Players who played for Portsmouth and West Ham United

Which footballers have played for both Portsmouth and West Ham United? 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 10 in our list.

Show all 10 players

Player	Country	Portsmouth	West Ham United
Lee Chapman	England	1993	1993–1995
Shaka Hislop	Trinidad and Tobago / England	2002–2005	1998–2002 & 2005–2006
Gary O'Neil	England	2000–2007	2011–2013
Nigel Quashie	England / Scotland	2000–2005	2007–2010
Christian Dailly	Scotland	2011	2001–2008
David James	England	2006–2010	2001–2004
Glen Johnson	England	2006–2007 & 2007–2009	2002–2003
David Connolly	England / Republic of Ireland	2012–2015	2003–2004
Papa Bouba Diop	Senegal	2007–2010	2011–2012
Tal Ben Haim	Israel	2009–2012	2010–2011 loan

Quick facts

10 players in our verified list have played for both Portsmouth and West Ham United.
The most common countries are England (6), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Scotland (1).
The earliest in our list is Lee Chapman; the most recent is David Connolly.
1 player made the link through a loan spell, including Tal Ben Haim.

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