Transfers

Ins & outs (2002–present)

A record of 1037 Sunderland transfers from 2002 to the present — 517 in and 520 out. The breakdown below covers loan and permanent deals and the clubs Sunderland trade with most. Transfer fees aren't systematically recorded in our source, so this focuses on movement and destinations rather than spend; where a fee is known it's shown against that move.

1037
Total moves
517
Arrivals
520
Departures
Arrivals & departures by year
02
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
InOut
Deal types
Loan
346
Permanent
269
Free
151
Undisclosed
271

Signed most from

Everton18 signings
Manchester United16 signings
Manchester City10 signings
Liverpool10 signings
Tottenham Hotspur10 signings
Tottenham8 signings

Sold most to

Hartlepool11 departures
Hartlepool United10 departures
Gateshead9 departures
Boston United8 departures
Shrewsbury6 departures
Shrewsbury Town6 departures

Most recent

OUTBertrand Isidore Traoré · Wolves · Free agentForward · Burkina Faso · 12 apps, 1 goals for SAFC2026
OUTSimon Adingra · Ajax · LoanForward · Ivory Coast · 15 apps, 1 goals for SAFC2026
INKevin Danso · Tottenham · LoanDefender · Austria · 2 apps, 0 goals for SAFC2026
OUTLuís Semedo · Clermont Foot · TransferForward · Portugal · 24 apps, 0 goals for SAFC2026
INMalick Fofana · Lyon · TransferForward · Belgium · 2 apps, 0 goals for SAFC2026
INJuan Riquelme Angulo · Independiente del Valle · Transfer2026
OUTJenson Seelt · Swansea · LoanDefender · Netherlands · 26 apps, 0 goals for SAFC2026
INT. Laplacette · Marseille W · Free agent2026
INJules Ahoka · Antwerp · TransferMidfielder · 1 apps, 0 goals for SAFC2026
INDayann Methalie · Toulouse · TransferDefender · France · 1 apps, 0 goals for SAFC2026
OUTDennis Cirkin · QPR · Free agentDefender · England · 121 apps, 8 goals for SAFC2026
OUTLeo Hjelde · KV Mechelen · TransferDefender · Norway · 28 apps, 0 goals for SAFC2026
OUTAnthony Patterson · Wrexham · TransferGoalkeeper · England · 143 apps, 0 goals for SAFC2026
OUTArthur Masuaku · Konyaspor · Free agentDefender · Congo DR · 3 apps, 0 goals for SAFC2026
OUTAhmed Abdullahi · Eyüpspor · TransferForward · Nigeria2026
INC. Dinsdale · Sunderland U21 · -2026
INB. Kindon · Sunderland U21 · -2026
INA. Lightfoot · Sunderland U21 · -2026
INThomas Meunier · Lille · Free agentDefender · Belgium · 4 apps, 0 goals for SAFC2026
OUTTimothée Pembélé · Le Havre · Free agentDefender · France · 8 apps, 0 goals for SAFC2026

Arrivals

INKevin Danso · Tottenham · LoanDefender · Austria · 2 apps, 0 goals for SAFC2026
INJuan Riquelme Angulo · Independiente del Valle · Transfer2026
INMalick Fofana · Lyon · TransferForward · Belgium · 2 apps, 0 goals for SAFC2026
INT. Laplacette · Marseille W · Free agent2026
INJules Ahoka · Antwerp · TransferMidfielder · 1 apps, 0 goals for SAFC2026
INDayann Methalie · Toulouse · TransferDefender · France · 1 apps, 0 goals for SAFC2026
INC. Dinsdale · Sunderland U21 · -2026
INA. Lightfoot · Sunderland U21 · -2026
INB. Kindon · Sunderland U21 · -2026
INThomas Meunier · Lille · Free agentDefender · Belgium · 4 apps, 0 goals for SAFC2026
INNazariy Rusyn · Arka Gdynia · Return from loanForward · Ukraine · 29 apps, 2 goals for SAFC2026
INJenson Seelt · VfL Wolfsburg · Return from loanDefender · Netherlands · 26 apps, 0 goals for SAFC2026
INAji Alese · Portsmouth · Return from loanDefender · England · 41 apps, 1 goals for SAFC2026
INLuís Semedo · Moreirense · Return from loanForward · Portugal · 24 apps, 0 goals for SAFC2026
INArthur Masuaku · Lens · Return from loanDefender · Congo DR · 3 apps, 0 goals for SAFC2026
INTimothée Pembélé · Le Havre · Return from loanDefender · France · 8 apps, 0 goals for SAFC2026
INT. Tuterov · Exeter City · Return from loanMidfielder · 1 apps, 0 goals for SAFC2026
INSimon Adingra · Monaco · Return from loanForward · Ivory Coast · 15 apps, 1 goals for SAFC2026
INNiall Huggins · Wycombe · Return from loanDefender · Wales · 25 apps, 1 goals for SAFC2026
INThomas Meunier · Lille · Free agentDefender · Belgium · 4 apps, 0 goals for SAFC2026
INDan Neil · Ipswich Town · Return from loanMidfielder · United Kingdom · 201 apps, 12 goals for SAFC2026
INAnthony Patterson · Millwall · Return from loanGoalkeeper · England · 143 apps, 0 goals for SAFC2026
INDan Neil · Ipswich · Return from loanMidfielder · United Kingdom · 201 apps, 12 goals for SAFC2026
INOliver Bainbridge · South Shields · Return from loanDefender · England2026
INLeo Hjelde · Sheffield Utd · Return from loanDefender · Norway · 28 apps, 0 goals for SAFC2026
INTrey Samuel-Ogunsuyi · Shrewsbury · Return from loanForward · Belgium · 1 apps, 0 goals for SAFC2026
INMatthew Young · Salford City · Return from loanGoalkeeper · England2026
INAlan Browne · Middlesbrough · Return from loanMidfielder · Republic of Ireland · 30 apps, 1 goals for SAFC2026
INZak Johnson · York · Return from loanDefender · United Kingdom · 4 apps, 0 goals for SAFC2026
INNilson Angulo · Anderlecht · TransferForward · Ecuador · 12 apps, 1 goals for SAFC2026

Departures

OUTBertrand Isidore Traoré · Wolves · Free agentForward · Burkina Faso · 12 apps, 1 goals for SAFC2026
OUTSimon Adingra · Ajax · LoanForward · Ivory Coast · 15 apps, 1 goals for SAFC2026
OUTLuís Semedo · Clermont Foot · TransferForward · Portugal · 24 apps, 0 goals for SAFC2026
OUTJenson Seelt · Swansea · LoanDefender · Netherlands · 26 apps, 0 goals for SAFC2026
OUTDennis Cirkin · QPR · Free agentDefender · England · 121 apps, 8 goals for SAFC2026
OUTLeo Hjelde · KV Mechelen · TransferDefender · Norway · 28 apps, 0 goals for SAFC2026
OUTAnthony Patterson · Wrexham · TransferGoalkeeper · England · 143 apps, 0 goals for SAFC2026
OUTArthur Masuaku · Konyaspor · Free agentDefender · Congo DR · 3 apps, 0 goals for SAFC2026
OUTAhmed Abdullahi · Eyüpspor · TransferForward · Nigeria2026
OUTTimothée Pembélé · Le Havre · Free agentDefender · France · 8 apps, 0 goals for SAFC2026
OUTEliezer Mayenda · Rennes · TransferForward · Spain · 68 apps, 12 goals for SAFC2026
OUTMilan Aleksić · FK Partizan · LoanForward · Serbia · 9 apps, 0 goals for SAFC2026
OUTMatthew Young · Huddersfield · LoanGoalkeeper · England2026
OUTOliver Bainbridge · Boreham Wood · Free agentDefender · England2026
OUTZak Johnson · York · TransferDefender · United Kingdom · 4 apps, 0 goals for SAFC2026
OUTBertrand Isidore Traoré · Traore Bertrand · Free agentForward · Burkina Faso · 12 apps, 1 goals for SAFC2026
OUTNazariy Rusyn · Karpaty · Free agentForward · Ukraine · 29 apps, 2 goals for SAFC2026
OUTHarrison Jones · Peterborough · TransferMidfielder · United Kingdom · 7 apps, 0 goals for SAFC2026
OUTDan Neil · Rangers · Free agentMidfielder · United Kingdom · 201 apps, 12 goals for SAFC2026
OUTLutsharel Geertruida · RB Leipzig · Return from loanDefender · Netherlands · 28 apps, 0 goals for SAFC2026
OUTLeo Hjelde · Sheffield Utd · LoanDefender · Norway · 28 apps, 0 goals for SAFC2026
OUTSimon Adingra · Monaco · LoanForward · Ivory Coast · 15 apps, 1 goals for SAFC2026
OUTAdil Aouchiche · Schalke · TransferMidfielder · France · 38 apps, 2 goals for SAFC2026
OUTAnthony Patterson · Millwall · LoanGoalkeeper · England · 143 apps, 0 goals for SAFC2026
OUTAdil Aouchiche · FC Schalke 04 · TransferMidfielder · France · 38 apps, 2 goals for SAFC2026
OUTAji Alese · Portsmouth · LoanDefender · England · 41 apps, 1 goals for SAFC2026
OUTArthur Masuaku · Lens · LoanDefender · Congo DR · 3 apps, 0 goals for SAFC2026
OUTDan Neil · Ipswich · LoanMidfielder · United Kingdom · 201 apps, 12 goals for SAFC2026
OUTDan Neil · Ipswich Town · LoanMidfielder · United Kingdom · 201 apps, 12 goals for SAFC2026
OUTBlondy Rudolph Nna Noukeu · Boulogne · TransferGoalkeeper · Cameroon2026

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Source: API-Football. Each name links to the player's full Sunderland record. Fees are shown only where recorded.