club.
José Manuel Moreno, regarded by the IFFHS as the fifth best South American player of the 20th century.[3]
Carlos Peucelle, the first most expensive transfer by the club, which gave way to the River Plate nickname of Millonario.[4]
Marcelo Gallardo, who went on to manage River Plate, totalizes 22 titles with the club.[5]
Daniel Onega has the most goals in South America for River Plate, with 37.[6]
Enzo Francescoli has the most appearances for a foreign player.
Fernando Cavenaghi scored 15 goals in the 2002 Clausura with only 18 years of age.[7]
Ramón Díaz won five honours as a player. He later then went on to manage the club, earning another nine.[8]
Bernabé Ferreyra is River Plate's third most prolific goalscorer, with 201 goals in just 195 matches.
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River Plate players with over 100 appearances
Player Nationality Position Club career Starts Subs Total Goals Ref.
Appearances
Arturo Chiappe  Argentina FB 1908–1920 254 0 254 27 [9]
Antonio Ameal Pereyra  Argentina FW 1909–1920 171 0 171 40 [10]
Pedro Calneggia  Argentina FB 1910–1919 151 0 151 3 [11]
Atilio Peruzzi  Argentina HB 1910–1920 133 0 133 2 [12]
Cándido García  Argentina HB 1913–1927 365 0 365 42 [13]
Heriberto Simmons  Argentina HB 1913–1926 222 0 222 8 [14]
Carlos Isola  Argentina GK 1913–1925 148 0 148 3 [15]
Nicolás Rofrano  Argentina FW 1915–1925 155 0 155 44 [16]
Roberto Taramasso  Argentina HB 1916–1927 221 0 221 4 [17]
Jacinto Giúdice  Argentina FB 1917
1920–1927		 169 0 169 3 [18]
Emilio Medone  Argentina FW 1917–1925 141 0 141 15 [19]
Pedro Choperena  Argentina FB 1918–1928 208 0 208 1 [20]
Pascual Licciardi  Argentina FW 1921–1926 103 0 103 44 [21]
Juan Carlos Iribarren  Argentina FB 1924–1932 191 0 191 3 [22]
Francisco Gondar  Argentina FW 1925–1931 150 0 150 17 [23]
Jorge Iribarren  Argentina GK 1926–1931 146 0 146 0 [24]
Camilo Bonelli  Argentina HB 1927–1933 133 0 133 3 [25]
José Granara Costa  Argentina FW 1927–1932 110 0 110 34 [26]
Esteban Malazzo  Argentina FB 1928–1939 252 0 252 1 [27]
Carlos Peucelle  Argentina FW 1931–1941 327 0 327 122 [28]
Pedro Lago  Uruguay FW 1931–1935 131 0 131 35 [29]
Aarón Wergifker  Brazil
 Argentina		 FB 1932–1941 218 0 218 4 [30]
Alberto Cuello  Argentina FB 1932–1941 209 0 209 0 [31]
Bernabé Ferreyra  Argentina FW 1932–1939 195 0 195 201 [32]
Carlos Santamaría  Argentina U 1932–1936
1939–1940		 151 0 151 1 [33]
Sebastián Sirni  Argentina GK 1932–1943 116 0 116 0 [34]
Ángel Bosio  Argentina GK 1932–1936 111 0 111 0 [35]
Bruno Rodolfi  Argentina HB 1934–1944
1948		 181 0 181 6 [36]
Ricardo Vaghi  Argentina FB 1935–1949 346 0 346 0 [37]
José Manuel Moreno  Argentina FW 1935–1944
1946–1948		 341 0 341 183 [38]
Adolfo Pedernera  Argentina FW 1935–1946 308 0 308 142 [39]
José María Minella  Argentina HB 1935–1941 161 0 161 5 [40]
Aristóbulo Deambrosi  Argentina FW 1935–1946 142 0 142 39 [41]
Luis Vasini  Argentina FB 1935–1940 116 0 116 0 [42]
Ángel Labruna  Argentina FW 1939–1959 541 0 541 318 [43]
Norberto Yácono  Argentina FB 1939–1953 417 0 417 0 [44]
Juan Carlos Muñoz  Argentina FW 1939–1950 198 0 198 42 [45]
José Ramos  Argentina HB 1940–1952 324 0 324 17 [46]
Luis Antonio Ferreyra  Argentina FB 1940–1948 116 0 116 0 [47]
Félix Loustau  Argentina FW 1942–1957 388 0 388 106 [48]
Néstor Rossi  Argentina HB 1944–1949
1955–1958		 164 0 164 7 [49]
Amadeo Carrizo  Argentina GK 1945–1968 549 1 550 0 [50]
Eduardo Rodríguez  Argentina FB 1945–1949 107 0 107 0 [51]
Eliseo Prado  Argentina FW 1948–1958 150 0 150 61 [52]
Lidoro Soria  Argentina FB 1949–1954 128 0 128 1 [53]
Walter Gómez  Uruguay FW 1950–1955 141 0 141 74 [54]
Alfredo Pérez  Argentina FB 1951–1960 199 0 199 0 [55]
Santiago Vernazza  Argentina FW 1951–1956 164 0 164 72 [56]
Roberto Zárate  Argentina FW 1951–1960 141 1 142 63 [57]
Julio Luis Venini  Argentina U 1951–1955
1958		 141 0 141 1 [58]
Pascasio Sola  Argentina HB 1951–1958 116 0 116 2 [59]
Oscar Mantegari  Argentina HB 1953–1960 178 0 178 1 [60]
Norberto Menéndez  Argentina FW 1954–1960 127 0 127 60 [61]
Federico Vairo  Argentina FB 1955–1959 101 1 102 3 [62]
Ermindo Onega  Argentina FW 1957–1968 230 0 230 102 [63]
Juan Carlos Sarnari  Argentina HB 1959–1967 176 0 176 42 [64]
José Ramos Delgado  Argentina FB 1959–1965 172 1 173 0 [65]
José Varacka  Argentina MF 1960–1966 147 0 147 1 [66]
Marcelo Etchegaray  Argentina DF 1960–1964 118 0 118 0 [67]
Delem  Brazil MF 1961–1967 105 2 107 37 [68]
Alberto Sainz  Argentina DF 1962–1967 178 0 178 1 [69]
Oscar Más  Argentina FW 1964–1973
1975–1976		 420 4 424 220 [70]
Roberto Matosas  Uruguay U 1964–1968 201 0 201 14 [71]
Luis Cubilla  Uruguay FW 1964–1968 158 0 158 35 [72]
Jorge Solari  Argentina MF 1964–1969 102 1 103 15 [73]
Daniel Onega  Argentina FW 1966–1973 246 6 252 119 [74]
Juan Carlos Guzmán  Argentina DF 1966–1970 158 0 158 0 [75]
Abel Vieitez  Argentina DF 1966–1970 125 1 126 3 [76]
Jorge Dominichi  Argentina DF 1967–1973 149 4 153 7 [77]
César Laraignée  Argentina DF 1968–1972 114 1 115 14 [78]
Jorge Recio  Argentina DF 1968–1970 99 2 101 9 [79]
Reinaldo Merlo  Argentina MF 1969–1984 524 39 563 11 [80]
Víctor Marchetti  Argentina U 1969–1974
1977–1978		 153 34 187 56 [81]
José Alberto Pérez  Argentina GK 1969–1974 168 5 173 0 [82]
Juan José López  Argentina MF 1970–1981 459 7 466 83 [83]
Carlos Morete  Argentina FW 1970–1975 183 17 200 105 [84]
Norberto Alonso  Argentina MF 1971–1976
1977–1981
1984–1986		 394 27 421 158 [85]
Ubaldo Fillol  Argentina GK 1973–1983 404 1 405 0 [86]
Hugo Pena  Argentina DF 1973–1976 92 11 103 0 [87]
Daniel Passarella  Argentina DF 1974–1981
1988–1989		 317 14 331 103 [88]
Héctor López  Argentina DF 1974–1981 309 9 318 1 [89]
Alejandro Sabella  Argentina MF 1974–1978 81 51 132 13 [90]
Pedro González  Argentina FW 1975–1981 293 12 305 52 [91]
Leopoldo Luque  Argentina FW 1975–1980 201 6 207 85 [92]
Pablo Comelles  Argentina DF 1975–1981 177 8 185 3 [93]
Roberto Perfumo  Argentina DF 1975–1978 135 0 135 3 [94]
Héctor Ártico  Argentina DF 1975–1977 76 34 110 5 [95]
Eduardo Saporiti  Argentina DF 1976–1986 343 6 349 8 [96]
Emilio Commisso  Argentina MF 1976–1983 215 28 243 29 [97]
Daniel Lonardi  Argentina DF 1976–1981 129 45 174 4 [98]
Oscar Ortiz  Argentina FW 1977–1981 113 8 121 11 [99]
Ramón Díaz  Argentina FW 1978–1981
1991–1993		 153 52 205 95 [100]
José Luis Pavoni  Argentina DF 1978–1981 143 0 143 0 [101]
Alberto Tarantini  Argentina DF 1980–1983 127 0 127 5 [102]
Carlos Tapia  Argentina MF 1980–1984 80 30 110 15 [103]
Jorge Gordillo  Argentina DF 1981–1992 240 21 261 4 [104]
Américo Gallego  Argentina MF 1981–1988 196 7 203 11 [105]
Jorge García  Argentina DF 1981–1984 123 7 130 11 [106]
Julio Olarticoechea  Argentina DF 1981–1984 104 12 116 5 [107]
Antonio Alzamendi  Uruguay FW 1982–1983
1986–1988		 106 1 107 43 [108]
Enzo Francescoli  Uruguay FW 1983–1986
1994–1997		 234 3 237 137 [109]
Héctor Enrique  Argentina MF 1983–1990 129 28 157 9 [110]
Néstor Gorosito  Argentina MF 1983–1988 64 58 122 9 [111]
Alejandro Montenegro  Argentina DF 1983–1988 100 0 100 4 [112]
Nery Pumpido  Argentina GK 1984–1988 144 0 144 0 [113]
Jorge Borelli  Argentina DF 1984–1989 123 6 129 3 [114]
Roque Alfaro  Argentina FW 1984–1987 107 5 112 13 [115]
Oscar Ruggeri  Argentina DF 1985–1988 120 0 120 5 [116]
Gustavo Zapata  Argentina MF 1986–1993 133 27 160 3 [117]
Ernesto Corti  Argentina DF 1987–1990
1993–1996		 215 20 235 10 [118]
Ángel Comizzo  Argentina GK 1988–1992
2001–2003		 206 2 208 0 [119]
Fabián Basualdo  Argentina DF 1988–1993 182 1 183 1 [120]
Jorge Higuaín  Argentina DF 1988–1992 151 0 151 9 [121]
Juan José Borrelli  Argentina MF 1988–1991
1997		 89 33 122 18 [122]
Carlos Enrique  Argentina DF 1988–1992 119 3 122 2 [123]
Leonardo Astrada  Argentina MF 1989–2003 431 32 463 8 [124]
Hernán Díaz  Argentina DF 1989–2001 367 55 422 21 [125]
Ramón Medina Bello  Argentina FW 1989–1994
1996–1997		 178 36 214 70 [126]
Walter Silvani  Argentina FW 1989–1995 105 66 171 34 [127]
Rubén Da Silva  Uruguay FW 1989–1993 107 7 114 39 [128]
Sergio Berti  Argentina MF 1990–1992
1993–1995
1996–1999		 225 15 240 51 [129]
Ariel Ortega  Argentina FW 1991–1996
2000–2002
2006–2010		 310 51 361 80 [130]
Guillermo Rivarola  Argentina DF 1991–1996 164 18 182 11 [131]
Julio Toresani  Argentina MF 1991–1995 103 12 115 12 [132]
Pablo Lavallén  Argentina DF 1991–1996 75 26 101 5 [133]
Matías Almeyda  Argentina MF 1992–1996
2009–2011		 143 19 162 5 [134]
Ricardo Altamirano  Argentina DF 1992–1997 149 11 160 4 [135]
Marcelo Gallardo  Argentina MF 1993–1999
2003–2006
2009–2010		 243 62 305 70 [136]
Germán Burgos  Argentina GK 1994–1999 148 3 151 0 [137]
Gustavo Lombardi  Argentina DF 1994–2001 118 8 126 0 [138]
Gabriel Cedrés  Uruguay MF 1994–1996 84 17 101 13 [139]
Celso Ayala  Paraguay DF 1995–1998
2001–2005		 221 1 222 13 [140]
Eduardo Berizzo  Argentina DF 1996–2000 175 3 178 8 [141]
Roberto Bonano  Argentina GK 1996–2001 170 4 174 1 [142]
Marcelo Escudero  Argentina MF 1996–2002 105 61 166 17 [143]
Leonel Gancedo  Argentina MF 1996–2000 79 71 150 8 [144]
Juan Pablo Sorín  Argentina U 1996–1999 127 4 131 16 [145]
Marcelo Salas  Chile FW 1996–1998
2003–2005		 87 29 116 46 [146]
Pablo Aimar  Argentina MF 1996–2000
2015		 96 19 115 29 [147]
Santiago Solari  Argentina MF 1996–1998 52 48 100 17 [148]
Diego Placente  Argentina DF 1997–2000 120 34 154 5 [149]
Martín Cardetti  Argentina FW 1997–2001 86 49 135 68 [150]
Pedro Sarabia  Paraguay DF 1997–2002 102 28 130 1 [151]
Guillermo Pereyra  Argentina MF 1998–2004 88 53 141 10 [152]
Javier Saviola  Argentina FW 1998–2001
2015		 125 11 136 58 [153]
Juan Pablo Ángel  Colombia FW 1998–2000 108 24 132 62 [154]
Víctor Zapata  Argentina MF 1999–2007 194 59 253 19 [155]
Eduardo Coudet  Argentina MF 1999–2004 154 25 179 27 [156]
Cristian Ledesma  Argentina MF 1999–2005
2011–2014		 123 30 153 1 [157]
Ariel Garcé  Argentina DF 1999–2004 119 11 130 1 [158]
Nelson Cuevas  Paraguay FW 1999–2004 37 66 103 14 [159]
Mario Yepes  Colombia DF 1999–2001 98 3 101 9 [160]
Andrés D'Alessandro  Argentina MF 2000–2003
2016		 105 23 128 28 [161]
Fernando Cavenaghi  Argentina FW 2001–2004
2011–2012
2014–2015		 174 38 212 111 [162]
Franco Costanzo  Argentina GK 2001–2005 120 0 120 0 [163]
Ricardo Rojas  Argentina
 Paraguay		 DF 2001–2006 97 7 104 1 [164]
Oscar Ahumada  Argentina MF 2002–2010 134 34 168 1 [165]
Luis González  Argentina MF 2002–2005
2015–2016		 114 37 151 25 [166]
Germán Lux  Argentina GK 2002–2006
2017–2021		 104 3 107 0 [167]
Eduardo Tuzzio  Argentina DF 2003–2008 158 4 162 6 [168]
Matías Abelairas  Argentina MF 2004–2010 88 21 109 12 [169]
Danilo Gerlo  Argentina DF 2004–2009 82 19 101 3 [170]
Radamel Falcao  Colombia FW 2005–2009 93 18 111 45 [171]
Paulo Ferrari  Argentina DF 2006–2011 216 7 223 15 [172]
Juan Pablo Carrizo  Argentina GK 2006–2008
2010–2011		 125 0 125 0 [173]
Diego Buonanotte  Argentina MF 2006–2011 87 35 122 26 [174]
Leonardo Ponzio  Argentina MF 2007–2008
2012–2021		 302 56 358 10 [175]
Cristian Villagra  Argentina DF 2007–2010 106 2 108 3 [176]
Rogelio Funes Mori  Argentina
 Mexico		 DF 2009–2013 62 40 102 22 [177]
Jonatan Maidana  Argentina DF 2010–2018
2021–2023		 301 18 319 8 [178]
Manuel Lanzini  Argentina MF 2010–2014
2023–2025		 97 53 150 15 [179]
Ramiro Funes Mori  Argentina DF 2010–2015
2023–2024		 113 17 130 10 [180]
Leandro González Pírez  Argentina DF 2011–2013
2022–2025		 125 18 143 7 [181]
Carlos Sánchez  Uruguay MF 2011–2015 129 8 137 28 [182]
Germán Pezzella †  Argentina DF 2011–2015
2024–		 94 20 114 6 [183]
Rodrigo Mora  Uruguay FW 2012–2018 122 62 184 41 [184]
Marcelo Barovero  Argentina GK 2012–2016 167 0 167 0 [185]
Ariel Rojas  Argentina MF 2012–2015
2017–2018		 127 25 152 3 [186]
Matías Kranevitter  Argentina MF 2012–2015
2023–2025		 96 52 148 0 [187]
Gabriel Mercado  Argentina DF 2012–2016 142 2 144 11 [188]
Sebastián Driussi †  Argentina FW 2013–2017
2025–		 119 36 155 43 [189]
Leonel Vangioni  Argentina DF 2013–2016 126 3 129 5 [190]
Milton Casco  Argentina DF 2015–2025 289 27 316 5 [191]
Gonzalo Martínez  Argentina U 2015–2018
2023–2025		 126 68 194 38 [192]
Lucas Martínez Quarta †  Argentina DF 2015–2020
2025–		 160 1 161 8 [193]
Camilo Mayada  Uruguay U 2015–2019 79 55 134 7 [194]
Ignacio Fernández  Argentina MF 2016–2021
2023–2025		 258 57 315 42 [195]
Gonzalo Montiel †  Argentina DF 2016–2021
2025–		 183 9 192 15 [196]
Enzo Pérez  Argentina MF 2017–2023
2025		 257 22 279 6 [197]
Nicolás de la Cruz  Uruguay MF 2017–2023 171 43 214 36 [198]
Rafael Santos Borré  Colombia FW 2017–2021 107 42 149 56 [199]
Javier Pinola  Argentina DF 2017–2022 141 5 146 8 [200]
Franco Armani †  Argentina GK 2018– 365 0 365 0 [201]
Juan Fernando Quintero †  Colombia MF 2018–2020
2022
2025–		 61 70 131 23 [202]
Julián Alvarez  Argentina FW 2018–2022 87 35 122 54 [203]
Bruno Zuculini  Argentina MF 2018–2023 80 42 122 9 [204]
Lucas Pratto  Argentina FW 2018–2020 74 35 109 26 [205]
Paulo Díaz †  Chile DF 2019– 202 19 221 13 [206]
Matías Suárez  Argentina FW 2019–2023 74 59 133 40 [207]
Santiago Simón  Argentina MF 2020–2025 97 49 146 6 [208]
Agustín Palavecino  Argentina MF 2021–2024 70 66 136 13 [209]
Miguel Borja  Colombia FW 2022–2025 84 75 159 62 [210]
Esequiel Barco  Argentina MF 2022–2024 87 40 127 16 [211]
Pablo Solari  Argentina FW 2022–2025 66 44 110 30 [212]
Rodrigo Aliendro  Argentina MF 2022–2025 80 29 109 5 [213]
Facundo Colidio †  Argentina FW 2023– 87 38 125 30 [214]
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