List of Bayer 04 Leverkusen players

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This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Bayer Leverkusen. Generally, this means players that have played a significant amount of first-class matches for the club. Other players who have played an important role for the club can be included, but the reason why they have been included should be added in the 'Notes' column.

Contents

For a list of all Bayer Leverkusen players, major or minor, with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Bayer Leverkusen players, and for the current squad see the main Bayer Leverkusen article.

Players are listed according to the date of their first team debut. Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive league matches only; wartime matches are excluded. Substitute appearances included.

Table

PlayerNationalityPositionBayer Leverkusen careerAppearancesGoalsNotes
Karl-Heinz Spikofski Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder1950-1952273
Udo Lattek Flag of Germany.svg Forward1955-195762
Heinz Höher Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder/Forward1957-196315560
Zvonko Bego Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Midfielder1960-1969171
Uwe Klimaschefski Flag of Germany.svg Forward1960-19632510
Manfred Manglitz Flag of Germany.svg Goalkeeper1961-1963260
Werner Görts Flag of Germany.svg Forward1962-1965418
Werner Biskup Flag of Germany.svg Defender1962-1965303
Franz-Josef Wolfframm Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder1964-196600
Dieter Fern Flag of Germany.svg Forward1965-196740
Leo Wilden Flag of Germany.svg Defender1966-196900
Zvonko Bego Flag of Croatia.svg Midfielder1968-1969171
Dieter Ferner Flag of Germany.svg Goalkeeper1968-197340
Harald Klose Flag of Germany.svg Forward1968-196900
Pavle Kiš Flag of Serbia.svg Forward1969-197000
Burkhard Segler Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder1970-197200
Herbert Mühlenberg Flag of Germany.svg Forward1972-197400
Gerhard Kentschke Flag of Germany.svg Forward/Midfielder1973-1977485
Walter Posner Flag of Germany.svg Defender1975-19842745
Theodor Rielander Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder1975-1978442
Dieter Herzog Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder1976-198319329
Jürgen Gelsdorf Flag of Germany.svg Defender1976-198629626
Peter Hermann Flag of Germany.svg Forward1976-198421532
Thomas Hörster Flag of Germany.svg Defender1977-199140426
Kurt Eigl Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder1979-1982392
Dietmar Demuth Flag of Germany.svg Defender1979-19839214
Jürgen Glowacz Flag of Germany.svg Defender1979-19825313
Arne Larsen Økland Flag of Norway.svg Forward1980-198310143
Mathias Hönerbach Flag of Germany.svg Defender1980-198100
Valentin Herr Flag of Germany.svg Goalkeeper1980-198220
Christian Sackewitz Flag of Germany.svg Forward1981-1982202
Jürgen Röber Flag of Germany.svg Forward1982–198610518
Helmut Winklhofer Flag of Germany.svg Defender1982-1985905
Rüdiger Vollborn Flag of Germany.svg Goalkeeper1982-19994010
Herbert Waas Flag of Germany.svg Forward1982-198920972
Rudolf Wojtowicz Flag of Poland.svg Defender1982-1986762
Frank Saborowski Flag of Germany.svg Defender1982-1984410
Cha Bum-kun Flag of South Korea.svg Forward1983-198918552
Ulrich Bittorf Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder1983-1984373
Dieter Bast Flag of Germany.svg Defender/Midfelder/Forward1983-1986712
Thomas Zechel Flag of Germany.svg Midfilder/Defender1983-1988706
Wolfgang Patzke Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder/Forward1983-1986595
Roman Geszlecht Flag of Poland.svg Defender1983-1985491
Christian Schreier Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder1984-199120363
Falko Götz Flag of Germany.svg Forward1984–198811526
Florian Hinterberger Flag of Germany.svg Midfelder1984-19901052
Anders Giske Flag of Norway.svg Defender1984-1985291
Alois Reinhardt Flag of Germany.svg Defender1984–19911561
Stefan Kohn Flag of Germany.svg Forward1984-1985

1986-1987

182
Minas Hantzidis Flag of Greece.svg Midfielder1985-1988241
Günter Drews Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder1985-1987461
Peter Zanter Flag of Germany.svg Defender1985-1988400
Knut Reinhardt Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder1986–19911185
Wolfgang Rolff Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder1986–1989999
Jean-Pierre de Keyser Flag of Germany.svg Defender1986-1990811
Dirk Rehbein Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder1986-198820
Bernd Dreher Flag of Germany.svg Goalkeeper1986-199090
Jürgen Luginger Flag of Germany.svg Defender1986-198710
Christian Hausmann Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder/Forward1986-1988562
Erich Seckler Flag of Germany.svg Defender1987–1992862
Tita Flag of Brazil.svg Forward1987–19882110
Ralf Falkenmayer Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder1987-1989487
Klaus Täuber Flag of Germany.svg Forward1987-1989318
Andrzej Buncol Flag of Poland.svg Midfielder1987-199212314
Marcus Feinbier Flag of Germany.svg Forward1987-1992693
Marek Leśniak Flag of Poland.svg Forward1988–199211920
Terje Olsen Flag of Norway.svg Midfielder1988-199010
Oliver Pagé Flag of Germany.svg Defender1988-199161
Claus-Dieter Wollitz Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder1988-198970
Manfred Kastl Flag of Germany.svg Forward1988-1989266
Andreas Fischer Flag of Germany.svg Defender1989–199415113
Jorginho Flag of Brazil.svg Defender1989–1992879
Martin Kree Flag of Germany.svg Defender1989–199415622
Markus von Ahlen Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder Defender1989-1993241
Heiko Herrlich Flag of Germany.svg Forward1989-1993756
Holger Aden Flag of Germany.svg Forward198920
Dirk Heinen Flag of Germany.svg Goalkeeper1990–19991070
Franco Foda Flag of Germany.svg Defender1990–199411310
Ulf Kirsten Flag of Germany.svg Forward1990–2003350182
Andreas Thom Flag of Germany.svg Forward1990–199516136
Ioan Lupescu Flag of Romania.svg Midfielder1990–19961844
René Rydlewicz Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder1990-1994

1996-1997

282
Christian Wörns Flag of Germany.svg Defender1991–199821113
Markus Happe Flag of Germany.svg Defender1991–19991888
Stephan Hanke Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder1991-199410
Heiko Scholz Flag of Germany.svg Defender1992–1995755
Pavel Hapal Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Midfielder1992–19958613
Josef Nehl Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder1992–1996565
Uwe Stöver Flag of Germany.svg Defender1992-199391
Mario Tolkmitt Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder1992-1996550
Paulo Sérgio Flag of Brazil.svg Forward1993–199712147
Bernard Schuiteman Flag of the Netherlands.svg Defender1993-199560
Bernd Schuster Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder1993–1996598
Taifour Diané Flag of Guinea.svg Forward1993-199510
Ralf Becker Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder1993-1995231
Guido Hoffmann Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder1993182
Hans-Peter Lehnhoff Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder1994–200013911
Rudi Völler Flag of Germany.svg Forward1994–19966226
Mike Rietpietsch Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder1994-1997220
Walter Junghans Flag of Germany.svg Goalkeeper199400
Claudio Reyna Flag of the United States.svg Midfielder1994-1999260
Markus Anfang Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder1994-199500
Thomas Dooley Flag of the United States.svg Defender1994-1995213
Markus Kurth Flag of Germany.svg Forward1994-199520
Markus Münch Flag of Germany.svg Defender/Midfielder1994-1996573
Markus Feldhoff Flag of Germany.svg Forward1995–19987714
Ramon Menezes Flag of Brazil.svg Midfielder1995-1996151
Sebastian Barnes Flag of Ghana.svg Midfielder1995-199600
Rodrigo Chagas Flag of Brazil.svg Midfielder/Defender1995-1996271
Sebastian Helbig Flag of Germany.svg Forward1995-199820
Daniel Addo Flag of Ghana.svg Midfielder1995-199800
Thomas Vana Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder199500
Pete Marino Flag of the United States.svg Forward1995-199600
Niko Kovač Flag of Croatia.svg Midfielder1996–1999778
Robert Kovač Flag of Croatia.svg Defender1996–20011271
Manuel Cardoni Flag of Luxembourg.svg Midfielder1996-199810
Zé Elias Flag of Brazil.svg Midfielder1996-1997230
Jan Heintze Flag of Denmark.svg Defender1996-1999875
Lars Leese Flag of Germany.svg Goalkeeper1996-199700
Daniel Schumann Flag of Germany.svg Defender1996-199700
Erik Meijer Flag of the Netherlands.svg Forward1996–19998416
Stefan Beinlich Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder1997–20008024
Emerson Flag of Brazil.svg Midfielder1997–20008811
Paulo Rink Flag of Brazil.svg Forward1997–20018829
Artyom Bezrodny Flag of Russia.svg Midfielder1997-199800
Boris Živković Flag of Croatia.svg Defender1997-20031449
Thorsten Nehrbauer Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder1997-199800
Dirk Lottner Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder1997-1998172
Jörg Schmadtke Flag of Germany.svg Goalkeeper1997-199800
Zé Roberto Flag of Brazil.svg Midfielder1998–200211317
Adam Matysek Flag of Poland.svg Goalkeeper1998–2001780
Bent Skammelsrud Flag of Norway.svg Midfielder199880
Mehdi Pashazadeh Flag of Iran.svg Defender1998-199900
Zoran Mamić Flag of Croatia.svg Midfielder/Defender1998-2000150
Jörg Reeb Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder/Defender1998-2001541
Dariush Yazdani Flag of Iran.svg Midfielder1998-199900
Adam Ledwoń Flag of Poland.svg Midfielder1998-1999100
Aaron Mokoena Flag of South Africa.svg Midfielder/Defender1998-199900
Thomas Brdarić Flag of Germany.svg Forward1999–20038214
Oliver Neuville Flag of Germany.svg Forward1999–200416542
Bernd Schneider Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder1999-200923535
Frankie Hejduk Flag of the United States.svg Defender/Midfielder1999-2003191
Vratislav Greško Flag of Slovakia.svg Defender1999-2000150
Michael Ballack Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder1999-2002

2010-2012

352
Frank Juric Flag of Australia (converted).svg Goalkeeper1999-2004110
Torben Hoffmann Flag of Germany.svg Defender1999-2000190
John Thorrington Flag of the United States.svg Midfielder1999-200100
Robson Ponte Flag of Brazil.svg Midfielder1999-2005796
Mirosław Spiżak Flag of Poland.svg Forward1999-200000
Pascal Zuberbühler Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Goalkeeper2000-2001140
Marko Babić Flag of Croatia.svg Midfielder2000–200714413
Jurica Vranješ Flag of Croatia.svg Midfielder2000–2003460
Pascal Ojigwe Flag of Nigeria.svg Defender/Midfider2000-2003300
Landon Donovan Flag of the United States.svg Midfielder/Forward2000-200570
Cha Du-ri Flag of South Korea.svg Defender/Midfielder2000-200200
Ali Mousavi Flag of Iran.svg Forward200000
Marquinhos Flag of Brazil.svg Midfielder2000-2005316
Tom Starke Flag of Germany.svg Goalkeeper2000-200600
Markus Daun Flag of Germany.svg Forward2000-200130
Anel Džaka Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder2000-200330
Hans-Jörg Butt Flag of Germany.svg Goalkeeper2001-20071917
Yıldıray Baştürk Flag of Turkey.svg Midfielder2001–2004738
Lúcio Flag of Brazil.svg Defender2001-20049215
Diego Placente Flag of Argentina.svg Defender2001-20051233
Dimitar Berbatov Flag of Bulgaria.svg Forward2001-200615469
Joey DiGiamarino Flag of the United States.svg Defender2001-200200
Thorsten Burkhardt Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder2001-200200
Zoltán Sebescen Flag of Germany.svg Defender/Midfielder2001-2004323
Hüzeyfe Doğan Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder2001-200300
Ioannis Masmanidis Flag of Greece.svg / Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder2001-2004140
Thomas Kleine Flag of Germany.svg Defender2001-2003100
Thorsten Wittek Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder2001-200210
Daniel Bierofka Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder2002–20057812
França Flag of Brazil.svg Forward2002–200510229
Juan Flag of Brazil.svg Defender2002–200713910
Christoph Preuß Flag of Germany.svg Defender/Midfielder2002-200340
Jan Šimák Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Midfielder2002-2003223
Daniel Bierofka Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder2002-20057811
Emanuel Pogatetz Flag of Austria.svg Defender2002-200500
Nasir El Kasmi Flag of Morocco.svg Midfielder2002-200300
Jan-Ingwer Callsen-Bracker Flag of Germany.svg Defender2002-2008362
Radosław Kałużny Flag of Poland.svg Defender2003–2004120
Sebastian Schoof Flag of Germany.svg Forward200372
Teddy Lučić Flag of Sweden.svg Defender2003-2005110
Džemal Berberović Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Defender2003-200500
Cris Flag of Brazil.svg Defender200320
Clemens Fritz Flag of Germany.svg Defender/Midfielder2003-2006432
Paul Freier Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder2004–200811117
Jacek Krzynówek Flag of Poland.svg Midfielder2004–2006529
Andriy Voronin Flag of Ukraine.svg Forward2004–20079232
Jermaine Jones Flag of the United States.svg Midfielder2004-200550
Paul Freier Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder2004-200811217
Roque Júnior Flag of Brazil.svg Defender2004-2007350
Tranquillo Barnetta Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Midfielder2004-201218723
Sezer Öztürk Flag of Turkey.svg Midfielder2004-200670
Gonzalo Castro Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder2005–201528625
Ahmed Reda Madouni Flag of Algeria.svg Defender2005-2007293
Simon Rolfes Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder2005-201528841
Danko Lazović Flag of Serbia.svg Forward200590
Josip Tadić Flag of Croatia.svg Forward2005-200610
Athirson Flag of Brazil.svg Midfielder/Defender2005-2007302
Stefan Kießling Flag of Germany.svg Forward2006–2018344131
Pirmin Schwegler Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Midfielder2006–2009460
Assimiou Touré Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Defender2006-201020
Sergej Barbarez Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Forward2006-20086111
Karim Haggui Flag of Tunisia.svg Defender2006-2009593
Michal Papadopulos Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Forward2006-2008190
Fredrik Stenman Flag of Sweden.svg Defender2006-2007280
Benedikt Fernandez Flag of Germany.svg Goalkeeper2006-201160
Manuel Friedrich Flag of Germany.svg Defender2007–201314711
Theofanis Gekas Flag of Greece.svg Forward2007–20105013
Arturo Vidal Flag of Chile.svg Midfielder2007–201111715
Michal Kadlec Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Defender2007–20131288
Dmitri Bulykin Flag of Russia.svg Forward2007-2008152
Hans Sarpei Flag of Ghana.svg Defender2007-2010420
Ricardo Faty Flag of Senegal.svg Midfielder200720
Marcel Risse Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder2007-201130
Atanas Kurdov Flag of Bulgaria.svg Forward2007-20104614
Patrick Helmes Flag of Germany.svg Forward2008–20115728
Renato Augusto Flag of Brazil.svg Midfielder2008-20121019
Henrique Flag of Brazil.svg Defender2008-2009270
Constant Djakpa Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Defender2008-201190
Stefan Reinartz Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder/Defender2008-201514511
Anderson Bamba Flag of Brazil.svg Defender2008-201000
Richard Sukuta-Pasu Flag of Germany.svg Forward2008-201140
Bastian Oczipka Flag of Germany.svg Defender2008-201290
Toni Kroos Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder2009–20104310
Daniel Schwaab Flag of Germany.svg Defender2009–2013960
Sami Hyypiä Flag of Finland.svg Defender2009-2011533
Gábor Király Flag of Hungary.svg Goalkeeper200900
Angelos Charisteas Flag of Greece.svg Forward2009131
Tomasz Bobel Flag of Poland.svg Goalkeeper2009-201100
Gonzalo Vásquez Flag of Chile.svg Midfielder/Forward2009-201100
Burak Kaplan Flag of Turkey.svg / Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder2009-201142
Lars Bender Flag of Germany.svg Defender/Midfielder2009-202125622
Fabian Giefer Flag of Germany.svg Goalkeeper2009-201260
Eren Derdiyok Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Forward2009-2012

2013-2014

9025
Sidney Sam Flag of Germany.svg Forward2010–20149224
Thanos Petsos Flag of Greece.svg Midifielder2010-201210
Kevin Kampl Flag of Slovenia.svg Midfielder2010-2011

2015-2017

534
Nicolai Jørgensen Flag of Denmark.svg Forward2010-2012100
Lucas Rocha Flag of Brazil.svg Defender2010-201200
Bernd Leno Flag of Germany.svg Goalkeeper2011–20182330
David Yelldell Flag of the United States.svg Goalkeeper2011-201610
Hajime Hosogai Flag of Japan.svg Midfielder/Defender2011-2013170
Michael Ortega Flag of Colombia.svg Midfielder2011-201370
Karim Bellarabi Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder2011-202321534
Ömer Toprak Flag of Turkey.svg Defender2011-20171545
Danny da Costa Flag of Germany.svg Defender2011-201260
Vedran Ćorluka Flag of Croatia.svg Defender201270
Dani Carvajal Flag of Spain.svg Defender2012-2013321
Niklas Lomb Flag of Germany.svg Goalkeeper2012-20
Samed Yeşil Flag of Germany.svg Forward201210
Junior Fernandes Flag of Chile.svg Forward2012-201460
Sebastian Boenisch Flag of Poland.svg Defender2012-2016603
Okan Aydın Flag of Turkey.svg Forward2012-201310
Kolja Pusch Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder2012-201300
Philipp Wollscheid Flag of Germany.svg Defender2012-2015512
Julian Riedel Flag of Germany.svg Defender2012-201300
Dominik Kohr Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder/Defender2012-2015

2017-2019

461
Heung Min Son Flag of South Korea.svg Forward2013–20156221
Kostas Stafylidis Flag of Greece.svg Midfielder/Defender2013-201510
Roberto Hilbert Flag of Germany.svg Defender/Midifielder2013-2017581
Andrés Palop Flag of Spain.svg Goalkeeper2013-201400
Giulio Donati Flag of Italy.svg Defender2013-2016430
Emir Spahić Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Defender2013-2015493
Robbie Kruse Flag of Australia (converted).svg Forward/Midfielder2013-2017212
Emre Can Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder/Defender2013-2014293
Arkadiusz Milik Flag of Poland.svg Forward2013-201560
Levin Öztunalı Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder2013-2016150
Malcolm Cacutalua Flag of Germany.svg Defender2013-201600
Jonas Meffert Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder2013-201400
Julian Brandt Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder2014–201916534
Hakan Çalhanoğlu Flag of Turkey.svg Midfielder2014-20177917
Vladlen Yurchenko Flag of Ukraine.svg Midfielder2014-2018131
Kyriakos Papadopoulos Flag of Greece.svg Defender2014-2015

2015-2017

160
Ryu Seung-woo Flag of South Korea.svg Forward2014

2014-2017

00
Wendell Flag of Brazil.svg Defender2014-20211867
Tin Jedvaj Flag of Croatia.svg Defender2014-2015

2015-2021

721
Dario Krešić Flag of Croatia.svg Goalkeeper2014-201610
Josip Drmić Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Forward2014-2015256
Alexander Mühling Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder201400
Javier Hernández Flag of Mexico.svg Forward2015-20175428
Jonathan Tah Flag of Germany.svg Defender2015-202529115
André Ramalho Flag of Brazil.svg Defender2015-2018220
Benjamin Henrichs Flag of Germany.svg Defender/Midfielder2015-2018620
Charles Aránguiz Flag of Chile.svg Midfielder2015-202316810
Marlon Frey Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder2015-201890
Admir Mehmedi Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Forward2015-2018627
Patrik Džalto Flag of Germany.svg Forward2015-201700
Kai Havertz Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder2016–202011836
Julian Baumgartlinger Flag of Austria.svg Midfielder2016-20221155
Ramazan Özcan Flag of Austria.svg Goalkeeper2016-202030
Joel Pohjanpalo Flag of Finland.svg Forward2016-2022237
Joel Abu Hanna Flag of Israel.svg Defender2016-201700
Aleksandar Dragović Flag of Austria.svg Defender2016-2021713
Kevin Volland Flag of Germany.svg Forward2016-202011544
Andrejs Cigaņiks Flag of Latvia.svg Midfielder/Defender2016-201700
Leon Bailey Flag of Jamaica.svg Midfielder2017-202111928
Lucas Alario Flag of Argentina.svg Forward2017-202212642
Panagiotis Retsos Flag of Greece.svg Defender2017-2022311
Sven Bender Flag of Germany.svg Defender/Midfielder2017-20211074
Lukas Hradecky Flag of Finland.svg Goalkeeper2018-2210
Paulinho Flag of Brazil.svg Forward/Midfielder2018-2023578
Isaac Kiese Thelin Flag of Sweden.svg Forward2018-201960
Tomasz Kucz Flag of Poland.svg Goalkeeper2018-201900
Jakub Bednarczyk Flag of Poland.svg Defender2018-201900
Adrian Stanilewicz Flag of Poland.svg Midfielder2018-202000
Sandra Jessen Flag of Iceland.svg Midfielder2019-2021341
Moussa Diaby Flag of France.svg Midfielder2019-202312531
Daley Sinkgraven Flag of the Netherlands.svg Defender/Midfielder2019-2023590
Nadiem Amiri Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder2019-20241058
Kerem Demirbay Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder2019-202310810
Jan Boller Flag of Germany.svg Defender201900
Edmond Tapsoba Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Defender2020-1553
Patrik Schick Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Forward2020-11962
Florian Wirtz Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder2020-202514035
Samed Onur Flag of Turkey.svg Midfielder2020-202100
Santiago Arias Flag of Colombia.svg Defender2020-202110
Lennart Grill Flag of Germany.svg Goalkeeper2020-202350
Ayman Azhil Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder2020-202310
Emrehan Gedikli Flag of Germany.svg Forward2020-202210
Exequiel Palacios Flag of Argentina.svg Midfielder2020-10611
Cem Türkmen Flag of Germany.svg / Flag of Turkey.svg Midfielder2020-202100
Andrey Lunyov Flag of Russia.svg Goalkeeper2021-202320
Timothy Fosu-Mensah Flag of the Netherlands.svg Defender/Midfielder2021-2024230
Piero Hincapié Flag of Ecuador.svg Defender2021-1135
Sadik Fofana Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Defender/Midfielder2021-202500
Demarai Gray Flag of Jamaica.svg Midfielder2021101
Iker Bravo Flag of Spain.svg Forward2021-202410
Zidan Sertdemir Flag of Denmark.svg Midfielder2021-202330
Mitchel Bakker Flag of the Netherlands.svg Defender/Midfielder2021-2023534
Odilon Kossounou Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Defender2021-2025731
Jeremie Frimpong Flag of the Netherlands.svg Midfielder/Defender2021-202513323
Callum Hudson-Odoi Flag of England.svg Midfielder2022-2023140
Sardar Azmoun Flag of Iran.svg Forward2022-2024325
Jardell Kanga Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Forward2022-202400
Adam Hložek Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Forward/Midfielder2022-2024527
Josip Stanišić Flag of Croatia.svg Defender2023-2024203
Gustavo Puerta Flag of Colombia.svg Midfielder2023-70
Noah Mbamba Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Midfielder/Defender2023-40
Matěj Kovář Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Goalkeeper2023-30
Nathan Tella Flag of Nigeria.svg Midfielder2023-497
Granit Xhaka Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Midfielder2023-655
Arthur Flag of Brazil.svg Defender2023-130
Victor Boniface Flag of Nigeria.svg Forward2023-4222
Ayman Aourir Flag of Morocco.svg Midfielder2023-202400
Ken Izekor Flag of Germany.svg Forward2023-00
Patrick Pentz Flag of Austria.svg Goalkeeper2023-202400
Madi Monamay Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Defender2023-202400
Álex Grimaldo Flag of Spain.svg Defender2023-6412
Jonas Hofmann Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder2023-427
Nordi Mukiele Flag of France.svg Defender2024-80
Martin Terrier Flag of France.svg Midfielder/Forward2024-152
Jeanuël Belocian Flag of France.svg Defender/Midfielder2024-50
Borja Iglesias Flag of Spain.svg Forward202470
Artem Stepanov Flag of Ukraine.svg Forward2024-00
Kerim Alajbegović Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Forward2024-00
Aleix García Flag of Spain.svg Midfielder2024-273
Alejo Sarco Flag of Argentina.svg Forward2025-00
Emiliano Buendía Flag of Argentina.svg Midfielder2025112
Mario Hermoso Flag of Spain.svg Defender202540
Mark Flekken Flag of the Netherlands.svg Goalkeeper2025-00
Abdoulaye Faye Flag of Senegal.svg Defender2025-00
Axel Tape Flag of France.svg Midfielder2025-00
Ibrahim Maza Flag of Algeria.svg Forward2025-00
Jarell Quansah Flag of England.svg Defender2025-00

World Cup players

The following players have been selected by their country for the FIFA World Cup finals, while playing for Bayer Leverkusen.

References