Players who played for Schalke 04 and Werder Bremen

14 players have played for both Schalke 04 and Werder Bremen, according to Wikidata. The best known include Mesut Özil, Ángelos Charistéas and Sebastian Boenisch. 10 of them moved straight from one club to the other, including Mesut Özil. The earliest arrival at one of the two clubs was in 1965 (Klaus Fichtel), the most recent in 2013 (Franco Di Santo).

Play today's football grid (in French)One player ticks both the row and the column, for every square. Schalke 04 special (in French)Today's games with its 244 players. Werder Bremen special (in French)Today's games with its 209 players.

The full list (14 players)

PlayerPositionNationalitySchalke 04Werder Bremen
Mesut ÖzilMidfielderGermany2006–20082008–2010
Ángelos CharistéasForwardGreece20112002–2005
Sebastian BoenischDefenderGermany2006–20072007–2012
NaldoDefenderBrazil20162005–2012
Mladen KrstajićDefenderSerbia, Serbia and Montenegro2004–20092000–2004
Franco Di SantoForwardArgentina2015–20192013–2015
AiltonForwardBrazil2004–20051998–2004
Fabian ErnstMidfielderGermany2005–20092000–2005
Frank RostGoalkeeperGermany2002–20071992–2002
Klaus FichtelMidfielderGermany1965–19881980–1984
Oliver ReckGoalkeeperGermany1998–20031985–1998
Dieter BurdenskiGoalkeeperGermany1969–19711972–1988
Chad DeeringMidfielderUnited States1993–19941990–1993
Lukas SchmitzMidfielderGermany2009–20112011–2014

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 Schalke 04

Bayern Munich20Mainz19Hamburg181. FC Kaiserslautern18VfB Stuttgart17Borussia Mönchengladbach17Eintracht Frankfurt16Borussia Dortmund13

With Werder Bremen

Hamburg19Borussia Dortmund18Bayern Munich17Hannover 96151. FC Kaiserslautern14Bayer Leverkusen13Köln12Hertha BSC12