Players who played for Bayern Munich and Schalke 04

20 players have played for both Bayern Munich and Schalke 04, according to Wikidata. The best known include Manuel Neuer, Leroy Sané and Leon Goretzka. 15 of them moved straight from one club to the other, including Manuel Neuer. The earliest arrival at one of the two clubs was in 1958 (Hans Nowak), the most recent in 2017 (Sebastian Rudy).

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The full list (20 players)

PlayerPositionNationalityBayern MunichSchalke 04
Manuel NeuerGoalkeeperGermanysince 20112006–2011
Leroy SanéForwardGermany2020–20252014–2016
Leon GoretzkaMidfielderGermany2018–20262013–2018
Holger BadstuberDefenderGermany2009–20172017
Eric-Maxim Choupo-MotingForwardCameroon2020–20242014–2017
Hamit AltıntopMidfielderTurkey2007–20112003–2007
Márcio Rafael Ferreira de SouzaDefenderBrazilsince 20112005–2010
Pierre HøjbjergMidfielderDenmark2013–20152015–2016
Harald SchumacherGoalkeeperGermany1991–19921987–1988
Sebastian RudyDefenderGermany2017–20182018–2021
Ali KarimiMidfielderIran2003–20052011
Alexander NübelGoalkeeperGermany2020–20262015–2020
Alessandro SchöpfMidfielderAustria20142016–2021
Olaf ThonDefenderGermany1988–19941983–2002
Jan KirchhoffDefenderGermany2013–20162014–2015
Thomas LinkeDefenderGermany, East Germany1998–20051992–1998
Branko OblakMidfielderYugoslavia1977–19801975–1977
Alexander BaumjohannMidfielderGermany2009–20102005–2012
Walter JunghansGoalkeeperGermany1977–19821982–1987
Hans NowakDefenderGermany1965–19681958–1965

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 Bayern Munich

Hamburg23VfB Stuttgart23Nuremberg23Bayer Leverkusen22Borussia Dortmund20Werder Bremen17Köln17VfL Wolfsburg16

With Schalke 04

Mainz19Hamburg181. FC Kaiserslautern18VfB Stuttgart17Borussia Mönchengladbach17Eintracht Frankfurt16Werder Bremen14Borussia Dortmund13