Players who played for Blackburn Rovers and Manchester City

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

Show all 8 players

Player	Country	Blackburn Rovers	Manchester City
Colin Hendry	Scotland	1987–1989 & 1991–1998	1989–1991
Shay Given	Republic of Ireland	1994–1997	2009–2011
Paul Dickov	Scotland	2004–2006	1996–2002 & 2006–2008
Craig Bellamy	Wales	2005–2006	2009–2011
Benjani	Zimbabwe	2010–2011	2008–2010
Greg Cunningham	Republic of Ireland	2019–2020 loan	2010–2012
Jack Rodwell	England	2018–2019	2012–2014
Tosin Adarabioyo	England	2019–2020 loan	2016–2020

Quick facts

8 players in our verified list have played for both Blackburn Rovers and Manchester City.
The most common countries are Scotland (2), Republic of Ireland (2), England (2).
The earliest in our list is Colin Hendry; the most recent is Greg Cunningham.
2 players made the link through a loan spell, including Greg Cunningham.

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