Players who played for Lille and Nice

12 players have played for both Lille and Nice, according to Wikidata. The best known include Dante Bonfim Costa Santos, Nicolas Pépé and Loïc Rémy. 5 of them moved straight from one club to the other, including Bruno Metsu. The earliest arrival at one of the two clubs was in 1937 (Joseph Alcazar), the most recent in 2017 (Nicolas Pépé).

The full list (12 players)

PlayerPositionNationalityLilleNice
Dante Bonfim Costa SantosDefenderBrazil2004–2006since 2016
Nicolas PépéForwardIvory Coast2017–20192022–2023
Loïc RémyForwardFrance2018–20202008–2010
Bruno MetsuMidfielderFrance1979–19811981–1983
Adekanmi OlufadéForwardTogo2001–20052002–2003
Mathieu BodmerDefenderFrance2003–2007since 2013
Florent BalmontMidfielderFrance2008–20162004–2008
Joseph AlcazarForwardFrance–1937–1939
Renato CivelliDefenderItaly, Argentina2015–20162010–2013
Éric BauthéacMidfielderFrancesince 20152012–2015
Johan AudelMidfielderFrance2004–20072003–2004
René MarsigliaDefenderFrance1978–19831987–1994

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

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With Nice