Players who played for Aston Villa and Leicester City

Which footballers have played for both Aston Villa and Leicester City? 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 9 in our list.

Show all 9 players

Player	Country	Aston Villa	Leicester City
Martin Keown	England	1986–1989	2004–2005
Emile Heskey	England	2009–2012	1994–2000
Darius Vassell	England	1998–2005	2010–2012
Dion Dublin	England	1998–2004	2004–2006
Kevin Phillips	England	2005–2006	2014
Tom Cleverley	England	2014–2015 loan	2009 loan
Danny Drinkwater	England	2020 loan	2012–2017
Ritchie De Laet	Belgium	2016–2019	2012–2016
Youri Tielemans	Belgium	2023–2026	2019 & 2019–2023

Quick facts

9 players in our verified list have played for both Aston Villa and Leicester City.
The most common countries are England (7), Belgium (2).
The earliest in our list is Martin Keown; the most recent is Youri Tielemans.
2 players made the link through a loan spell, including Tom Cleverley.

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