Players who played for Montpellier and Nîmes Olympique

10 players have played for both Montpellier and Nîmes Olympique, according to Wikidata. The best known include Éric Cantona, Laurent Blanc and Aliou Cissé. 4 of them moved straight from one club to the other, including Éric Cantona. The earliest arrival at one of the two clubs was in 1979 (Christian Perez), the most recent in 2009 (Andy Delord).

The full list (10 players)

PlayerPositionNationalityMontpellierNîmes Olympique
Éric CantonaForwardFrance1989–19901991
Laurent BlancDefenderFrance1983–19911992–1993
Aliou CisséMidfielderSenegal2001–20022008–2009
William AyacheDefenderFrance1989–19901991–1992
Andy DelordForwardAlgeria2018–20212009–2010
Robert MalmForwardTogo2006–20082008–2009
Toifilou MaoulidaMidfielderFrance1997–2002since 2014
Christian PerezForwardFrance1987–19881979–1996
Cyril JeunechampDefenderFrance2009–20131994–1997
Jean-Claude LemoultMidfielderFrance1986–19911991–1993

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 Montpellier

With Nîmes Olympique