Players who played for Stoke City and Sunderland

Which footballers have played for both Stoke City 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 11 in our list.

Show all 11 players

Player	Country	Stoke City	Sunderland
Lee Chapman	England	1978–1982	1983–1984
Steve Bould	England	1980–1988	1999–2000
Dominic Matteo	Scotland	2007–2009	1995 loan
Graham Kavanagh	Republic of Ireland	1996–2001	2006–2009
Shay Given	Republic of Ireland	2015–2017	1996 loan
Thomas Sørensen	Denmark	2008–2015	1998–2003
Dean Whitehead	England	2009–2013	2004–2009
Danny Higginbotham	England / Gibraltar	2006–2007 & 2008–2013	2007–2008
Phil Bardsley	England / Scotland	2014–2017	2008–2014
Marc Wilson	Northern Ireland / Republic of Ireland	2010–2016	2017–2018
James McClean	Republic of Ireland / Northern Ireland	2018–2021	2011–2013

Quick facts

11 players in our verified list have played for both Stoke City and Sunderland.
The most common countries are England (5), Republic of Ireland (3), Scotland (1).
The earliest in our list is Lee Chapman; the most recent is James McClean.
2 players made the link through a loan spell, including Dominic Matteo.

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