Players who played for 1. FC Kaiserslautern and Bayer Leverkusen

11 players have played for both 1. FC Kaiserslautern and Bayer Leverkusen, according to Wikidata. The best known include Michael Ballack, Nadiem Amiri and Nicolai Jørgensen. 7 of them moved straight from one club to the other, including Michael Ballack. The earliest arrival at one of the two clubs was in 1983 (Franco Foda), the most recent in 2017 (Lennart Grill).

The full list (11 players)

PlayerPositionNationality1. FC KaiserslauternBayer Leverkusen
Michael BallackMidfielderGermany1997–19991999–2012
Nadiem AmiriMidfielderGermany––
Nicolai JørgensenForwardDenmark20122010–2013
Mitchell WeiserDefenderGermany20132018–2022
Sidney SamMidfielderGermany2008–20102010–2014
Thomas DooleyForwardUnited States1988–19931994–1995
Franco FodaDefenderGermany1983–19901990–1994
Athanásios PétsosDefenderGreece2010–20122010–2012
Jan-Ingwer Callsen-BrackerDefenderGermany–2002–2008
Richard Sukuta-PasuForwardGermany2011–20142008–2011
Lennart GrillGoalkeeperGermany2017–2020since 2020

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 1. FC Kaiserslautern

With Bayer Leverkusen