Players who played for Bayer Leverkusen and Werder Bremen

13 players have played for both Bayer Leverkusen and Werder Bremen, according to Wikidata. The best known include Rudi Völler, Ángelos Charistéas and Simon Rolfes. 5 of them moved straight from one club to the other, including Clemens Fritz. The earliest arrival at one of the two clubs was in 1974 (Jürgen Röber), the most recent in 2023 (Victor Boniface).

Play today's football grid (in French)One player ticks both the row and the column, for every square. Bayer Leverkusen special (in French)Today's games with its 233 players. Werder Bremen special (in French)Today's games with its 209 players.

The full list (13 players)

PlayerPositionNationalityBayer LeverkusenWerder Bremen
Rudi VöllerForwardGermany1994–19961982–1987
Ángelos CharistéasForwardGreece20092002–2005
Simon RolfesMidfielderGermany2005–20152002–2004
Clemens FritzDefenderGermany2003–20062006–2017
Sebastian BoenischDefenderGermany2012–20162007–2012
Ömer ToprakDefenderTurkey2011–20172019–2022
Victor BonifaceForwardNigeriasince 2023since 2025
Mitchell WeiserDefenderGermany2018–20222021–2022
Manuel FriedrichDefenderGermany2007–20132003
Jurica VranješMidfielderCroatia2000–20032005–2011
Levin ÖztunalıMidfielderGermany2013–20162015–2016
Athanásios PétsosDefenderGreece2010–2012since 2016
Jürgen RöberForwardGermany1982–19861974–1980

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 Werder Bremen

Hamburg19Borussia Dortmund18Bayern Munich17Hannover 9615Schalke 04141. FC Kaiserslautern14Köln12Hertha BSC12