Which players played for both Lille and Metz?

35 players have played for both Lille and Metz, including Bernard Lama, Ludovic Obraniak, Fodé Ballo-Touré, Daniel Gygax, Nolan Roux, Adama Traoré, Ibrahim Amadou, Jérémy Pied, Stoppila Sunzu and Abdelkrim Merry.

Players Who Played for Both Lille and Metz (35 Players)

According to Wikidata and Wikipedia, 35 players have played for both Lille and Metz. The best known: Bernard Lama, Ludovic Obraniak and Fodé Ballo-Touré.

The list

#	Player	Born	Lille	Metz
1	Bernard Lama	1963	1981–1989	1989–1990
2	Ludovic Obraniak	1984	2007–2012	2002–2007
3	Fodé Ballo-Touré	1997	2017–2019	2025–2026
4	Daniel Gygax	1981	2005–2006	2007–2008
5	Nolan Roux	1988	2012–2015	2017–2018
6	Adama Traoré	1995	2014–2015	2019–2020
7	Ibrahim Amadou	1993	2015, 2015–2018	2022
8	Jérémy Pied	1989	2018–2022, 2018	2009–2010
9	Stoppila Sunzu	1989	2015–2016, 2016–2018	2018–2020
10	Abdelkrim Merry	1955	1980–1981	1982–1983
11	Souleymane Youla	1981	2007–2009	2006–2007
12	Ludovic Butelle	1983	2008–2009, 2009–2011	2001–2004
13	Franck Béria	1983	2007–2017, 2014–2016	2001–2007
14	Alexandre Oukidja	1988	2006–2014, 2007–2014	2018–2025
15	Nicolas de Préville	1991	2016–2017	2021–2022
16	Nicolas Fauvergue	1984	2003–2011	2013–2014
17	Julian Palmieri	1986	2016–2017	2017–2018
18	Stéphane Noro	1979	1996–2000	2004
19	Grégory Wimbée	1971	1998–2004	2004–2006
20	Stéphane Adam	1969	1988–1989	1995–1997
21	Samba N'Diaye	1972	1991–1993	1990–1996
22	Marcel Adamczyk	1935	1963–1968	1954–1955
23	Fernando Zappia	1955	1987–1989	1983–1987
24	Philippe Chanlot	1967	1984–1985	1990–1994
25	Aimé Nuic	1912	1936–1937	1932–1936
26	Thierry Oleksiak	1961	1991–1993	1989–1991
27	Norbert Van Caeneghem	1912	1936–1942	1935–1936
28	Jean Lauer	1916	1934–1936	1936–1939
29	Stéphane Walczak	1936	1954–1961	1961–1963
30	Philippe Piette	1958	1985–1986	1980–1982
31	Philippe Levavasseur	1946	1971–1973	1973–1974
32	Rolland Ehrhardt	1941	1964–1965	1959–1962
33	Claude Petyt	1944	—	—
34	Denis Abed	1969	1996–1998	1990–1992
35	Henri Tessier	1918	1945–1946	1946–1948

Which way they moved

Lille first, then Metz: 20
Metz first, then Lille: 14

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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 Lille and Metz