Players who played for Bayern Munich and VfL Wolfsburg

16 players have played for both Bayern Munich and VfL Wolfsburg, according to Wikidata. The best known include Mario Mandžukić, Ivan Perišić and Mario Gómez. 9 of them moved straight from one club to the other, including Mario Mandžukić. The earliest arrival at one of the two clubs was in 1956 (Willi Giesemann), the most recent in 2013 (Max Grün).

The full list (16 players)

PlayerPositionNationalityBayern MunichVfL Wolfsburg
Mario MandžukićForwardCroatia2012–20142010–2012
Ivan PerišićForwardCroatia2019–20202013–2015
Mario GómezForwardGermany2009–20132016–2017
Ivica OlićForwardCroatia2009–20122012–2015
Dante Bonfim Costa SantosDefenderBrazil2012–20152015–2016
Luiz GustavoDefenderBrazil2011–20132013–2017
Thomas HitzlspergerMidfielderGermany1989–20002011–2012
Hasan SalihamidžićMidfielderBosnia and Herzegovina1998–20072011–2012
Stefan EffenbergMidfielderGermany1990–20022002–2003
Zvjezdan MisimovićMidfielderBosnia and Herzegovina, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia2002–20042008–2010
Julio dos SantosMidfielderSpain, Paraguay2006–20082007
Patrick OchsDefenderGermany2002–20042011–2015
Max GrünGoalkeeperGermany–since 2013
Pablo ThiamMidfielderGermany2001–20032003–2008
Willi GiesemannDefenderGermany1959–19631956–1959
Tobias RauDefenderGermany2003–20052001–2003

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

With VfL Wolfsburg