Players who played for Lille and Saint-Étienne

11 players have played for both Lille and Saint-Étienne, according to Wikidata. The best known include Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Dimitri Payet and Mathieu Debuchy. 6 of them moved straight from one club to the other, including Dimitri Payet. The earliest arrival at one of the two clubs was in 1957 (François Heutte), the most recent in 2012 (Nolan Roux).

The full list (11 players)

PlayerPositionNationalityLilleSaint-Étienne
Pierre-Emerick AubameyangForwardGabon2009–20102011–2013
Dimitri PayetMidfielderFrance2011–20132007–2011
Mathieu DebuchyDefenderFrance2003–20132018–2021
Yohan CabayeMidfielderFrance2004–20112019–2020
Kevin MirallasMidfielderBelgium2004–20082008–2011
Mathieu BodmerDefenderFrance2003–20072013
Nolan RouxForwardFrance2012–20152015–2017
Abdelkrim Merry KrimauForwardMorocco1980–19811986–1987
Efstáthios TavlarídisDefenderGreece2003–20072007–2010
André GuyForwardFrance1965–19671962–1965
François HeutteForwardFrance1957–19661964–1965

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 Lille

With Saint-Étienne