Players who played for Blackburn Rovers and Bolton Wanderers

Which footballers have played for both Blackburn Rovers and Bolton 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 8 in our list.

Show all 8 players

Player	Country	Blackburn Rovers	Bolton Wanderers
Colin Hendry	Scotland	1987–1989 & 1991–1998	2000–2001 & 2001–2003 loan
Jason McAteer	England / Republic of Ireland	1999–2001	1992–1995
Paul Warhurst	England	1993–1997	1998–2003
Nathan Blake	Wales	1998–2001	1995–1998
Kevin Davies	England	1998–1999	2003–2013
Youri Djorkaeff	France	2004	2002–2004
El Hadji Diouf	Senegal	2009–2011	2004–2005 & 2005–2008
Owen Beck	Wales	2024–2025 loan	2022–2023 loan

Quick facts

8 players in our verified list have played for both Blackburn Rovers and Bolton Wanderers.
The most common countries are England (3), Wales (2), Scotland (1).
The earliest in our list is Colin Hendry; the most recent is Owen Beck.
2 players made the link through a loan spell, including Colin Hendry.

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