Players who played for Lens and Valenciennes

13 players have played for both Lens and Valenciennes, according to Wikidata. The best known include Didier Six, Benjamin Moukandjo and Milan Biševac. 9 of them moved straight from one club to the other, including Didier Six. The earliest arrival at one of the two clubs was in 1931 (Ignace Kowalczyk), the most recent in 2019 (Benjamin Moukandjo).

The full list (13 players)

PlayerPositionNationalityLensValenciennes
Didier SixMidfielderFrance1977–19781970–1987
Benjamin MoukandjoForwardCameroon2019–2020since 2020
Milan BiševacDefenderSerbia2006–20082008–2011
Kenny LalaDefenderFrancesince 20152011–2015
Adama CoulibalyDefenderFrance, Mali1999–20082014–2015
Ahmed KantariDefenderMorocco2013–2015since 2016
Bernard ChiarelliMidfielderFrance1958–19591952–1958
David RégisDefenderUnited States, France1996–19971988–1993
Daniel LeclercqDefenderFrance1974–19831967–1984
Daniel MoreiraForwardFrance1998–20041995–1996
Francis GillotDefenderFrance1982–19931978–1982
Ignace KowalczykMidfielderFrance1931–19331933–1936
Éric ChelleDefenderFrance, Mali2008–20112003–2008

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

With Valenciennes