Players who played for FC Nantes and Lyon

14 players have played for both FC Nantes and Lyon, according to Wikidata. The best known include Jérémy Toulalan, Sylvain Wiltord and Jordan Veretout. 7 of them moved straight from one club to the other, including Jérémy Toulalan. The earliest arrival at one of the two clubs was in 1953 (Pierre Sinibaldi), the most recent in 2017 (Willem Geubbels).

The full list (14 players)

PlayerPositionNationalityFC NantesLyon
Jérémy ToulalanMidfielderFrance2001–20062006–2011
Sylvain WiltordForwardFrance2011–20122004–2007
Jordan VeretoutMidfielderFrance2011–20152024–2025
Anthony LopesGoalkeeperPortugal2025–20262012–2024
Ciprian TătărușanuGoalkeeperRomania2017–20192019–2020
Léo DuboisDefenderFrance2012–2016–
Samuel MoutoussamyMidfielderDemocratic Republic of the Congo2016–20182011–2016
Patrice LokoForwardFrance1988–19952001
Éric CarrièreMidfielderFrance1996–20012001–2004
Reynald PedrosMidfielderFrance1990–19961997–1998
Willem GeubbelsForwardFrancesince 20212017–2018
Pierre SinibaldiForwardFrance1953–19541954–1955
Jamal AliouiDefenderFrance, Morocco2012–20132000–2003
Rémy RiouGoalkeeperFrance2012–20142005–2007

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 Nantes

With Lyon