Players who played for West Ham United and Wolverhampton Wanderers

Which footballers have played for both West Ham United and Wolverhampton Wanderers? 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.

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Player	Country	West Ham United	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Paul Ince	England	1986–1989	2002–2006
David Kelly	England / Republic of Ireland	1988–1990	1993–1995
Robbie Slater	England / Australia	1995–1996	1998
David Connolly	England / Republic of Ireland	2003–2004	1998–1999 loan
Carlton Cole	England	2006–2013 & 2013–2015	2002–2003 loan
Henri Camara	Senegal	2007–2008 loan	2003–2005
Marlon Harewood	England	2003–2007	2009 loan
Jérémie Aliadière	France	2005–2006 loan	2006 loan
Nigel Quashie	England / Scotland	2007–2010	2009 loan
Craig Dawson	England	2020–2021 & 2021–2023	2023–2025

Quick facts

10 players in our verified list have played for both West Ham United and Wolverhampton Wanderers.
The most common countries are England (8), Senegal (1), France (1).
The earliest in our list is Paul Ince; the most recent is Craig Dawson.
6 players made the link through a loan spell, including David Connolly.

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