Players who played for Birmingham City and Portsmouth

Which footballers have played for both Birmingham City and Portsmouth? 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 7 in our list.

Show all 7 players

Player	Country	Birmingham City	Portsmouth
Darren Anderton	England	2004–2005	1990–1992
Steve Claridge	England	1994–1996	1998 & 1998–2001
Lee Bradbury	England	1999 loan	1995–1997 & 1999–2004
Nigel Quashie	England / Scotland	2008–2009 loan	2000–2005
Aliou Cissé	Senegal	2002–2004	2004–2006
Papa Bouba Diop	Senegal	2012–2013	2007–2010
David Cotterill	Wales	2014–2017	2011 loan

Quick facts

7 players in our verified list have played for both Birmingham City and Portsmouth.
The most common countries are England (4), Senegal (2), Wales (1).
The earliest in our list is Darren Anderton; the most recent is David Cotterill.
3 players made the link through a loan spell, including Lee Bradbury.

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