Players who played for Manchester United and Wigan Athletic

17 players have played for both Manchester United and Wigan Athletic, according to Wikidata. The best known include Antonio Valencia, Tom Cleverley and Darron Gibson. 8 of them moved straight from one club to the other, including Antonio Valencia. The earliest arrival at one of the two clubs was in 1985 (Alan McLoughlin), the most recent in 2016 (James Weir).

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The full list (17 players)

PlayerPositionNationalityManchester UnitedWigan Athletic
Antonio ValenciaMidfielderEcuador2009–20192006–2009
Tom CleverleyMidfielderEngland2008–20152010–2011
Darron GibsonMidfielderIreland2005–20122018–2019
Ángelo HenríquezForwardChile2012–20152013
Gabriel ObertanMidfielderFrance2009–2011–
Nick PowellMidfielderEngland2012–20162013–2014
Roy CarrollGoalkeeperNorthern Ireland2001–20051997–2001
Will KeaneForwardIreland2010–20122013
David JonesMidfielderEngland2003–20072011–2013
Donald LoveDefenderScotlandsince 20132015
Alex BruceDefenderNorthern Ireland1998–2001–
Reece JamesDefenderEngland2013–2015since 2015
Alan McLoughlinMidfielderIreland1985–19861999–2001
David GrayMidfielderScotland2005–2010–
Ryan TunnicliffeMidfielderEngland2009–20142014
Keith GillespieMidfielderNorthern Ireland1993–19951993–2001
James WeirMidfielderEnglandsince 2016–

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 Wigan Athletic

Birmingham City21Everton19West Brom19Newcastle United19Liverpool17West Ham15Blackburn Rovers15Aston Villa14