Players who played for Newcastle United and Wigan Athletic

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

Show all 5 players

Player	Country	Newcastle United	Wigan Athletic
Keith Gillespie	Northern Ireland	1995–1998	1993 & 2000–2001
Steven Caldwell	Scotland	1997–2004	2010–2011
Patrick van Aanholt	Netherlands	2010 loan	2011 loan
Ivan Toney	England	2015–2018	2017–2018 loan
Dan Burn	England	2022–present	2016–2018 & 2018–2019 loan

Quick facts

5 players in our verified list have played for both Newcastle United and Wigan Athletic.
The most common countries are England (2), Northern Ireland (1), Scotland (1).
The earliest in our list is Keith Gillespie; the most recent is Dan Burn.
3 players made the link through a loan spell, including Patrick van Aanholt.

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