Players who played for Birmingham City and Wigan Athletic

Which footballers have played for both Birmingham City and Wigan Athletic? 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	Wigan Athletic
Emile Heskey	England	2004–2006	2006–2009
Mario Melchiot	Netherlands	2004–2006	2007–2010
Alex Bruce	England / Republic of Ireland / Northern Ireland	2005–2006	2017 & 2017–2019
David Cotterill	Wales	2014–2017	2006–2008
Marcus Bent	England	2008–2011	2007–2008 loan
Steven Caldwell	Scotland	2011–2013	2010–2011
Dan Burn	England	2013–2014 loan	2016–2018 & 2018–2019 loan

Quick facts

7 players in our verified list have played for both Birmingham City and Wigan Athletic.
The most common countries are England (4), Netherlands (1), Wales (1).
The earliest in our list is Emile Heskey; the most recent is Alex Bruce.
2 players made the link through a loan spell, including Marcus Bent.

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