Players who played for Aston Villa and Birmingham City

21 players have played for both Aston Villa and Birmingham City, according to Wikidata. The best known include Emile Heskey, Dwight Yorke and Kevin Phillips. 6 of them moved straight from one club to the other, including Craig Gardner. The earliest arrival at one of the two clubs was in 1904 (Harry Hampton), the most recent in 2019 (Matija Sarkic).

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The full list (21 players)

PlayerPositionNationalityAston VillaBirmingham City
Emile HeskeyForwardEngland2009–20122004–2006
Dwight YorkeForwardTrinidad and Tobago1989–19982004–2005
Kevin PhillipsForwardEngland2005–20062008–2011
Curtis DaviesDefenderEngland2007–20112011–2013
Scott SinclairMidfielderEngland20152009
Liam RidgewellDefenderEngland2002–20072007–2012
Craig GardnerMidfielderEngland2005–20102010–2020
Ulises de la CruzDefenderEcuador2002–20062009
Chris SuttonForwardEngland2006–20072006
Boaz MyhillGoalkeeperEngland, Wales2000–20032011–2012
Peter WitheForwardEngland1980–19911975–1987
Bruce RiochMidfielderScotland1969–19741978
Alan CurbishleyMidfielderUnited Kingdom1983–19841979–1983
Matija SarkicGoalkeeperMontenegro2019–20202021–2022
JotaMidfielderSpain2019–20202017–2019
Keith FaheyMidfielderIreland2002–20032009–2013
Shane LowryDefenderAustralia2009–20122015–2016
Dennis MortimerMidfielderUnited Kingdom1975–19851986–1987
Harry HamptonForwardEngland1904–19201920–1922
Lloyd DyerMidfielderUnited Kingdom–2015
Walter CorbettDefenderEngland1904–19071907–1910

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 Aston Villa

Manchester United28Liverpool27Chelsea25Nottingham Forest25West Ham25Everton24West Brom24Leicester City24

With Birmingham City

Derby County24Nottingham Forest23Wigan Athletic21Blackburn Rovers20Manchester United19Arsenal19Leeds United19Crystal Palace19