Players who played for Lens and Marseille

32 players have played for both Lens and Marseille, according to Wikidata. The best known include Seydou Keita, Florian Thauvin and Loïc Rémy. 14 of them moved straight from one club to the other, including Loïc Rémy. The earliest arrival at one of the two clubs was in 1931 (Ignace Kowalczyk), the most recent in 2020 (Jonathan Clauss).

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The full list (32 players)

PlayerPositionNationalityLensMarseille
Seydou KeitaMidfielderMali2002–20071999–2000
Florian ThauvinMidfielderFrancesince 20252013–2021
Loïc RémyForwardFrance20082010–2012
Alou DiarraMidfielderFrance2004–20062011–2012
Brice SambaGoalkeeperFrance2022–20252013–2017
Facundo MedinaDefenderArgentinasince 20202025–2026
Jonathan ClaussDefenderFrance2020–20222022–2024
Didier SixMidfielderFrance1977–19781978–1980
Rod FanniDefenderFrance2002–20052010–2015
Wilson OrumaMidfielderNigeria1994–19982005–2008
Vedran RunjeGoalkeeperCroatia2007–20112001–2004
Zoumana CamaraDefenderFrance2002–20032000–2002
Djimi TraoréDefenderMali2001–20022011–2012
Philippe VercruysseMidfielderFrance1980–19971988–1991
Daniel XuerebForwardFrance1981–19861991–1992
François Omam-BiyikForwardCameroon1992–19941992
Kanga AkaléMidfielderIvory Coast2007–20112007–2008
Titi CamaraForwardFrance, Guinea1995–19971997–1999
Blaž SliškovićForwardBosnia and Herzegovina1988–19901986–1987
Vitorino HiltonDefenderBrazil2004–20082008–2011
Frédéric DéhuDefenderFrance1991–19992004–2006
Toifilou MaoulidaMidfielderFrance2008–20112006–2007
Daniel LeclercqDefenderFrance1974–19831970–1974
Rudy RiouGoalkeeperFrance2012–20152008–2011
Stéphane DalmatMidfielderFrance1998–19991999–2000
François BrissonForwardFrance1981–19851986–1987
Ignace KowalczykMidfielderFrance1931–19331936–1937
Franck DumasDefenderFrance2000–20012000–2001
Jérôme LeroyMidfielderFrance2004–20062000–2002
Pierre LechantreMidfielderFrance1979–19801980–1981
Pascal NoumaForwardFrance1998–20002001–2002
Guillaume WarmuzGoalkeeperFrance1992–20031989–1990

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 Lens

Rennes26PSG21Lyon16FC Metz16FC Nantes16Lille15FC Sochaux-Montbéliard15Nice13

With Marseille

Monaco41Bordeaux36Lyon36PSG35Nice29Rennes28Lille24FC Nantes22