Players who played for Blackburn Rovers and Manchester City

17 players have played for both Blackburn Rovers and Manchester City, according to Wikidata. The best known include Andy Cole, Roque Santa Cruz and Shay Given. 6 of them moved straight from one club to the other, including Roque Santa Cruz. The earliest arrival at one of the two clubs was in 1986 (Chris Coleman), the most recent in 2016 (Tosin Adarabioyo).

Play today's football grid (in French)One player ticks both the row and the column, for every square. Blackburn Rovers special (in French)Today's games with its 213 players. Manchester City special (in French)Today's games with its 350 players.

The full list (17 players)

PlayerPositionNationalityBlackburn RoversManchester City
Andy ColeForwardEngland2001–20042005–2006
Roque Santa CruzForwardSpain, Paraguay2007–20112009–2013
Shay GivenGoalkeeperIreland1994–19972009–2011
Craig BellamyForwardWales2005–20062009–2011
Robbie FowlerForwardEngland20082003–2006
Chris ColemanDefenderWales1995–19971986–1987
Jack RodwellMidfielderEngland2018–20192012–2014
Tosin AdarabioyoDefenderEngland2019–20202016–2020
Dickson EtuhuMidfielderNigeria2012–20142000–2002
Karim RekikDefenderNetherlands20132011–2015
Gunnar NielsenGoalkeeperFaroe Islands2007–20092009–2012
BenjaniForwardZimbabwe2010–20112008–2010
Tim FlowersGoalkeeperEngland1993–19992002–2003
Colin HendryDefenderScotland1987–19981989–1991
Eyal BerkovicMidfielderIsrael20012001–2004
Egil ØstenstadForwardNorway1999–20032001
Paul DickovForwardScotland2004–20061996–2008

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 Blackburn Rovers

Manchester United25Leicester City24Derby County22Everton21Birmingham City20Liverpool20Aston Villa18Sunderland17

With Manchester City

Everton26Chelsea25Liverpool24Arsenal23Aston Villa23Bolton Wanderers22Nottingham Forest22Sunderland22