Players who played for Blackburn Rovers and Sunderland

Which footballers have played for both Blackburn Rovers and Sunderland? 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 13 in our list.

Show all 13 players

Player	Country	Blackburn Rovers	Sunderland
Andy Marriott	England / Wales	1989 loan	1998–2001
Shay Given	Republic of Ireland	1994–1997	1996 loan
Dominic Matteo	Scotland	2004–2007	1995 loan
Jason McAteer	England / Republic of Ireland	1999–2001	2001–2004
Dwight Yorke	Trinidad and Tobago	2002–2004	2006–2009
Stewart Downing	England	2019–2021	2003 loan
Danny Simpson	England	2008–2009 loan	2007 loan
El Hadji Diouf	Senegal	2009–2011	2008–2009
Pascal Chimbonda	France	2009–2011	2008–2009
Benjani	Zimbabwe	2010–2011	2010 loan
Wes Brown	England	2016–2017	2011–2016
Danny Graham	England	2016–2020	2013–2016 & 2020–2021
Jack Rodwell	England	2018–2019	2014–2018

Quick facts

13 players in our verified list have played for both Blackburn Rovers and Sunderland.
The most common countries are England (7), Republic of Ireland (1), Scotland (1).
The earliest in our list is Andy Marriott; the most recent is Stewart Downing.
6 players made the link through a loan spell, including Andy Marriott.

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