Which players played for both Cardiff City and Coventry City?

38 players have played for both Cardiff City and Coventry City, including Kasper Schmeichel, Jay Bothroyd, Craig Bellamy, Aron Gunnarsson, Rob Page, Dimitrios Konstantopoulos, Jonathan Panzo, Danny Ward, Leon Barnett and Ben Turner.

Players Who Played for Both Cardiff City and Coventry City (38 Players)

According to Wikidata and Wikipedia, 38 players have played for both Cardiff City and Coventry City. The best known: Kasper Schmeichel, Jay Bothroyd and Craig Bellamy.

The list

#	Player	Born	Cardiff City	Coventry City
1	Kasper Schmeichel	1986	2007–2008	2008
2	Jay Bothroyd	1982	2008–2011	2000–2003
3	Craig Bellamy	1979	2010–2011, 2012–2014	2000–2001
4	Aron Gunnarsson	1989	2011–2019	2008–2011
5	Rob Page	1974	2004–2005	2005–2008
6	Dimitrios Konstantopoulos	1978	2009	2007–2010
7	Jonathan Panzo	2000	2023	2023
8	Danny Ward	1990	2017–2020	2010
9	Leon Barnett	1985	2013	2009–2010
10	Ben Turner	1988	2011–2016	2005–2011, 2015
11	Gary Madine	1990	2018	2009–2015
12	Kevin MacDonald	1960	1990–1991	1989–1991
13	Steve Mokone	1932	1959	1955–1957
14	Julian Gray	1979	2003	2007–2009
15	Willo Flood	1985	2006–2009	2005
16	Stephen Bywater	1981	2002, 2011	2005
17	Ron Hewitt	1928	1957–1959	1960–1962
18	Gerry Francis	1951	1984	1982–1983
19	Ben Wilson	1992	2014–2018	2019–
20	Gordon Nutt	1932	1954–1955	1951–1954
21	Kyle Lightbourne	1968	2001	1997–1998
22	Dave Bennett	1959	1981–1983	1983–1989
23	Dean Gordon	1973	2001	2002–2004
24	Simon Haworth	1977	1995–1997	1997–1998
25	Brynley Allen	1921	1945–1947, 1948–1949	1950–1952
26	Willie Boland	1975	1999–2006	1992–1999
27	Graham Withey	1960	1984–1986	1983–1984
28	Ernie Curtis	1907	1925–1928, 1933–1935	1935–1937
29	Leslie Jones	1911	1929–1934	1934–1937
30	John Williams	1968	1998–1999	1992–1995
31	Gavin Ward	1970	1989–1993	2003–2004
32	Bert Millard	1898	—	1920–1922
33	Ian Gibson	1943	1970–1972	1966–1970
34	Craig Middleton	1970	1996–2000	1989–1993
35	Garry Thompson	1959	1993–1995	1977–1983
36	Ron Healey	1952	1974–1982	1972
37	Ken Chisholm	1925	1952–1953	1950–1952
38	Nick Platnauer	1961	1986–1989	1983–1984

Which way they moved

Cardiff City first, then Coventry City: 13
Coventry City first, then Cardiff City: 23

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Source: Wikidata (CC0), Wikipedia club articles and player infoboxes (years at each club). Youth spells and appearances that look unplayed are left out; volunteer-kept records can contain gaps or errors.

Players who played for both Cardiff City and Coventry City