Players who played for Bolton Wanderers and Chelsea

Which footballers have played for both Bolton Wanderers and Chelsea? 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 6 in our list.

Show all 6 players

Player	Country	Bolton Wanderers	Chelsea
Eiður Guðjohnsen	Iceland	1998–2000 & 2014–2015	2000–2006
Tal Ben Haim	Israel	2004–2007	2007–2008
Nicolas Anelka	France	2006–2008	2008–2012
Gary Cahill	England	2008–2012	2012–2019
Daniel Sturridge	England	2011 loan	2009–2013
Gaël Kakuta	France / DR Congo	2011–2012 loan	2009–2015

Quick facts

6 players in our verified list have played for both Bolton Wanderers and Chelsea.
The most common countries are France (2), England (2), Iceland (1).
The earliest in our list is Eiður Guðjohnsen; the most recent is Gary Cahill.
2 players made the link through a loan spell, including Daniel Sturridge.

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