Players who played for Portsmouth and Sunderland

Which footballers have played for both Portsmouth 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 8 in our list.

Show all 8 players

Player	Country	Portsmouth	Sunderland
Lee Chapman	England	1993	1983–1984
Benjani	Zimbabwe	2006–2008 & 2011–2012	2010 loan
David Connolly	England / Republic of Ireland	2012–2015	2006–2009
Marc Wilson	Northern Ireland / Republic of Ireland	2006–2010	2017–2018
Sulley Muntari	Ghana	2007–2008	2011 loan
Younès Kaboul	France	2008–2010	2015–2016
Tal Ben Haim	Israel	2009–2012	2009 loan
Tommy Smith (born 1980)	England	–	–

Quick facts

8 players in our verified list have played for both Portsmouth and Sunderland.
The most common countries are England (3), Zimbabwe (1), Northern Ireland (1).
The earliest in our list is Lee Chapman; the most recent is Marc Wilson.
3 players made the link through a loan spell, including Benjani.

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