Players who played for Blackburn Rovers and Sunderland

17 players have played for both Blackburn Rovers and Sunderland, according to Wikidata. The best known include Andy Cole, Dwight Yorke and Shay Given. 9 of them moved straight from one club to the other, including Shay Given. The earliest arrival at one of the two clubs was in 1992 (Michael Gray), the most recent in 2014 (Jason Steele).

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. Sunderland special (in French)Today's games with its 245 players.

The full list (17 players)

PlayerPositionNationalityBlackburn RoversSunderland
Andy ColeForwardEngland2001–20042007–2008
Dwight YorkeForwardTrinidad and Tobago2002–20042006–2009
Shay GivenGoalkeeperIreland1994–19971996
Stewart DowningMidfielderEngland2019–20212003
El-Hadji DioufMidfielderSenegal2009–20112008–2009
Jack RodwellMidfielderEngland2018–20192014–2018
Danny SimpsonDefenderUnited Kingdom2008–20092007
Pascal ChimbondaDefenderFrance2009–20112008–2009
Dickson EtuhuMidfielderNigeria2012–20142007–2008
Jordi GómezMidfielderSpain20162014–2016
Danny GrahamForwardEnglandsince 2016since 2013
Jason McAteerMidfielderIreland1999–20012001–2004
BenjaniForwardZimbabwe2010–20112010
Jason SteeleGoalkeeperEngland2014–20172017–2018
Reece JamesDefenderEngland––
Dominic MatteoDefenderScotland2004–20071995
Michael GrayDefenderEngland2004–20071992–2004

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 Villa18Manchester City17

With Sunderland

Manchester United27West Brom24Manchester City22Leeds United21Newcastle United20Nottingham Forest19Tottenham19Rangers19