Players who played for Bordeaux and Rennes

17 players have played for both Bordeaux and Rennes, according to Wikidata. The best known include Hatem Ben Arfa, Yoann Gourcuff and Sylvain Wiltord. 6 of them moved straight from one club to the other, including Mbaye Niang. The earliest arrival at one of the two clubs was in 1938 (Salvador Artigas), the most recent in 2018 (Mbaye Niang).

The full list (17 players)

PlayerPositionNationalityBordeauxRennes
Hatem Ben ArfaMidfielderFrance2020–20212018–2019
Yoann GourcuffMidfielderFrance2008–20102003–2018
Sylvain WiltordForwardFrance1997–20001993–2009
Mbaye NiangForwardSenegal2021–20222018–2021
Wahbi KhazriForwardFrance, Tunisia2014–20162017–2018
Alou DiarraMidfielderFrance2007–20112013
Benoît CostilGoalkeeperFrance2017–20222011–2017
Yannick StopyraForwardFrance1988–19891983–1984
Uwe ReindersForwardGermany1985–19861986–1987
Clément ChantômeMidfielderFrancesince 2015since 2016
MexerDefenderMozambiquesince 20192014–2019
Bruno CheyrouMidfielderFrance2005–20062006–2010
Gérard SolerForwardFrance1979–19821986–1987
Salvador ArtigasForwardSpain1938–19431944–1955
Stéphane DalmatMidfielderFrance2006–20072010–2012
Jean-Claude DarchevilleForwardFrance2002–20071995–1998
Tony VairellesForwardFrance20012003–2004

Players ranked from best known to least known (number of language editions of their Wikipedia page). Data from Wikidata: spotted a mistake? Let us know.

Other club pairs

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With Rennes