Players who played for Aston Villa and Celtic

15 players have played for both Aston Villa and Celtic, according to Wikidata. The best known include Robbie Keane, Stilian Petrov and Shaun Maloney. 7 of them moved straight from one club to the other, including Stilian Petrov. The earliest arrival at one of the two clubs was in 1976 (Roy Aitken), the most recent in 2015 (Scott Sinclair).

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The full list (15 players)

PlayerPositionNationalityAston VillaCeltic
Robbie KeaneForwardIreland20122010
Stilian PetrovMidfielderBulgaria2006–20131999–2006
Shaun MaloneyForwardScotland2007–20082000–2011
Carlton ColeForwardEngland2004–20052015–2016
Scott SinclairMidfielderEngland2015–
Barry BannanMidfielderScotland2008–2013–
Tony CascarinoForwardIreland1990–19911991–1993
Chris SuttonForwardEngland2006–20072000–2006
Brian McClairForwardScotland1980–19811983–1987
Dion DublinForwardEngland1998–20042006
Aleksandar TonevMidfielderBulgaria2013–20152014–2015
Roy AitkenDefenderScotland–1976–1990
Alan McInallyForwardScotland1987–19891984–1987
Benjamin SiegristGoalkeeperSwitzerland2012–20162022–2024
Didier AgatheMidfielderFrance2006–20072000–2006

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 Celtic

Hibernian18Manchester City15West Ham14Coventry City14Liverpool13Norwich City13Chelsea13Aberdeen13