Players who played for Blackburn Rovers and Wigan Athletic

15 players have played for both Blackburn Rovers and Wigan Athletic, according to Wikidata. The best known include Stephen Warnock, Franco Di Santo and Pascal Chimbonda. 6 of them moved straight from one club to the other, including Franco Di Santo. The earliest arrival at one of the two clubs was in 1993 (Keith Gillespie), the most recent in 2015 (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. Wigan Athletic special (in French)Today's games with its 173 players.

The full list (15 players)

PlayerPositionNationalityBlackburn RoversWigan Athletic
Stephen WarnockDefenderEngland2007–20092016–2017
Franco Di SantoForwardArgentina2009–20102010–2013
Pascal ChimbondaDefenderFrance2009–20112005–2006
Stéphane HenchozDefenderSwitzerland1997–20072005–2006
Jordi GómezMidfielderSpain20162009–2017
Marcus BentForwardUnited Kingdom2000–20012007–2008
Jason RobertsForwardGrenada2006–20122004–2006
David JonesMidfielderEngland20132011–2013
Alex BruceDefenderNorthern Ireland2004–2005–
Reece JamesDefenderEngland–since 2015
Per FrandsenMidfielderDenmark1999–20002004
Ryan TunnicliffeMidfielderEngland20142014
David ThompsonMidfielderEngland2002–20062006
Keith GillespieMidfielderNorthern Ireland1998–20031993–2001
Joe GarnerForwardUnited Kingdom2005–20072018–2021

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 Wigan Athletic

Birmingham City21Everton19West Brom19Newcastle United19Manchester United17Liverpool17West Ham15Aston Villa14