Players who played for Aston Villa and Wolverhampton Wanderers

Which footballers have played for both Aston Villa and Wolverhampton Wanderers? 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.

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Player	Country	Aston Villa	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Peter Withe	England	1980–1985	1973–1975
Cyrille Regis	France / England	1991–1993	1993–1994
Rob Edwards	England / Wales	1999–2004	2004–2008
Joleon Lescott	England	2015–2016	2000–2006
Carlton Cole	England	2004–2005 loan	2002–2003 loan
Marlon Harewood	England	2007–2010	2009 loan
Emiliano Martínez	Argentina	2020–2026	2015–2016 loan
Sam Johnstone	England	2017 & 2017–2018 loan	2024–present
Leander Dendoncker	Belgium	2022–2025	2018–2019 then 2019–2022 loan

Quick facts

9 players in our verified list have played for both Aston Villa and Wolverhampton Wanderers.
The most common countries are England (6), France (1), Argentina (1).
The earliest in our list is Peter Withe; the most recent is Sam Johnstone.
5 players made the link through a loan spell, including Carlton Cole.

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