Players who played for Everton and Leeds United

Which footballers have played for both Everton and Leeds United? 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	Everton	Leeds United
Mickey Thomas	Wales	1981	1989–1990
Terry Phelan	England / Republic of Ireland	1997–2000	1985–1986
Gary Speed	Wales	1996–1998	1988–1996
Nick Barmby	England	1996–2000	2002–2004
Nigel Martyn	England	2003–2006	1996–2003
John Oster	England / Wales	1997–1999	2004–2005 loan
Aaron Lennon	England	2015 & 2015–2018	2003–2005
Ross Barkley	England	2010–2018	2013 loan
Andros Townsend	England	2021–2023	2012 loan
Dominic Calvert-Lewin	England	2016–2025	2025–present
Jack Harrison	England	2023–2024 & 2024–2025 loan	2018–2019 & 2019–2020 & 2020–2021 & 2021–2026 loan

Quick facts

11 players in our verified list have played for both Everton and Leeds United.
The most common countries are England (9), Wales (2).
The earliest in our list is Mickey Thomas; the most recent is Dominic Calvert-Lewin.
4 players made the link through a loan spell, including John Oster.

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