Players who played for Blackburn Rovers and Manchester United

Which footballers have played for both Blackburn Rovers and Manchester United? 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 10 in our list.

Show all 10 players

Player	Country	Blackburn Rovers	Manchester United
Mark Hughes	Wales	2000–2002	1980–1986 & 1988–1995
David May	England	1988–1994	1994–2003
Henning Berg	Norway	1993–1997 & 2000–2003	1997–2000
Keith Gillespie	Northern Ireland	1998–2003	1993–1995
Wes Brown	England	2016–2017	1996–2011
Dwight Yorke	Trinidad and Tobago	2002–2004	1998–2002
Danny Simpson	England	2008–2009 loan	2006–2010
Michael Keane	England	2014 loan	2011–2015
Tom Lawrence	Wales	2015–2016 loan	2013–2014
Phil Jones	England	–	–

Quick facts

10 players in our verified list have played for both Blackburn Rovers and Manchester United.
The most common countries are England (5), Wales (2), Norway (1).
The earliest in our list is Mark Hughes; the most recent is Wes Brown.
3 players made the link through a loan spell, including Danny Simpson.

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