Players who played for Bayer Leverkusen and Schalke 04

12 players have played for both Bayer Leverkusen and Schalke 04, according to Wikidata. The best known include Ángelos Charistéas, Tranquillo Barnetta and Sebastian Boenisch. 5 of them moved straight from one club to the other, including Tranquillo Barnetta. The earliest arrival at one of the two clubs was in 1982 (Walter Junghans), the most recent in 2010 (Sidney Sam).

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The full list (12 players)

PlayerPositionNationalityBayer LeverkusenSchalke 04
Ángelos CharistéasForwardGreece20092011
Tranquillo BarnettaMidfielderSwitzerland2004–20122012–2015
Sebastian BoenischDefenderGermany2012–20162006–2007
Kyriákos PapadópoulosDefenderGreece2014–20172010–2015
Jermaine JonesMidfielderUnited States2004–20052007–2014
Hans SarpeiDefenderGhana2007–20102010–2012
Sidney SamMidfielderGermany2010–20142014–2017
Thomas DooleyForwardUnited States1994–19951995–1997
Pierre-Michel LasoggaForwardGermany2009–20101999–2006
Bastian OczipkaDefenderGermany2008–20122017–2021
Walter JunghansGoalkeeperGermany19941982–1987
Fabian GieferGoalkeeperGermany2008–2012since 2014

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 Dortmund16Fortuna Düsseldorf16Mainz15Nuremberg15Eintracht Frankfurt15

With Schalke 04

Bayern Munich20Mainz19Hamburg181. FC Kaiserslautern18VfB Stuttgart17Borussia Mönchengladbach17Eintracht Frankfurt16Werder Bremen14