Newcastle United‘s first major domestic trophy in 70 years has only dragged their rivals’ lack of silverware into sharper focus.
The most obvious of these belongs to Tottenham Hotspur, yet to win anything in Ange Postecoglou‘s second season despite the Australian’s bold promises.
One particularly unfortunate trend is the number of players to win trophies after leaving north London since their last great victory – the 2008 League Cup, beating Chelsea in extra-time thanks to goals from Dimitar Berbatov and Jonathan Woodgate. Heritage.
Various versions of this listicle have emerged over the years, but these feel the fairest criteria to judge it by: only permanent Spurs players (so no Carlos Vinicius), no-one who won in 2008 then went on to similar greatness elsewhere (even Gareth Bale‘s five Champions Leagues) and players have to have formally left (no, really, Bryan Gil’s Spurs contract expires in 2026). Only club honours count too.
Which ex-Spurs players have won a trophy since leaving?
In order they left the club
Jimmy Walker (Lincoln City): National League (2016-17)
Paul-Jose M’Poku (Standard Liege): Belgian Cup (2017-18), Standard Liege
Luka Modric (Real Madrid): 6x Champions Leagues (2013-14, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2021-22, 2023-24), 4x La Liga (2016-17, 2019-20, 2021-22, 2023-24), 2x Copa del Rey (2013-14, 2022-23), 5x Spanish Super Cup (2012, 2017, 2020, 2022, 2024), 5x Uefa Super Cup (2014, 2016, 2017, 2022, 2024)
Giovani dos Santos (Club America): Mexican Super Cup (2019)
Roman Pavlyuchenko (Lokomotiv Moscow): Russian Cup (2014-15)
Vedran Corluka (Lokomotiv Moscow): Russian Premier League (2017-18), 4x Russian Cup (2014-15, 2016-17, 2018-19, 2020-21), Russian Super Cup (2019)
Rafael van der Vaart (Midtjylland): Danish Superliga (2017-18)
Clint Dempsey spent just one season at Tottenham before joining Seattle Sounders (Photo: Getty)Clint Dempsey (Seattle Sounders): MLS Cup (2016), Supporters’ Shield (2014), US Open Cup (2014)
Steven Pienaar (Bidvest Wits): South African Cup (2017-18)
Zeki Fryers (Swindon): League Two (2019-20)
Adam Smith (Bournemouth): Championship (2014-15)
Paulinho (Guangzhou Evergrande and Barcelona): 3x Chinese Super League (2015, 2016, 2019), Chinese FA Cup (2016), Chinese FA Super Cup (2016, 2017), AFC Champions League (2015), La Liga (2017-18), Copa del Rey (2017-18)
Etienne Capoue (Villarreal): Europa League (2020-21)
Vlad Chiriches (FCSB): Liga I (2023-24), Romanian Super Cup (2024)
Benjamin Stambouli (PSG): Ligue 1, Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue (all 2015-16), Trophee des Champions (2015, 2016)
Tomislav Gomelt (CFR Cluj and FK Suduva): Romanian Cup (2015-16), Lithuanian Supercup (2022)
Bongani Khumalo (Bidvest Wits): South African Premiership (2016-17), South African Cup (2017-18)
DeAndre Yedlin (Newcastle and Inter Miami): Championship (2016-17), Leagues Cup (2023)
Kyle Walker won the Treble with Manchester City in 2023 (Photo: Getty)Kyle Walker (Man City): 6x Premier League (2017-18, 2018-19, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24), 2x FA Cup (2018-19, 2022-23), 4x Carabao Cup (2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21), 2x Community Shield (2018, 2019), Champions League (2022-23), Uefa Super Cup (2023)
Kieran Trippier (Atletico Madrid and Newcastle): La Liga (2020-21), Carabao Cup (2024-25)
Vincent Janssen (Monterrey and Royal Antwerp): Liga MX, Copa MX (both 2019-20), Concacaf Champions League (2021), Belgian Pro League, Belgian Cup (both 2022-23)
Georges-Kevin Nkoudou (Besiktas): Super Lig, Turkish Cup, Turkish Super Cup (all 2020-2021)
Fernando Llorente (Napoli): Coppa Italia (2019-20)
Josh Onomah (Fulham): Championship (2021-22)
Jan Vertonghen (Benfica): Primeira Liga (2022-23)
Christian Eriksen (Inter Milan and Man Utd): Serie A (2020-21), FA Cup (2023-24)
Victor Wanyama (CF Montreal): Canadian Championship (2021)
Erik Lamela poses for a photo with the trophy after the 2023 Europa League final (Photo: Getty)Erik Lamela (Sevilla): Europa League (2022-23)
Toby Alderweireld (Al-Duhail and Royal Antwerp): Emir of Qatar Cup (2022), Belgian Pro League, Belgian Cup, Belgian Super Cup (all 2022-23)
Paulo Gazzaniga (Fulham): Championship (2021-22)
Serge Aurier (Galatasaray): Super Lig (2023-24), Turkish Super Cup (2023)
Joe Hart (Celtic): 3x Scottish Premiership (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24), 2x Scottish Cup (2022-23, 2023-24), 2x Scottish League Cup (2021-22, 2022-23)
Cameron Carter-Vickers (Celtic): 2x Scottish Premiership (2022-23, 2023-24), 2x League Cup (2022-23, 2024-25), Scottish Cup (2022-23, 2023-24)
Davinson Sanchez (Galatasaray): Super Lig (2023-24), Turkish Super Cup (2023)
Lucas Moura (Sao Paulo): Copa do Brasil (2023), Brazilian Super Cup (2023)
Harry Winks (Leicester City): Championship (2023-24)
Hugo Lloris (LAFC): US Open Cup (2024)
Emerson Royal (AC Milan): Italian Super Cup (2024-25)
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