Which players played for both Lens and Metz?

36 players have played for both Lens and Metz, including Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Rigobert Song, Bernard Lama, Didier Six, Milan Biševac, Nolan Roux, Joseph-Désiré Job, Philippe Vercruysse, Guirane N'Daw and Jean-Philippe Gbamin.

Players Who Played for Both Lens and Metz (36 Players)

According to Wikidata and Wikipedia, 36 players have played for both Lens and Metz. The best known: Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Rigobert Song and Bernard Lama.

The list

#	Player	Born	Lens	Metz
1	Benoît Assou-Ekotto	1984	2004–2006	2016–2018
2	Rigobert Song	1976	2002–2004	1993–1998
3	Bernard Lama	1963	1991–1992	1989–1990
4	Didier Six	1954	1977–1978	1985–1986
5	Milan Biševac	1983	2007–2008	2016–2018
6	Nolan Roux	1988	2008–2009	2017–2018
7	Joseph-Désiré Job	1977	1999–2000	2002
8	Philippe Vercruysse	1962	1980–1986, 1988, 1997	1994–1995
9	Guirane N'Daw	1984	2015–2016	2014–2015
10	Jean-Philippe Gbamin	1995	2012–2015, 2013–2016	2025–2026
11	Toifilou Maoulida	1979	2008–2011	2003–2004
12	Jules Bocandé	1958	1991–1992	1984–1986
13	David Régis	1968	1996–1997	1998–2002
14	Christian Bekamenga	1986	2015–2016	2016
15	Jocelyn Blanchard	1972	1999–2003	1995–1998
16	Ignace Kowalczyk	1913	1931–1933	1937–1939, 1945–1949
17	Matthieu Udol	1996	2025–	2013–2019, 2015–2025
18	Thierry Ambrose	1997	2018–2019	2019–2020, 2020–2021
19	Fathi Chebel	1956	1989–1990	1979–1980
20	Fabien Centonze	1996	2018–2019	2019–2022
21	Eduardo	1980	2009–2012	2014
22	Joris Delle	1990	2015–2016	2008–2012
23	Richard Krawczyk	1947	1963–1968, 1976–1979	1968–1970
24	Bruno Rodriguez	1972	2000–2004	1997–1999, 2004
25	Éric Cubilier	1979	2004–2005	2007–2008
26	Frédéric Meyrieu	1968	1993–1996	1997–2002
27	Stéphane Besle	1984	2002–2003, 2003–2004, 2004–2005, 2015–2016	2012
28	Sébastien Chabbert	1978	1999–2007	1999
29	Christophe Marichez	1974	1994–2000	2005–2011
30	José Souto	1959	1987–1988	1977–1981
31	Jean Desgranges	1929	1953–1955	1955–1956
32	Henri Atamaniuk	1944	1968–1969	1971
33	Léon Gorczewski	1933	1958–1962	1957–1958
34	Daniel Fuchs	1951	—	—
35	Daniel Krawczyk	1961	1980–1987	1988–1989
36	Philippe Piette	1958	1982–1984	1980–1982

Which way they moved

Lens first, then Metz: 21
Metz first, then Lens: 13

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Source: Wikidata (CC0), Wikipedia club articles and player infoboxes (years at each club). Youth spells and appearances that look unplayed are left out; volunteer-kept records can contain gaps or errors.

Players who played for both Lens and Metz