Players who played for Crystal Palace and Queens Park Rangers

Which footballers have played for both Crystal Palace and Queens Park Rangers? 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 11 in our list.

Show all 11 players

Player	Country	Crystal Palace	Queens Park Rangers
Gareth Taylor	England / Wales	1995–1996	2000 loan
Iain Dowie	England / Northern Ireland	1995	1998–2001
Andy Linighan	England	1997–2000	1998–1999 loan
Marcus Bent	England	1998–1999	2010 loan
Mark Kennedy	Republic of Ireland	2006–2008	1998 loan
Neil Ruddock	England	2000–2001	1998 loan
Wayne Routledge	England	2001–2005	2009–2010 & 2011
Andy Johnson	England	2002–2006	2012–2014
Chris Martin	England / Scotland	2011–2012 loan	2023
Andros Townsend	England	2016–2021	2013 loan
Eberechi Eze	England	2020–2025	2016–2020

Quick facts

11 players in our verified list have played for both Crystal Palace and Queens Park Rangers.
The most common countries are England (10), Republic of Ireland (1).
The earliest in our list is Gareth Taylor; the most recent is Chris Martin.
7 players made the link through a loan spell, including Gareth Taylor.

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