Players who played for Blackburn Rovers and Norwich City

Which footballers have played for both Blackburn Rovers and Norwich 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 7 in our list.

Show all 7 players

Player	Country	Blackburn Rovers	Norwich City
Tim Sherwood	England	1992–1999	1989–1992
Chris Sutton	England	1994–1999	1991–1994
David Bentley	England	2005–2006 & 2006–2008 & 2013 loan	2004–2005 loan
Grant Hanley	Scotland	2010–2016	2017–2025
Bradley Johnson	England	2019–2022	2011–2015
Jordan Rhodes	England / Scotland	2012–2016	2018–2019 loan
Shane Duffy	Northern Ireland / Republic of Ireland	2014–2016	2023–2026

Quick facts

7 players in our verified list have played for both Blackburn Rovers and Norwich City.
The most common countries are England (5), Scotland (1), Northern Ireland (1).
The earliest in our list is Tim Sherwood; the most recent is Shane Duffy.
2 players made the link through a loan spell, including David Bentley.

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