Most appearances with Manuel Neuer as a teammate

We take a look at the list of players who have played alongside Manuel Neuer on the most occasions during the goalkeeper's distinguished career.

• Thomas Muller

A stalwart of both Bayern Munich and the German national team, perhaps it is unsurprising to learn that Thomas Muller is Manuel Neuer's most frequent teammate during the towering goalkeeper's esteemed career.

35-year-old Muller came through Bayern's youth academy and has only ever represented the Bavarians during his club career, while the attacking midfielder was part of the Germany team which won the 2014 World Cup in Brazil alongside Neuer.

• Jerome Boateng

Another member of the victorious Germany World Cup squad of 2014, Jerome Boateng is the second most common teammate of Manuel Neuer.

A ball-playing defender capable of playing all across the back four, Boateng spent a decade as a Bayern Munich player between 2011 and 2021 - winning nine Bundesliga titles and two UEFA Champions League crowns.

• David Alaba

David Alaba is another player who was a long-term teammate of Neuer at Bayern Munich, spending 12 years in Bavaria before moving to Real Madrid as a free agent in 2021.

A versatile operator capable of playing at centre-back, left-back or in midfield, Alaba won nine successive Bundesliga titles at Bayern between 2012 and 2021.

• Joshua Kimmich

A teammate of Neuer for both club and country, Joshua Kimmich has been one of the faces of German football since being blooded into the Bayern Munich first team by Pep Guardiola.

Like ex-teammate Alaba, Kimmich is renowned for his versatility having often swapped between the positions of central midfield and right-back during his career.

• Rafinha

A dependable figure at right-back for Bayern Munich between 2011 and 2019, Rafinha won 18 honours as a teammate of Neuer during his spell with the Bavarian giants.

A technically proficient full-back, Rafinha benefited from Pep Guardiola's deployment of Philipp Lahm in midfield during the Catalan's tenure as Bayern manager.

• Robert Lewandowski

A talismanic figure during his eight-year stay at Bayern between 2014 and 2022, Robert Lewandowski was amongst the best strikers in the world during his time at the Munich outfit.

Polish icon Lewandowski hit an astounding 344 goals in 375 games in all competitions for Bayern.

• Philipp Lahm

A legend of Bayern Munich and Germany, Philipp Lahm is recognised as an all-time great of the game who lifted the World Cup trophy as his country's captain in Brazil in 2014.

Like Lahm, legendary goalkeeper Neuer has skippered both Bayern and the German national team during his decorated career.

• Serge Gnabry

A common theme on this list of Neuer's most frequent teammates, Serge Gnabry has played alongside the sweeper keeper for both Bayern and Germany.

A direct forward with blistering pace and outstanding dribbling ability, Gnabry was an integral member of the Bayern squad alongside Neuer which scooped the UEFA Champions League in 2020.

• Kingsley Coman

Frenchman Kingsley Coman was another pivotal player in Bayern's UEFA Champions League-winning campaign of 2019/20, scoring the all-important winner in a 1-0 win for the Bavarians over Paris Saint-Germain in the Lisbon final.

France international Coman remarkably won the domestic league title in his first 11 seasons as a professional for Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus and Bayern.

• Franck Ribery

A compatriot of Coman, Franck Ribery is arguably one of the finest players to have represented Bayern Munich this century.

One half of Bayern's famed wing duo along with Arjen Robben which inspired Bayern to the 2013 UEFA Champions League title, Ribery went on to finish third in that year's Ballon d'Or standings behind Lionel Messi and winner Cristiano Ronaldo.