Players who played for Everton and Manchester City

Which footballers have played for both Everton 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 12 in our list.

Show all 12 players

Player	Country	Everton	Manchester City
Asa Hartford	Scotland	1979–1981	1974–1979 & 1981–1984
Brian Kidd	England	1979–1980	1976–1979
Peter Reid	England	1982–1989	1989–1993
Earl Barrett	England	1995–1998	1985–1987
Peter Beardsley	England	1991–1993	1998 loan
Terry Phelan	England / Republic of Ireland	1997–2000	1992–1995
Richard Dunne	Republic of Ireland	1997–2000	2000–2009
Joleon Lescott	England	2006–2009	2009–2014
Jack Rodwell	England	2007–2012	2012–2014
Gareth Barry	England	2013–2014 & 2014–2017	2009–2014
Jack Harrison	England	2023–2024 & 2024–2025 loan	2018–2021
Andy Hinchcliffe	England	–	–

Quick facts

12 players in our verified list have played for both Everton and Manchester City.
The most common countries are England (10), Scotland (1), Republic of Ireland (1).
The earliest in our list is Asa Hartford; the most recent is Jack Harrison.
2 players made the link through a loan spell, including Peter Beardsley.

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