Players who played for Bayer Leverkusen and Fortuna Düsseldorf

16 players have played for both Bayer Leverkusen and Fortuna Düsseldorf, according to Wikidata. The best known include Jonathan Tah, Andriy Voronin and Michael Rensing. 8 of them moved straight from one club to the other, including Jonathan Tah. The earliest arrival at one of the two clubs was in 1970 (Dieter Herzog), the most recent in 2014 (Jonathan Tah).

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The full list (16 players)

PlayerPositionNationalityBayer LeverkusenFortuna Düsseldorf
Jonathan TahDefenderGermany2015–20252014–2015
Andriy VoroninForwardUkraine2004–20072012–2013
Michael RensingGoalkeeperGermany2012–20132013–2020
Joel PohjanpaloForwardFinland2013since 2014
Robbie KruseMidfielderAustralia2013–20172011–2013
Cha Du-riDefenderSouth Korea2002–20042012–2013
Thomas BrdarićForwardGermany1999–20041994–1996
Dmitri BoulykineForwardRussia2007–20082009–2010
Dieter HerzogMidfielderGermany1976–19831970–1976
Karim HagguiDefenderTunisia2006–20092015–2016
Andrzej BuncolMidfielderPoland1987–19921992–1997
Anderson BambaDefenderBrazil2008–20102009–2010
Fabian GieferGoalkeeperGermany2008–20122012–2014
Holger FachDefenderGermany1995–19961981–1999
Anderson LucoquiDefenderGermany, Angola––
Christian SchreierForwardGermany1984–19911991–1992

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 Bayer Leverkusen

Bayern Munich22Hertha BSC18Hamburg17Borussia Dortmund16Mainz15Nuremberg15Eintracht Frankfurt15Borussia Mönchengladbach14

With Fortuna Düsseldorf

Borussia Mönchengladbach13Hertha BSC11Hannover 9611Hamburg10Köln10