Players who played for Aston Villa and Everton

Which footballers have played for both Aston Villa and Everton? It's exactly the kind of link that wins rounds of The Connection, our football trivia game. Every player below has been checked against his career record, including loan spells.

Quick quiz: how many can you name before you look? There are 16 in our list.

Show all 16 players

Player	Country	Aston Villa	Everton
Bruce Rioch	England / Scotland	1969–1974	1976–1977
Martin Keown	England	1986–1989	1989–1993
Earl Barrett	England	1992–1995	1995–1998
Gareth Farrelly	Republic of Ireland	1995–1997	1997–1999
Gavin McCann	England	2003–2007	1995–1998
Richard Dunne	Republic of Ireland	2009–2013	1997–2000
Gareth Barry	England	1998–2009	2013–2014 & 2014–2017
Steve Watson	England	1998–2000	2000–2005
David Ginola	France	2000–2002	2002
Joleon Lescott	England	2015–2016	2006–2009
Philippe Senderos	Switzerland	2014–2016	2010 loan
Ross Barkley	England	2020–2021 & 2024–present	2010–2018
Tom Cleverley	England	2014–2015 loan	2015–2017
Idrissa Gueye	Senegal	2015–2016	2016–2019
Yannick Bolasie	France / DR Congo	2018–2019 loan	2016–2021
Amadou Onana	Senegal / Belgium	2024–present	2022–2024

Quick facts

16 players in our verified list have played for both Aston Villa and Everton.
The most common countries are England (9), Republic of Ireland (2), France (2).
The earliest in our list is Bruce Rioch; the most recent is Amadou Onana.
3 players made the link through a loan spell, including Philippe Senderos.

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