Which players played for both Rangers and Sunderland?

37 players have played for both Rangers and Sunderland, including Jermain Defoe, Amad Diallo, El Hadji Diouf, Sotiris Kyrgiakos, Tore André Flo, Ally McCoist, Alan Hutton, Phil Bardsley, Claudio Reyna and Carlos Cuéllar.

Players Who Played for Both Rangers and Sunderland (37 Players)

According to Wikidata and Wikipedia, 37 players have played for both Rangers and Sunderland. The best known: Jermain Defoe, Amad Diallo and El Hadji Diouf.

The list

#	Player	Born	Rangers	Sunderland
1	Jermain Defoe	1982	2019–2020, 2020–2022	2015–2017, 2022
2	Amad Diallo	2002	2022	2022–2023
3	El Hadji Diouf	1981	2011	2008–2009
4	Sotiris Kyrgiakos	1979	2004–2006	2012
5	Tore André Flo	1973	2000–2002	2002–2003
6	Ally McCoist	1962	1983–1998	1981–1983
7	Alan Hutton	1984	2002–2008	2010
8	Phil Bardsley	1985	2006	2008–2014
9	Claudio Reyna	1973	1999–2001	2001–2003
10	Carlos Cuéllar	1981	2007–2008	2012–2014
11	Terry Butcher	1958	1986–1990	1992–1993
12	David Healy	1979	2011–2012	2008–2011
13	Joachim Björklund	1971	1996–1998	2002–2004
14	Thomas Myhre	1973	1999	2002–2005
15	Ovie Ejaria	1997	2018	2018
16	Jimmy Nicholl	1956	1983–1984, 1986–1989	1982, 1982–1983
17	Jon McLaughlin	1987	2020	2018–2020
18	Jim Baxter	1939	1960–1965, 1969–1970	1965–1967
19	Alex Rae	1969	2004–2006	1996–2001
20	Martyn Waghorn	1990	2015–2017	2007–2010
21	Kevin Kyle	1981	2012–2013	2000–2006
22	Dan Neil	2001	?–	—
23	Allan Johnston	1973	2000–2001	1997–2000
24	George Livingstone	1876	1906–1909	1900–1901
25	Ralph Brand	1936	1954–1965	1967–1968
26	Andy Dibble	1965	1997	1986
27	Billy Hogg	1879	1909–1913	1899–1909
28	Alex Barrie	1878	1907–1908	1902–1907
29	Derek Ferguson	1967	1983–1990	1993–1995
30	Don Kitchenbrand	1933	1955–1958	1958–1960
31	Colin West	1962	1986–1987	1980–1985
32	Andrew McCreadie	1870	1889–1894	1894
33	Iain Munro	1951	1976–1977	1981–1984
34	Jimmy Hartley	1876	1903–1905	1895–1896
35	Bobby McKay	1900	1925–1926	1928–1930
36	Tommy Hyslop	1874	1896–1898, 1899–1900	1893–1894
37	Billy Dunlop	1869	1899–1900	1893–1899

Which way they moved

Rangers first, then Sunderland: 16
Sunderland first, then Rangers: 18

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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 Rangers and Sunderland