Players who played for Charlton Athletic and West Ham United

Which footballers have played for both Charlton Athletic and West Ham 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 9 in our list.

Show all 9 players

Player	Country	Charlton Athletic	West Ham United
Lee Bowyer	England	1994–1996	2003 & 2006–2009
Paul Konchesky	England	1997–2005	2005–2007
Scott Parker	England	1997–2004	2007–2011
Paolo Di Canio	Italy	2003–2004	1999–2003
Christian Dailly	Scotland	2009–2011	2001–2008
Carlton Cole	England	2003–2004 loan	2006–2013 & 2013–2015
Alex Song	Cameroon	2007 loan	2014–2015 & 2015–2016
Tal Ben Haim	Israel	2014–2015	2010–2011 loan
Josh Cullen	England / Republic of Ireland	2018–2019 & 2019–2020 loan	2015–2020

Quick facts

9 players in our verified list have played for both Charlton Athletic and West Ham United.
The most common countries are England (5), Italy (1), Scotland (1).
The earliest in our list is Lee Bowyer; the most recent is Josh Cullen.
4 players made the link through a loan spell, including Carlton Cole.

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