Players who played for Arsenal and Cardiff City

14 players have played for both Arsenal and Cardiff City, according to Wikidata. The best known include Aaron Ramsey, Jun'ichi Inamoto and Jay Bothroyd. 4 of them moved straight from one club to the other, including Aaron Ramsey. The earliest arrival at one of the two clubs was in 1959 (Mel Charles), the most recent in 2013 (Semi Ajayi).

The full list (14 players)

PlayerPositionNationalityArsenalCardiff City
Aaron RamseyMidfielderWales2008–20192006–2025
Jun'ichi InamotoMidfielderJapan2001–20022004–2005
Jay BothroydForwardEnglanduntil 20002008–2011
Marouane ChamakhForwardMorocco2010–20132016
Quincy Owusu-AbeyieForwardGhana2003–20062009
Stuart TaylorGoalkeeperEngland1997–20052009
Kevin CampbellForwardEngland1988–19952006–2009
Kerrea GilbertDefenderEngland2005–20102006–2007
Semi AjayiDefenderEngland, Nigeria2013–20152015–2017
Brian McDermottMidfielderEngland1979–19841987–1988
Matthew ConnollyDefenderEngland2006–2008since 2012
Jay Emmanuel-ThomasMidfielderUnited Kingdom2008–20112011
Mel CharlesForwardWales1959–19621962–1965
George WoodGoalkeeperScotland1980–19831987–1990

Players ranked from best known to least known (number of language editions of their Wikipedia page). Data from Wikidata: spotted a mistake? Let us know.

Other club pairs

With Arsenal

With Cardiff City