Pep Guardiola’s men lock horns with the Spanish giants on Sunday 30 July in Seoul, with the match available to watch live on CITY+ and Recast.
Fans in South Korea can watch on Coupang Play – so head over there and sign up now if you haven’t already!
Having got the better of Yokohama F. Marinos and Bayern Munich in our first two friendlies as part of the Club’s pre-season tour of Asia, City are hoping to round off what has been a memorable trip with another victory against Diego Simeone’s side.
Get in the mood for the fixture by looking back on some of the players, past and present, who have donned the sky blue of City and the red and white of Atleti.
Rodrigo
An integral figure in Pep Guardiola’s midfield, Rodrigo enjoyed perhaps his finest season at City en route to claiming the Treble in 2022/23.
His tally of 56 appearances in all competitions across the campaign was the most of any City player during that historic season, and he rounded it off in the best possible fashion by netting the only goal in a 1-0 Champions League final victory over Inter.
The Spaniard has already picked up where he left off this season, netting in our 5-3 friendly win over Yokohama F. Marinos during our pre-season tour of Asia.
He initially joined the Club ahead of the 2019/20 campaign, having enjoyed a hugely successful year on Atletico Madrid’s books.
In his solitary season in the Spanish capital, Rodrigo featured 47 times and helped the Club claim the UEFA Super Cup with a 4-2 win over Real Madrid.
Sergio Aguero
Aguero joined Manchester City from Atletico Madrid in 2011 with a fearsome goalscoring reputation.
The Argentine had found the net 101 times in 234 appearances after joining Atleti in 2006, winning the UEFA Europa League and Super Cup in 2010.
And after grabbing a brace for Roberto Mancini’s men on his debut against Swansea, he never looked back.
A record 260 goals and 14 trophies later, Aguero called time on his City career in 2021 – leaving the Etihad a legend.
Stefan Savic
Currently plying his trade at Atletico, Savic joined Manchester City as a 20-year-old from Partizan Belgrade.
He would feature 20 times in all competitions for Roberto Mancini’s men during his solitary full campaign at the Etihad Stadium, helping us to our first-ever Premier League title.
His last action as a City player was to help us claim the Community Shield in 2012 with a 3-2 win over Chelsea, before moving to Fiorentina.
After three years in Italy, Savic joined Atletico Madrid, where he has since gone on to make over 250 appearances, winning La Liga, the Europa League and the UEFA Super Cup in the process.
Martin Petrov
A dynamic winger, Petrov moved to Atletico Madrid in 2005 after establishing his reputation in an impressive four-year stint at VFL Wolfsburg.
The Bulgarian would claim the Intertoto Cup in his final season at the club but was ruled out for the majority of the campaign with an Anterior Cruciate Ligament injury.
Brought to City in 2007 ahead of Sven Goran Eriksson’s solitary campaign in the dugout, Petrov was a central figure in a revitalised City side who just missed out on European football.
Across his three years at the Etihad Stadium, he would make 72 appearances, finding the net on 12 occasions.
Martin Demichelis
Demichelis reunited with his former Malaga boss Manuel Pellegrini in September 2013 to play an important role in a league and cup double in his debut season.
He would also help Argentina reach the World Cup final at the end of that campaign, before enjoying another two successful years at the Etihad Stadium.
A popular figure during his time at the Club, the Argentine would go on to make 106 appearances in sky blue, winning three major honours in the process before joining Espanyol in 2016.
He had joined City from Atletico, who he’d signed for just two months prior without having made an appearance.
Kiki Musampa
Another player to join City directly from Atletico, Musampa arrived in Manchester in January 2005 on loan until the end of the season after a two-and-a-half year spell in the Spanish capital.
That deal was extended across the following season after the winger had impressed during the Premier League run-in, grabbing a late winner against Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium en route to City finishing just outside the UEFA Cup qualification spots.
The Dutchman featured 45 times for the Club across his 18 months in Manchester, moving to Trabzonspor in August 2006.
