Players who played for Chelsea and Leicester City

Which footballers have played for both Chelsea and Leicester 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 9 in our list.

Show all 9 players

Player	Country	Chelsea	Leicester City
David Speedie	Scotland	1982–1987	1993–1994
Dennis Wise	England	1990–2001	2001–2002
Robert Huth	Germany	2002–2006	2015 & 2015–2019
Patrick van Aanholt	Netherlands	2009–2014	2011 loan
Danny Drinkwater	England	2017–2022	2012–2017
Ben Chilwell	England	2020–2025	2015–2020
N'Golo Kanté	France	2016–present	2015–2016
Jeffrey Bruma	Netherlands	–	–
Wesley Fofana	France	–	–

Quick facts

9 players in our verified list have played for both Chelsea and Leicester City.
The most common countries are England (3), Netherlands (2), France (2).
The earliest in our list is David Speedie; the most recent is Ben Chilwell.
1 player made the link through a loan spell, including Patrick van Aanholt.

Test yourself

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