Players who played for Cardiff City and Manchester City

Which footballers have played for both Cardiff City 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 4 in our list.

Show all 4 players

Player	Country	Cardiff City	Manchester City
Mark Kennedy	Republic of Ireland	2008–2010	1999–2001
Trevor Sinclair	England	2007–2008	2003–2007
Kasper Schmeichel	Denmark	2007–2008 loan	2006–2009
Greg Cunningham	Republic of Ireland	2018–2021	2010–2012

Quick facts

4 players in our verified list have played for both Cardiff City and Manchester City.
The most common countries are Republic of Ireland (2), England (1), Denmark (1).
The earliest in our list is Mark Kennedy; the most recent is Greg Cunningham.
1 player made the link through a loan spell, including Kasper Schmeichel.

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