Players who played for Hannover 96 and Werder Bremen

15 players have played for both Hannover 96 and Werder Bremen, according to Wikidata. The best known include Per Mertesacker, Niclas Füllkrug and Hugo Almeida. 8 of them moved straight from one club to the other, including Per Mertesacker. The earliest arrival at one of the two clubs was in 1976 (Klaus Wunder), the most recent in 2019 (Marvin Ducksch).

Play today's football grid (in French)One player ticks both the row and the column, for every square. Hannover 96 special (in French)Today's games with its 159 players. Werder Bremen special (in French)Today's games with its 209 players.

The full list (15 players)

PlayerPositionNationalityHannover 96Werder Bremen
Per MertesackerDefenderGermany2003–20062006–2011
Niclas FüllkrugForwardGermany2016–20192012–2023
Hugo AlmeidaForwardPortugal20162006–2010
Martin HarnikMidfielderGermany2016–20182007–2020
Leon BalogunDefenderNigeria2008–20102010–2012
Fabian ErnstMidfielderGermany1996–19982000–2005
Marvin DuckschForwardGermany2019–20212021–2025
Christian SchulzDefenderGermanysince 20072002–2007
Leon AndreasenMidfielderDenmark20092005–2008
Günter HermannMidfielderGermany1994–19961982–1992
Gerhard TremmelGoalkeeperGermany2002–2004since 2016
Valérien IsmaëlDefenderFrance2007–20092003–2005
Uli BorowkaDefenderGermany19971988–1995
Klaus WunderForwardGermany1976–19781978–1980
Frank FahrenhorstDefenderGermany2006–20092004–2006

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 Hannover 96

VfB Stuttgart16Borussia Dortmund13Eintracht Frankfurt13Hamburg13Schalke 0412Borussia Mönchengladbach11Nuremberg11Fortuna Düsseldorf11

With Werder Bremen

Hamburg19Borussia Dortmund18Bayern Munich17Schalke 04141. FC Kaiserslautern14Bayer Leverkusen13Köln12Hertha BSC12