Players who played for Aston Villa and Sunderland

17 players have played for both Aston Villa and Sunderland, according to Wikidata. The best known include Dwight Yorke, Shay Given and Stewart Downing. 9 of them moved straight from one club to the other, including Stewart Downing. The earliest arrival at one of the two clubs was in 1947 (Trevor Ford), the most recent in 2015 (Joleon Lescott).

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The full list (17 players)

PlayerPositionNationalityAston VillaSunderland
Dwight YorkeForwardTrinidad and Tobago1989–19982006–2009
Shay GivenGoalkeeperIreland2011–20151996
Stewart DowningMidfielderEngland2009–20112003
Darren BentForwardEngland2011–20152009–2011
Joleon LescottDefenderEngland2015–20162017
Thomas SørensenGoalkeeperDenmark2003–20081998–2003
Ahmed al-MuhammadiMidfielderEgyptsince 20172010–2013
Kevin PhillipsForwardEngland2005–20061997–2003
Phil BardsleyDefenderScotland20072008–2014
Alan HuttonDefenderScotlandsince 20112010
Carlos CuéllarDefenderSpain2008–20122012–2014
Kieran RichardsonMidfielderEnglandsince 20142007–2012
Craig GardnerMidfielderEngland2005–20102011–2014
Gavin McCannMidfielderEngland2003–20071998–2003
Conor HourihaneMidfielderIreland–2009–2010
Trevor FordForwardWales1947–19501950–1953
Dariusz KubickiDefenderPoland1992–19941994–1997

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 Sunderland

Manchester United27West Brom24Manchester City22Leeds United21Newcastle United20Nottingham Forest19Tottenham19Rangers19