Players who played for Liverpool and Southampton

Which footballers have played for both Liverpool and Southampton? 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	Liverpool	Southampton
Neil Ruddock	England	1993–1998	1989–1992
David Speedie	Scotland	1991	1992–1993
Jamie Redknapp	England	1991–2002	2005
Peter Crouch	England	2005–2008	2004–2005
Rickie Lambert	England	2014–2015	2009–2014
Nathaniel Clyne	England	2015–2020	2012–2015
Dejan Lovren	Croatia / Bosnia and Herzegovina	2014–2020	2013–2014
Adam Lallana	England	2014–2020	–
Sadio Mané	Senegal	2016–2022	2014–2016
Virgil van Dijk	Netherlands	2018–present	2015–2018
Takumi Minamino	Japan	2020–2022	2021 loan

Quick facts

11 players in our verified list have played for both Liverpool and Southampton.
The most common countries are England (6), Scotland (1), Croatia (1).
The earliest in our list is Neil Ruddock; the most recent is Takumi Minamino.
1 player made the link through a loan spell, including Takumi Minamino.

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