Players who played for Manchester United and Sheffield Wednesday

15 players have played for both Manchester United and Sheffield Wednesday, according to Wikidata. The best known include Viv Anderson, Chris Eagles and Will Keane. 5 of them moved straight from one club to the other, including Viv Anderson. The earliest arrival at one of the two clubs was in 1909 (Patrick O'Connell), the most recent in 2012 (Marnick Vermijl).

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The full list (15 players)

PlayerPositionNationalityManchester UnitedSheffield Wednesday
Viv AndersonDefenderEngland1987–19911991–1993
Chris EaglesMidfielderUnited Kingdom2003–20082005
Will KeaneForwardIreland2010–20122015
Marnick VermijlDefenderBelgium2012–20152015
David JonesMidfielderEngland2003–20072016–2019
Alex BruceDefenderNorthern Ireland1998–20012005
Mark RobinsForwardEngland1988–19922003–2004
Albert QuixallForwardEngland1958–19641950–1958
Patrick O'ConnellDefenderIreland1914–19191909–1912
Danny PughMidfielderUnited Kingdom2002–20042013
Jim HoltonDefenderScotland1972–19761981–1982
Paul HeckingbottomDefenderUnited Kingdom–2004–2006
Michael GrayDefenderEngland–2009–2010
Bojan DjordjicMidfielderSweden1999–20052001–2002
Kieran LeeDefenderEngland2006–2008since 2012

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 Manchester United

Aston Villa28Sunderland27Blackburn Rovers25West Brom24Everton23Royal Antwerp22Preston North End20Manchester City19

With Sheffield Wednesday

Nottingham Forest20Sunderland18Aston Villa15Coventry City15Derby County15Leeds United14Charlton Athletic14QPR14