Players who played for Bayer Leverkusen and Nuremberg

15 players have played for both Bayer Leverkusen and Nuremberg, according to Wikidata. The best known include Ángelos Charistéas, Stefan Kießling and Robert Kovač. 11 of them moved straight from one club to the other, including Ángelos Charistéas. The earliest arrival at one of the two clubs was in 1995 (Robert Kovač), the most recent in 2013 (Roberto Hilbert).

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. Nuremberg special (in French)Today's games with its 187 players.

The full list (15 players)

PlayerPositionNationalityBayer LeverkusenNuremberg
Ángelos CharistéasForwardGreece20092007–2010
Stefan KießlingForwardGermany2006–20182003–2006
Robert KovačDefenderCroatia1996–20011995–1996
Josip DrmićForwardSwitzerland2014–20152013–2014
Jacek KrzynówekMidfielderPoland2004–20061999–2004
Emanuel PogatetzDefenderAustria2001–20052013–2014
Roberto HilbertDefenderGermanysince 2013–
Stefan ReinartzDefenderGermany2008–20152009
Constant DjakpaDefenderIvory Coast2008–2011–
Philipp WollscheidDefenderGermany2012–20152010–2012
Jens HegelerMidfielderGermany2008–20142010–2012
Paulo RinkForwardGermany1997–20012002
Hanno BalitschMidfielderGermany2002–20122012–2014
Vratislav GreškoDefenderSlovakia1999–20092006–2007
Marcel RisseMidfielderGermany2007–20102009–2010

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 Düsseldorf16Mainz15Eintracht Frankfurt15Borussia Mönchengladbach14

With Nuremberg

Bayern Munich23VfB Stuttgart20VfL Wolfsburg16Hamburg15Eintracht Frankfurt141. FC Kaiserslautern131860 Munich12Borussia Dortmund11