Players who played for Everton and Sheffield United

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

Show all 12 players

Player	Country	Everton	Sheffield United
Bruce Rioch	England / Scotland	1976–1977	1979 loan
Stuart McCall	England / Scotland	1988–1991	2002–2005
Earl Barrett	England	1995–1998	1998 loan
Don Hutchison	England / Scotland	1998–2000	1996–1998
Gary Speed	Wales	1996–1998	2008–2010
Terry Phelan	England / Republic of Ireland	1997–2000	2001
Marcus Bent	England	2004–2006	1999–2000 & 2011 loan
Phil Jagielka	England	2007–2019	2000–2007 & 2019–2021
James Beattie	England	2005–2007	2007–2009 & 2011–2012
Jack Rodwell	England	2007–2012	2020–2021
Conor Coady	England	2022–2023 loan	2013–2014 loan
Dominic Calvert-Lewin	England	2016–2025	2014–2016

Quick facts

12 players in our verified list have played for both Everton and Sheffield United.
The most common countries are England (11), Wales (1).
The earliest in our list is Bruce Rioch; the most recent is Conor Coady.
4 players made the link through a loan spell, including Bruce Rioch.

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