Players who played for Coventry City and Liverpool

Which footballers have played for both Coventry City and Liverpool? 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	Coventry City	Liverpool
Steve Staunton	Republic of Ireland	2003–2005	1986–1991 & 1998–2000
David Speedie	Scotland	1987–1991	1991
David Burrows	England	1995–2000	1988–1993
Don Hutchison	England / Scotland	2005–2007 loan	1991–1994
Phil Babb	England / Republic of Ireland	1992–1994	1994–2000
Gary McAllister	Scotland	1996–2000 & 2002–2004	2000–2002
Chris Kirkland	England	1998–2001	2001–2006
Jordan Henderson	England	2009 loan	2011–2023
Joe Cole	England	2015–2016 & 2016 loan	2010–2013

Quick facts

9 players in our verified list have played for both Coventry City and Liverpool.
The most common countries are England (6), Scotland (2), Republic of Ireland (1).
The earliest in our list is Steve Staunton; the most recent is Joe Cole.
3 players made the link through a loan spell, including Don Hutchison.

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