Players who played for Rangers and Sunderland

19 players have played for both Rangers and Sunderland, according to Wikidata. The best known include Jermain Defoe, Amad Diallo and El-Hadji Diouf. 8 of them moved straight from one club to the other, including Jermain Defoe. The earliest arrival at one of the two clubs was in 1960 (Jim Baxter), the most recent in 2022 (Amad Diallo).

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The full list (19 players)

PlayerPositionNationalityRangersSunderland
Jermain DefoeForwardEngland2019–20222015–2022
Amad DialloForwardIvory Coast2022since 2022
El-Hadji DioufMidfielderSenegal20112008–2009
Ally McCoistForwardScotland1983–19981981–1983
Tore André FloForwardNorway2000–20022002–2003
Sotírios KyrgiákosDefenderGreece2005–20062012–2013
Phil BardsleyDefenderScotland20062008–2014
Alan HuttonDefenderScotland2002–20082010
Carlos CuéllarDefenderSpain2007–20082012–2014
Claudio ReynaMidfielderUnited States1999–20012001–2003
David HealyMidfielderNorthern Ireland2011–20122008–2011
Terry ButcherDefenderEngland1986–19901992–1993
Joachim BjörklundDefenderSweden1996–19982002–2004
Thomas MyhreGoalkeeperNorway19992002–2005
Chris WoodsGoalkeeperEngland1987–19911997
Ovie EjariaMidfielderEngland20182018
Jimmy NichollDefenderNorthern Ireland, Ireland1983–19891982–1983
Jon McLaughlinGoalkeeperScotlandsince 20202018–2020
Jim BaxterMidfielderScotland1960–19701965–1967

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 Rangers

Everton18Dundee United15Newcastle United14Hearts14Manchester United13Arsenal12Liverpool12Leeds United11

With Sunderland

Manchester United27West Brom24Manchester City22Leeds United21Newcastle United20Nottingham Forest19Tottenham19Ipswich Town19