Players who played for Manchester United and Southampton

Which footballers have played for both Manchester United 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 5 in our list.

Show all 5 players

Player	Country	Manchester United	Southampton
Ron Davies	Wales	1974–1975	1966–1973
Ted MacDougall	Scotland	1972–1973	1976–1978
Mark Hughes	Wales	1980–1986 & 1988–1995	1998–2000
Danny Higginbotham	England / Gibraltar	1997–2000	2003–2006
Morgan Schneiderlin	France	2015–2017	2008–2015

Quick facts

5 players in our verified list have played for both Manchester United and Southampton.
The most common countries are Wales (2), Scotland (1), England (1).
The earliest in our list is Ron Davies; the most recent is Morgan Schneiderlin.

Test yourself

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