Players who played for Liverpool and Sunderland

Which footballers have played for both Liverpool and Sunderland? 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	Liverpool	Sunderland
Don Hutchison	England / Scotland	1991–1994	2000–2001
Dominic Matteo	Scotland	1992–2000	1995 loan
Phil Babb	England / Republic of Ireland	1994–2000	2002–2004
Jason McAteer	England / Republic of Ireland	1995–1999	2001–2004
El Hadji Diouf	Senegal	2002–2005	2008–2009
Stewart Downing	England	2011–2013	2003 loan
Boudewijn Zenden	Netherlands	2005–2007	2009–2011
Jordan Henderson	England	2011–2023	2008–2011
Simon Mignolet	Belgium	2013–2019	2010–2013

Quick facts

9 players in our verified list have played for both Liverpool and Sunderland.
The most common countries are England (5), Scotland (1), Senegal (1).
The earliest in our list is Don Hutchison; the most recent is Simon Mignolet.
2 players made the link through a loan spell, including Dominic Matteo.

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