Players who played for Coventry City and Manchester City

Which footballers have played for both Coventry 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 5 in our list.

Show all 5 players

Player	Country	Coventry City	Manchester City
Tommy Hutchison	Scotland	1972–1980	1980–1982
Peter Barnes	England	1984–1985	1974–1979 & 1987–1988
Colin Hendry	Scotland	2000–2001	1989–1991
Darren Huckerby	England	1996–1999	2000–2003
Kasper Schmeichel	Denmark	2008 loan	2006–2009

Quick facts

5 players in our verified list have played for both Coventry City and Manchester City.
The most common countries are Scotland (2), England (2), Denmark (1).
The earliest in our list is Tommy Hutchison; the most recent is Kasper Schmeichel.
1 player made the link through a loan spell, including Kasper Schmeichel.

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