Which players played for both Lens and Valenciennes?

46 players have played for both Lens and Valenciennes, including Arthur Masuaku, Benjamin Moukandjo, Didier Six, Milan Biševac, Adama Coulibaly, Jean-Louis Leca, Kenny Lala, Bernard Chiarelli, Ahmed Kantari and Daniel Moreira.

Players Who Played for Both Lens and Valenciennes (46 Players)

According to Wikidata and Wikipedia, 46 players have played for both Lens and Valenciennes. The best known: Arthur Masuaku, Benjamin Moukandjo and Didier Six.

The list

#	Player	Born	Lens	Valenciennes
1	Arthur Masuaku	1993	2026	2013–2014
2	Benjamin Moukandjo	1988	2019–2020	2020–2021
3	Didier Six	1954	1977–1978	1972–1977, 1987
4	Milan Biševac	1983	2007–2008	2008–2011
5	Adama Coulibaly	1980	1999–2008	2014–2015
6	Jean-Louis Leca	1985	2018–2024, 2024	2008–2013, 2009–2013
7	Kenny Lala	1991	2015–2017	2011–2015
8	Bernard Chiarelli	1934	1958–1959	1952–1958
9	Ahmed Kantari	1985	2013–2015	2016–2019
10	Daniel Moreira	1977	1998–2004	1995–1996
11	David Régis	1968	1996–1997	1988–1993
12	Daniel Leclercq	1949	1974–1983	1967–1970, 1983–1984
13	Francis Gillot	1960	1982–1988, 1989–1993	1978–1982
14	Angelo Fulgini	1996	2023–2025	2013–2015
15	Ignace Kowalczyk	1913	1931–1933	1933–1936
16	Éric Chelle	1977	2008–2011	2003–2008
17	Sébastien Roudet	1981	2008–2011	2006–2008, 2015–2019
18	Luigi Pieroni	1980	2007–2008	2008–2010
19	Baptiste Guillaume	1995	2013–2014, 2013–2015	2019–2020, 2020–2022
20	Chérif Oudjani	1964	1983–1985, 1986–1989	1999–2000
21	Jean-Paul Rabier	1955	1984–1985	1979–1982
22	Jean-François Bédénik	1978	1997–1999	1999–2000
23	Jonathan Lacourt	1986	2005–2008	2008–2011
24	Edmond Novicki	1912	1931–1937	1937–1938
25	Seïd Khiter	1985	2003–2008	2008–2010
26	Jean-Pierre Tempet	1954	1970–1978, 1983–1984	1987–1990
27	Geoffrey Doumeng	1980	2008–2011	2005–2008
28	Pape Seydou Diop	1979	1996–2001	1998–1999
29	Ludovic Batelli	1963	—	1983–1987
30	Kelly Berville	1978	—	1997–1998
31	Mathieu Assou-Ekotto	1978	1995–1998, 1998	2001–2003
32	Pascal Zaremba	1959	1984–1986	1978–1982, 1993–1994
33	Nebojša Zlatarić	1953	1978–1979	1980–1981
34	Michel Joly	1949	1977–1982	1967–1975
35	Robert Llorens	1956	1975–1979	1988–1989
36	Dominique Lefebvre	1961	1986–1989	1978–1984
37	Pawel Kryske	1922	1949–1952	1952–1958
38	Anicet Saussé	1969	1989–1992	1994–1996
39	Yvon Clément	1937	1957–1963	1963–1967
40	Ernest Dehon	1921	1948–1949	1938–1947
41	Olivier Bogaczyk	1976	1999–2000	2005–2006
42	Gérard Verstraete	1952	1978–1979	1970–1977
43	Philippe Piette	1958	1982–1984	1973–1979
44	Jean Mankowski	1927	1945–1948	1949–1950
45	Francis Peltier	1960	—	—
46	Olek Wolniak	1946	1971–1973	1966–1971

Which way they moved

Lens first, then Valenciennes: 22
Valenciennes first, then Lens: 21

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More pairs with Lens

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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 Valenciennes