Players who played for Chelsea and Middlesbrough

Which footballers have played for both Chelsea and Middlesbrough? 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	Chelsea	Middlesbrough
Mark Schwarzer	Australia	2013–2015	1997–2008
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	Netherlands / Suriname	2000–2004	2004–2006
Boudewijn Zenden	Netherlands	2001–2004	2003–2004 & 2004–2005
Geremi	Cameroon	2003–2007	2002–2003 loan
Robert Huth	Germany	2002–2006	2006–2009
John Obi Mikel	Nigeria	2006–2017	2019

Quick facts

6 players in our verified list have played for both Chelsea and Middlesbrough.
The most common countries are Netherlands (2), Australia (1), Cameroon (1).
The earliest in our list is Mark Schwarzer; the most recent is John Obi Mikel.
1 player made the link through a loan spell, including Geremi.

Test yourself

In The Connection you get two clubs and a country, and the first to name a player who links them wins the point. Try it with your mates, or take on today's daily.

Play The Connection Play The Journeyman Play The Grid

More club connections

Chelsea and Manchester City (16)
Arsenal and Chelsea (16)
Aston Villa and Chelsea (13)
Chelsea and West Ham United (12)
Chelsea and Manchester United (11)
Leeds United and Middlesbrough (11)
Aston Villa and Middlesbrough (11)
Middlesbrough and Sunderland (8)
Middlesbrough and Stoke City (7)
Middlesbrough and Sheffield Wednesday (7)

All Chelsea players · All Middlesbrough players · Every club