Players who played for FC Metz and Lens

16 players have played for both FC Metz and Lens, according to Wikidata. The best known include Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Rigobert Song and Bernard Lama. 3 of them moved straight from one club to the other, including Guirane N'Daw. The earliest arrival at one of the two clubs was in 1931 (Ignace Kowalczyk), the most recent in 2018 (Thierry Ambrose).

Play today's football grid (in French)One player ticks both the row and the column, for every square. FC Metz special (in French)Today's games with its 168 players. Lens special (in French)Today's games with its 189 players.

The full list (16 players)

PlayerPositionNationalityFC MetzLens
Benoît Assou-EkottoDefenderCameroon2016–20182003–2006
Rigobert SongDefenderCameroon1994–19982002–2004
Bernard LamaGoalkeeperFrance1989–19901991–1992
Didier SixMidfielderFrance1985–19861977–1978
Milan BiševacDefenderSerbiasince 20162006–2008
Nolan RouxForwardFrance2017–20182008–2009
Philippe VercruysseMidfielderFrance1994–19951980–1997
Joseph-Désiré JobForwardCameroon20021999–2000
Guirane N'DawMidfielderSenegal2014–2015since 2015
David RégisDefenderUnited States, France1998–20021996–1997
Toifilou MaoulidaMidfielderFrance2003–20042008–2011
Jules BocandéForwardFrance, Senegal1984–19861991–1992
Christian BekamengaForwardCameroonsince 20162015–2016
Ignace KowalczykMidfielderFrance1937–19501931–1933
Jocelyn BlanchardMidfielderFrance1995–19981999–2003
Thierry AmbroseForwardFrance2019–20202018–2019

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

With FC Metz

RC Strasbourg Alsace15Saint-Étienne14Marseille10Lyon10Rennes10Lille10Valenciennes10

With Lens

Marseille32Rennes26PSG21Lyon16FC Nantes16Lille15FC Sochaux-Montbéliard15Nice13