Players who played for Aston Villa and West Bromwich Albion

Which footballers have played for both Aston Villa and West Bromwich Albion? 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 11 in our list.

Show all 11 players

Player	Country	Aston Villa	West Bromwich Albion
Cyrille Regis	France / England	1991–1993	1977–1984
Ugo Ehiogu	England	1991–2000	1989–1991
Gareth Barry	England	1998–2009	2017–2020
Steve Watson	England	1998–2000	2005–2007
Mark Kinsella	Republic of Ireland	2002–2004	2004
Kevin Phillips	England	2005–2006	2006–2008
Kieran Richardson	England	2014–2016	2005 loan
Scott Carson	England	2007–2008 loan	2008–2011
Callum Robinson	England / Republic of Ireland	2013–2016	2020 & 2020–2022 loan
Joleon Lescott	England	2015–2016	2014–2015
Sam Johnstone	England	2017 & 2017–2018 loan	2018–2022

Quick facts

11 players in our verified list have played for both Aston Villa and West Bromwich Albion.
The most common countries are England (9), France (1), Republic of Ireland (1).
The earliest in our list is Cyrille Regis; the most recent is Callum Robinson.
4 players made the link through a loan spell, including Kieran Richardson.

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