Claudio Pizarro - Oldie but goldie: the horse-loving Peruvian has long made Bremen hearts beat faster. His first spell at Werder lasted from 1999 to 2001, yielding 29 goals and a move to Bayern. In 2008 Piza returned on loan from Chelsea, became the club's top scorer and won the DFB Cup.
He stayed until 2012. After another stint with Bayern he put on the Bremen shirt once again in 2015. The on-off relationship lasted two more years, in which he became the club's record scorer and made his 400th Bundesliga appearance, a record for a foreign player. After an unhappy detour to Cologne, where he suffered relegation, he returned to Bremen yet again in 2018, celebrated his 41st birthday there and became the oldest scorer in Bundesliga history. Pizarro is a cult figure on the Weser.