Players who played for FC Metz and Saint-Étienne

14 players have played for both FC Metz and Saint-Étienne, according to Wikidata. The best known include Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Mevlüt Erdinç and Patrick Battiston. 5 of them moved straight from one club to the other, including Benoît Assou-Ekotto. The earliest arrival at one of the two clubs was in 1973 (Patrick Battiston), the most recent in 2015 (Vincent Pajot).

The full list (14 players)

PlayerPositionNationalityFC MetzSaint-Étienne
Benoît Assou-EkottoDefenderCameroon2016–20182015–2016
Mevlüt ErdinçForwardTurkey, Francesince 20162013–2015
Patrick BattistonDefenderFrance1973–19801980–1983
Carl MedjaniDefenderFrance, Algeria2005–2006–
Emmanuel RivièreForwardFrance2017–20192008–2011
Pape ThiawForwardSenegal2003–20041998–1999
Nolan RouxForwardFrance2017–20182015–2017
Guirane N'DawMidfielderSenegal2014–20152009–2013
Philippe MahutDefenderFrance1978–19821982–1984
Renaud CohadeMidfielderFrance2016–20202012–2016
Abdelkrim Merry KrimauForwardMorocco1982–19831986–1987
Vincent PajotMidfielderFrance20202015–2018
Hassan KachloulMidfielderFrance, Morocco1995–19981997–1998
Mohammed ChaouchMidfielderMorocco1992–19931988–1990

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

With Saint-Étienne