Last update: 09-Sep-21
These are players who made at least one competitive appearance for us, so no Kevin Stewart, Mounir El Hamdaoui, Rodrigo Defendi, Yuri Berchiche, Tomas Pekhart, Souleymane Coulibaly, Cristian Ceballos or the legend that is Bongani Khumalo I'm afraid.
These are players who made at least one competitive appearance for us, so no Kevin Stewart, Mounir El Hamdaoui, Rodrigo Defendi, Yuri Berchiche, Tomas Pekhart, Souleymane Coulibaly, Cristian Ceballos or the legend that is Bongani Khumalo I'm afraid.
Player | Time at Spurs | Apps (Goals) | Current Club | Current Age | Notes |
Jermain Defoe | 2004-2008 2009-2014 | 362 (143) | Rangers | 38 | Joined Toronto FC in the MLS in 2014. Came back to Sunderland and Bournemouth in the Premier League and won the title with Rangers. |
Aaron Lennon | 2005-2015 | 364 (30) | Burnley | 34 | Still relatively young! Joined Everton initially on loan, then Burnley, then Turkey and finally back to Burnley for this season. |
Luka Modric | 2008-2012 | 159 (17) | Real Madrid | 36 | Still a regular at Real Madrid 9 years on! Won the Ballon d'Or in 2018. |
Roman Pavlyuchenko | 2008-2012 | 113 (42) | Znamya Noginsk | 39 | Still banging them in for a third-tier Russian club. His 5th Russian club after leaving us. |
Andros Townsend | 2009-2016 | 93 (11) | Everton | 30 | Joined Newcastle and then Palace. Only 16 goals in 178 games for Palace. Snapped up by Everton on a free in the summer of 2021. |
Kyle Walker | 2009-2017 | 229 (4) | Manchester City | 31 | 8 major trophies for City since he left us for them. |
Gylfi Sigurdsson | 2012-2014 | 83 (13) | Everton | 32 | Been in the Premier League with Swansea and Everton. 30 in 112 for Swansea and 29 in 146 for Everton so far. On 20-Jul-21 an Icelandic news website reported that he is the player arrested for alleged child sex offences on 16-Jul-21. Has not played for Everton this season. |
Mousa Dembele | 2012-2019 | 250 (10) | Guangzhou City | 34 | Missed by many. Only played 37 games since leaving us. |
Jan Vertonghen | 2012-2020 | 315 (12) | Benfica | 34 | 42 games for Benfica last season. |
Paulinho | 2013-2015 | 67 (10) | Al-Ahli | 33 | Other than one season at Barcelona in 2017/2018 was at Guangzhou Evergrande in China scoring at a rate of 1 goal every other game! Joined Al-Ahli in Saudi Arabia this season. |
Christian Eriksen | 2013-2020 | 305 (69) | Inter Milan | 29 | Won Serie A in his first full season there. Waiting to see if he can play again after his cardiac arrest. |
Nabil Bentaleb | 2013-2017 | 66 (1) | Free Agent | 26 | Had a loan spell with Newcastle in 2019-20 and has barely got any game time in the Bundesliga since. Released by Schalke. |
Nacer Chadli | 2013-2016 | 119 (25) | Istanbul Basaksehir | 32 | Playing for the 2019-2020 Super Lig champions, having played for West Brom, Monaco and Anderlecht after leaving us. |
Roberto Soldado | 2013-2015 | 76 (16) | Levnate | 36 | Not a much better scoring ratio after leaving us. 12 in 55 for Villarreal, 19 in 59 for Fenerbahce and 25 in 82 for Granada. Joined Levante this season. |
Kieran Trippier | 2015-2019 | 114 (2) | Atletico Madrid | 30 | Plenty of assists in La Liga and won the league title last season. |
Victor Wanyama | 2016-2020 | 97 (7) | CF Montreal | 30 | Just the 39 games since leaving us. |
Reto Ziegler | 2004-2007 | 35 (1) | Lugano | 35 | Too much to list so check out his Wikipedia! Many loan spells. |
Kevin-Prince Boateng | 2007-2009 | 25 (0) | Hertha BSC | 34 | Back at the club we bought him from via Porsmouth, AC Milan, Schalke, Las Palmas, Eintracht Frankfurt, Sassuolo, Barcelona (!), Fiorentina, Besiktas and Monza. |
Chris Gunter | 2008-2009 | 16 (0) | Charlton Athletic | 32 | Just the one season in the Premier League with Reading since leaving us. Has over 100 Welsh caps! |
Adel Taarabt | 2007-2010 | 16 (0) | Benfica | 32 | 6 seasons at QPR with loan spells at Fulham and AC Milan before joining Benfica in 2015 and had a 2 season loan spell with Genoa. 42 games for Benfica last season. |
Dorian Dervite | 2006-2010 | 1 (0) | R.A.E.C. Mons | 33 | One league cup appearance for us and now in the Belgian 3rd division having played for Charlton and Bolton. |
Giovani dos Santos | 2008-2012 | 33 (3) | Free Agent | 32 | 3 seasons in La Liga with Mallorca and Villarreal followed by 4 years in the MLS with LA Galaxy before moving to Mexico with Club America. Currently a free agent after being released at the end of last season. |
David Button | 2003-2012 | 1 (0) | West Brom | 32 | 1 league cup substitute appearance for us, I personally had high hopes for this keeper who managed to forge a career in the Championship with Brentford and Fulham and as backup in the Premier League for Brighton and West Brom. |
Adam Smith | 2007-2014 | 2 (0) | Bournemouth | 30 | 285 appearances for Bournemouth including 5 Premier League seasons since leaving us for them. |
Massimo Luongo | 2011-2013 | 1 (0) | Sheffield Wednesday | 28 | Another I thought would play at a higher level, missed the penalty in the League Cup shootout then spent 3 seasons in League One with Swindon and 6 seasons with QPR and Sheffield Wednesday. Plenty of Australia caps. |
Steven Caulker | 2007-2013 | 29 (2) | Gaziantep (loan) | 29 | There is a recent article on the BBC and Atheltic websites about him worth reading. Only recently re-discovered his love for the game in the Turkish Super Lig after only about 100 games since he left us. Was recently bought by Fenerbahce but immediately loaned out. |
Dean Parrett | 2007-2013 | 4 (0) | Free Agent | 29 | Played for Barnet in January. League One and League Two career only after 4 European matches for us. |
John Bostock | 2008-2013 | 4 (0) | Doncaster Rovers | 29 | 1 FA Cup and 3 European games for us, only recently had his 'youngest player to play for us' record broken. Has had a career in Belgium and France though with 237 career apperaances so far. |
Kyle Naughton | 2009-2015 | 74 (0) | Swansea City | 32 | Been a regular for Swansea since leaving with 4 years in the Premier League. |
Zeki Fryers | 2013-2014 | 16 (0) | Stockport County | 29 | 123 career apperances only so far, not really been a regular anywhere. Played in a friendly for Doncaster Rovers in July, but has ended up in non-league football this season with Stockport. |
Jonathan Obika | 2006-2014 | 4 (0) | Morecambe | 30 | Decent career forged in League One with Swindon and Oxford United and with St. Mirren in Scotland. Signed by League One Morecambe this season. |
Iago Falque | 2011-2014 | 11 (0) | Free Agent | 31 | In Serie A since he left, 51 goals in 183 games for Torino, Genoa, Roma and Benevento. Left Torino this summer and is currently a free agent. |
Jake Livermore | 2006-2014 | 58 (1) | West Brom | 31 | Actually played 38 games for us in 2011/12! Bouncing between Championship and Premier League since with Hull and West Brom. 6 England caps in 2017... |
Cameron Lancaster | 2009-2014 | 1 (0) | Louisville City | 28 | Just the substitute appearance for Adebayor in 2012. From what I can find other than non-league football he's been getting plenty of goals in the second tier of the US league system. |
Milos Veljkovic | 2011-2016 | 3 (0) | Werder Bremen | 25 | 7 seasons in the Bundesliga since he left for Bremen and a regular starter. Might be worth considering as a homegrown option if he's any good! |
Shaq Coulthirst | 2011-2016 | 1 (0) | Free Agent | 26 | Left for Peterborough in League One and got some playing time. Then joined Barnet scoring 33 goals in 94 goals in League Two and the National League. Released by Boreham Wood at the end of last season. |
Ryan Fredericks | 2009-2015 | 4 (0) | West Ham | 28 | 3 seasons with Fulham in the Championship as a regular followed by 3 seasons with West Ham in the Premier League as mostly a backup. |
Vlad Chiriches | 2013-2015 | 43 (2) | Sassuolo | 31 | Mainly a backup since he left us for Napoli. |
Benjamin Stambouli | 2014-2015 | 25 (1) | Adana Demirspor | 31 | Left for PSG for one season and joined Schalke for 5 years with regular playing time. Moved to Turkey this season. |
Etienne Capoue | 2013-2015 | 36 (2) | Villarreal | 33 | 6 seasons and a regular with Watford after leaving us. Won the Europa League last season. |
Lewis Holtby | 2013-2015 | 42 (3) | Holstein Kiel | 30 | Regular for Hamburg after leaving, and had regular playing time with Blackburn for 2 seasons in the Championship. Now in the second tier in Germany. |
Alex Pritchard | 2009-2016 | 2 (0) | Sunderland | 28 | Joined Norwich in the Championship followed by 2 years in the Premier League with Huddersfield. 37 games in the last 2 seasons in the Championship with Hudderfield before joining Sunderland in League One this season. Seems to be having a stop-start career. |
DeAndre Yedlin | 2015-2016 | 1 (0) | Galatasaray | 28 | Newcastle took him off our hands when they were in the Championship and made 125 apperances for them in 5 years before moving to Turkey this year. |
Tom Carroll | 2008-2017 | 56 (3) | Ipswich Town | 29 | 4 years at Swansea including 2 in the Premier League before moving to QPR for the 2020-21 season and playing 24 games. Joined Ipswich in League One this season. Was a regular in the season Swansea got relegated. Played 30 times for us in 2015/16. |
Kevin Wimmer | 2015-2017 | 31 (0) | Rapid Wien | 28 | Best known for Levy getting €18 million from Stoke for him. He only played 19 games for them before being loaned out for the past 3 years to German and Belgian teams. Now playing in Austria after has his contract at Stoke terminated. |
Clinton N'Jie | 2015-2017 | 14 (0) | Dynamo Moscow | 28 | Marseille took him off our hands for 3 seasons before moving to Russia. |
Federico Fazio | 2014-2017 | 32 (0) | Roma | 34 | Regular for Roma for 3 seasons since leaving us. Less game time the last 2 seasons. |
Filip Lesniak | 2012-2017 | 1 (0) | Wisla Plock | 24 | Provided an assist to Harry Kane in his only appearance for us. Joined AaB in Denmark before moving to the Polish league in 2020. |
Anton Walkes | 2013-2018 | 1 (0) | Atlanta United | 24 | League Cup game for us in 2016 as a substitute against Gillingham. Played for Portsmouth for 3 seasons before re-joining Atlanta where he had been on-loan previously whilst with us. |
Vincent Janssen | 2016-2019 | 42 (6) | Monterrey | 27 | 38 games for us in 2016/17. So few goals. Seems to be doing better in Mexico where he is now in his third season. |
Shayon Harrison | 2016-2019 | 1 (0) | Morecambe | 24 | League Cup appearance in 2016, joined Almere City in the second tier of the Dutch league before recently moving back to England briefly with AFC Wimbledon before joining Obika at Morecambe. |
Josh Onomah | 2013-2019 | 32 (1) | Fulham | 24 | Helped get Fulham promoted in 2019-20 as a regular but saw very little game in 2020-21 back in the Premier League. |
Georges-Kevin Nkoudou | 2016-2019 | 27 (1) | Besiktas | 26 | Seems to be getting regular playing time in Turkey and won the Super Lig last season. |
Marcus Edwards | 2005-2019 | 1 (0) | Vitoria de Guimaraes | 22 | One league cup appearance for mini Messi, as a substitute against Gillingham. Has since been getting rave reviews in the top tier of Portuguese football. |
Tashan Oakley-Boothe | 2016-2020 | 1 (0) | Stoke City | 21 | League Cup appearance against Barnsley in 2017. Rejected a new contract offer and is now getting game time with Stoke. Has more games than even Kevin Wimmer did! |
Kyle Walker-Peters | 2013-2020 | 24 (1) | Southampton | 23 | Doing well for the Saints since his transfer. |
Luke Amos | 2006-2020 | 1 (0) | QPR | 24 | Came on as a sub in 2018/19 against Newcastle. Had his breakout season with QPR in 2019/20 but has been unlucky with a serious injury last season. |
Anthony Georgiou | 2013-2021 | 1 (0) | AEL Limassol | 24 | His only appearance was against APOEL in Cyprus and is now playing at the top of the Cypriot league. |
Juan Foyth | 2017-2021 | 30 (1) | Villarreal | 23 | On loan last season at Villarreal where he won the Europa League. Permanent transfer there this season. |
Erik Lamela | 2013-2021 | 257 (37) | Sevilla | 29 | Hit the ground running after his transfer this season. |
Toby Alderweireld | 2015-2021 | 243 (9) | Al Duhail | 32 | Moved to Qatar this season. |
Joe Hart | 2020-2021 | 10 (0) | Celtic | 34 | 2 FA Cup and 8 Europa League games for us. First choice keeper at Celtic. |
TJ Eyoma | 2015-2021 | 1 (0) | Lincoln City | 21 | 11 minutes for us in the 7-0 FA Cup win against Tranmere in 2019. Successful season for Lincoln on loan in 2020-21 where he played 53 games before joining them permanently. |
Moussa Sissoko | 2016-2021 | 202 (5) | Watford | 32 | Incredibly played in 42 games for us last season. |
Paulo Gazzaniga | 2017-2021 | 37 (0) | Fulham | 29 | 25 games for us in 2019-20 |
George Marsh | 2015-2021 | 1 (0) | AFC Wimbledon | 22 | Also came on in the 7-0 win at Tranmere, getting 25 minutes. 3 bench appearances for us as well. |
Danny Rose | 2007-2021 | 214 (10) | Watford | 31 | Was our longest serving player last year. 29 England caps with us. |
Kazaiah Sterling | 2015-2021 | 2 (0) | Free Agent | 22 | 9 minutes vs Crystal Palace in the 2-0 FA Cup defeatr in 2019 and 2 minutes vs APOEL in the Champions League. Released him having played 7 games for Greenock Morton on loan last year. |
Serge Aurier | 2017-2021 | 110 (8) | Free Agent | 28 | Contract mutually terminated. Yet to sign for anyone. 42 games for us in 2019-20 was his most regular playing time. |
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