Players who played for Blackburn Rovers and Leicester City

Which footballers have played for both Blackburn Rovers and Leicester City? 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 12 in our list.

Show all 12 players

Player	Country	Blackburn Rovers	Leicester City
David Speedie	Scotland	1991–1992	1993–1994
Tim Flowers	England	1993–1999	1999–2003
Robbie Savage	Wales	2005–2008	1997–2002
Keith Gillespie	Northern Ireland	1998–2003	2003–2005
Nathan Blake	Wales	1998–2001	2004–2005
Marcus Bent	England	2000–2001	2003–2004 loan
Paul Dickov	Scotland	2004–2006	2002–2004 & 2008–2010
Danny Simpson	England	2008–2009 loan	2014–2019
Greg Cunningham	Republic of Ireland	2019–2020 loan	2010–2011 loan
Yakubu	Nigeria	2011–2012	2011 loan
Michael Keane	England	2014 loan	2012–2013 loan
Tom Lawrence	Wales	2015–2016 loan	2014–2017

Quick facts

12 players in our verified list have played for both Blackburn Rovers and Leicester City.
The most common countries are England (4), Wales (3), Scotland (2).
The earliest in our list is David Speedie; the most recent is Greg Cunningham.
6 players made the link through a loan spell, including Marcus Bent.

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