Players who played for Derby County and Stoke City

Which footballers have played for both Derby County and Stoke 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 8 in our list.

Show all 8 players

Player	Country	Derby County	Stoke City
Peter Shilton	England	1987–1992	1974–1977
Mickey Thomas	Wales	1986 loan	1982–1984 & 1990–1991
Tony Dorigo	Australia / England	1998–2000	2000–2001
Danny Higginbotham	England / Gibraltar	2000–2003	2006–2007 & 2008–2013
Kris Commons	England / Scotland	2008–2011	2001–2004
Michael Tonge	England	2010 loan	2008–2013
Tom Ince	England	2015 & 2015–2017	2018–2022
Phil Jagielka	England	2021–2022	2022–2023

Quick facts

8 players in our verified list have played for both Derby County and Stoke City.
The most common countries are England (6), Wales (1), Australia (1).
The earliest in our list is Peter Shilton; the most recent is Phil Jagielka.
2 players made the link through a loan spell, including Mickey Thomas.

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