Players who played for Blackburn Rovers and Manchester United

25 players have played for both Blackburn Rovers and Manchester United, according to Wikidata. The best known include Phil Jones, Andy Cole and Mark Hughes. 7 of them moved straight from one club to the other, including Phil Jones. The earliest arrival at one of the two clubs was in 1964 (John Connelly), the most recent in 2013 (Reece James).

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 United special (in French)Today's games with its 364 players.

The full list (25 players)

PlayerPositionNationalityBlackburn RoversManchester United
Phil JonesDefenderEngland2009–20112011–2023
Andy ColeForwardEngland2001–20041995–2001
Mark HughesForwardWales2000–20021980–1995
Dwight YorkeForwardTrinidad and Tobago2002–20041998–2002
Michael KeaneDefenderEngland20142011–2015
Mame Biram DioufForwardSenegal2010–20112009–2012
Danny DrinkwaterMidfielderEngland2017–20222008–2012
Joshua KingForwardNorway2012–20152009–2013
Henning BergDefenderNorway1993–20121997–2000
Danny SimpsonDefenderUnited Kingdom2008–20092006–2010
Danny GuthrieMidfielderEnglandsince 20152000–2002
Corry EvansDefenderNorthern Irelandsince 20132009–2011
Frank StapletonForwardIreland1989–19911981–1987
Robbie SavageMidfielderWales2005–20081993–1994
Tom LawrenceForwardWales2015–20162013–2014
John ConnellyMidfielderEngland1966–19701964–1966
David JonesMidfielderEngland20132003–2007
Kevin MoranDefenderIreland1990–19941978–1988
Alex BruceDefenderNorthern Ireland2004–20051998–2001
Reece JamesDefenderEngland–2013–2015
John AstonMidfielderUnited Kingdom1978–19791965–1972
David MayDefenderUnited Kingdom1988–19941994–2003
Ryan TunnicliffeMidfielderEngland20142009–2014
Michael GrayDefenderEngland2004–2007–
Keith GillespieMidfielderNorthern Ireland1998–20031993–1995

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

Leicester City24Derby County22Everton21Birmingham City20Liverpool20Aston Villa18Manchester City17Sunderland17

With Manchester United

Aston Villa28Sunderland27West Brom24Everton23Royal Antwerp22Preston North End20Manchester City19West Ham19