Players who played for Leicester City and Wigan Athletic

Which footballers have played for both Leicester City and Wigan Athletic? 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 9 in our list.

Show all 9 players

Player	Country	Leicester City	Wigan Athletic
Keith Gillespie	Northern Ireland	2003–2005	1993 & 2000–2001
Emile Heskey	England	1994–2000	2006–2009
Marcus Bent	England	2003–2004 loan	2007–2008 loan
David Connolly	England / Republic of Ireland	2004–2005	2005–2006
Chris Kirkland	England	2010 loan	2006 & 2006–2012 loan
Tom Cleverley	England	2009 loan	2010–2011 loan
Alex Bruce	England / Republic of Ireland / Northern Ireland	2010 loan	2017 & 2017–2019
Patrick van Aanholt	Netherlands	2011 loan	2011 loan
Nick Powell	England	2014–2015 loan	2013–2014 & 2016–2019

Quick facts

9 players in our verified list have played for both Leicester City and Wigan Athletic.
The most common countries are England (7), Northern Ireland (1), Netherlands (1).
The earliest in our list is Keith Gillespie; the most recent is Alex Bruce.
6 players made the link through a loan spell, including Marcus Bent.

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