Players who played for Leeds United and Middlesbrough

Which footballers have played for both Leeds United and Middlesbrough? 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	Leeds United	Middlesbrough
Nick Barmby	England	2002–2004	1995–1996
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	Netherlands / Suriname	1997–1999	2004–2006
Jonathan Woodgate	England	1998–2003	2006–2007 & 2007–2008 & 2012–2016 loan
Danny Mills	England	1999–2004	2003–2004 loan
Mark Viduka	Australia	2000–2004	2004–2007
Paul Okon	Australia	2002–2003	2000–2002
Ugo Ehiogu	England	2006–2007 loan	2000–2007
Danny Graham	England	2006 loan	2004–2007 & 2014
Connor Roberts	Wales	2024 loan	2017–2018 loan
Jack Harrison	England	2018–2019 & 2019–2020 & 2020–2021 & 2021–2026 loan	2018 loan
Jonny Howson	England	–	–

Quick facts

11 players in our verified list have played for both Leeds United and Middlesbrough.
The most common countries are England (7), Australia (2), Netherlands (1).
The earliest in our list is Nick Barmby; the most recent is Connor Roberts.
6 players made the link through a loan spell, including Jonathan Woodgate.

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