Legendary Players & Icons
17 entries in the Bayer Leverkusen compendium.
Legendary Players & Icons — Era Chart
Lars RickenThe local hero who scored a legendary long-range strike to lift Dortmund's first ChampionsOliver KahnThe Titan of German goalkeepingZlatko ZahovičSlovenian attacking midfielder and all-time national team top scorer.LucioLucio: a given name and surname with Italian and Spanish origins.Xabi AlonsoSpanish midfield maestro turned top manager, led Bayer Leverkusen to an unbeaten double.Simon RolfesFrom defensive midfielder to managing director of sport at Bayer Leverkusen.Oliver NeuvilleGerman striker who scored crucial World Cup goals for Germany and played five seasons for Jürgen GelsdorfGerman football coach and former player, currently youth teams coordinator at Bayer 04 LevSami KhediraGerman World Cup winner and former Real Madrid, Juventus, and VfB Stuttgart midfielder.Thomas HitzlspergerGerman midfielder who won the Bundesliga with Stuttgart and later came out as the highest-Bernd SchusterGerman midfielder who played for Bayer Leverkusen from 1993 to 1996, but the club won no mMarco BodeA one-club man and fair player, Bode spent his entire career at Werder Bremen as a left wiClaudio PizarroThe highest-scoring Latin American in German football history.Michael BallackGerman midfield legend and three-time German Footballer of the Year.Patrick OwomoyelaGerman right-back who won two Bundesliga titles with Borussia Dortmund and earned 11 caps Karim BellarabiFastest goal in Bundesliga historyLukas PodolskiA powerful left foot and a World Cup winner's heart—Podolski's career spanned Köln, Bayern
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