Alara Şehitler

Alara Şehitler
Alara with Bayern Munich in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth (2006-11-27) 27 November 2006[1]
Place of birth Weingarten, Württemberg, Germany[1]
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Bayern Munich
Number 14
Youth career
–2023 FV Ravensburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023–2026 Bayern Munich II 10 (3)
2023– Bayern Munich 37 (6)
International career‡
2019 Germany U15 3 (1)
2021–2022 Germany U17 20 (8)
2023– Germany U19 13 (7)
2024– Germany U20 12 (2)
2025– Germany U23 1 (2)
2024– Germany 4 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 31 August 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 08:05, 29 November 2025 (UTC)

Alara Şehitler (born 27 November 2006), mononymously known as Alara, is a German professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Frauen-Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the Germany national team.

Club career

Alara began her footballing career at SG Aulendorf. As a youth player, she played for SV Weingarten and then joined the youth academy of FV Ravensburg, where she played for the boys' team.[2]

On 13 February 2023, Bayern Munich announced the signing of Şehitler from Ravensburg for the following season on a two-year contract.[3] She started her senior career with Bayern's reserve team, before playing for the first team shortly thereafter. Aged just 16, Alara made her Frauen-Bundesliga debut on 22 October during a 3–0 win at RB Leipzig and, in doing so, became Bayern's youngest-ever female player.[4] On 14 February 2024, she scored her first competitive goal for Bayern in a 6–0 DFB-Pokal Frauen victory against Kickers Offenbach. Alara scored a stoppage time winner to register her first league goal on 20 October as Bayern Munich beat Bayer Leverkusen 3–2.[5] On 12 March 2025, Alara extended her contract with Bayern Munich until 2027.[5]

International career

Born in Germany, Şehitler is of both Turkish and German descent.[6] She helped the Germany under-17 national team win the 2022 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship.[7]

She reached the 2023 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship final with Germany, losing on penalties to Spain to finish as runners-up. Şehitler scored twice at the tournament and her strong performances earned her an inclusion in the Team of the Tournament. In September 2023, it was announced that she had won the under-17 Fritz Walter Gold Medal.[8]

On 29 November 2024, Alara debuted for the Germany senior national team during a 6–0 away friendly win over Switzerland. In October 2025, she won a second Fritz Walter Gold Medal, this time in the under-19 age group, for her impressive performances over the past season.[9]

Style of play

Şehitler plays as a midfielder, specifically as an attacking midfielder. A left-footed player, Alara is known for her creativity, smooth touches, dribbling and passing skills and her powerful left-footed shots and freekicks.[10]

Personal life

In late 2024, Alara expressed her desire to remove her last name from her jersey and instead use her first name ("Alara") on the back of her football shirts, due to tasteless jokes and puns surrounding the sound and pronunciation of her second name.[11] The application was quickly approved by UEFA, and thus Alara began playing matches for both club and country with her first name on her jersey at the beginning of 2025. The decision saw her become the first player to use only her first name on her DfB jersey.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 31 August 2026[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] Continental[b] Other[c] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bayern Munich II 2023–24 2. Frauen-Bundesliga 93–––93
2025–26 10–––10
Total 103000000103
Bayern Munich 2023–24 Frauen-Bundesliga 302110–61
2024–25 163205100234
2025–26 163206110254
2026–27 2000001030
Total 3766112220579
Career total 47961122206712

International

As of 28 November 2025[12]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Germany 202410
202530
Total40

Honours

Bayern Munich

Germany U17

Germany U19

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Alara Spielerin-Steckbrief". kicker (in German). Retrieved 15 August 2026.
  2. ↑ "Alara Sehitler: Nur am Telefon zittrig" [Alara Sehitler: Just shaking on the phone] (in German). Oberbayerisches Volksblatt. 29 November 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  3. ↑ "FC Bayern Women sign up Alara Şehitler".
  4. ↑ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 3 February 2026.
  5. 1 2 "Alara Şehitler extends contract with FC Bayern Women".
  6. ↑ "DFB-Frauen, Bayern-Karriere, Herkunft und Name". lomazoma.com. 28 November 2024.
  7. ↑ ""Ich habe am ganzen Körper gezittert"" ["My whole body was shaking"] (in German). Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. 29 November 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  8. ↑ "Double gold! Franziska Kett & Alara Şehitler win Fritz Walter Medal".
  9. ↑ "Alara Şehitler, Luzie Zähringer & Marie Gmeineder win 2025 Fritz Walter Medals".
  10. ↑ zippy (25 February 2023). "Bayern Munich Frauen sign teen phenom Alara Şehitler". Bavarian Football Works. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  11. ↑ "FC Bayern: Star Sehitler ändert Namen auf Trikot". bild.de (in German). 4 March 2025. Retrieved 3 February 2026.
  12. 1 2 3 "Alara Şehitler - Player Profile". datencenter.dfb.de. DFB. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
  13. ↑ "FC Bayern Women retain Bundesliga title with victory at Union". onefootball.com. 22 April 2026. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
  14. ↑ "Cup winners 2025! FCB Women celebrate first double in club's history". fcbayern.com. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  15. ↑ "Cup winners 2026! FCB Women beat Wolfsburg 4-0 to seal second successive double". fcbayern.com. FC Bayern München. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  16. ↑ "Third Google Pixel Supercup triumph in a row! FCB Women beat Wolfsburg". fcbayern.com. FC Bayern München. Retrieved 15 August 2026.
  17. ↑ "Final: Spain - Germany". UEFA. UEFA. 30 July 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  18. ↑ "Double gold! Franziska Kett & Alara Şehitler win Fritz Walter Medal". fcbayern.com. FC Bayern München. 8 September 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  19. ↑ "Zwölf Talente mit Fritz-Walter-Medaillen ausgezeichnet". dfb.de (in German). DFB. 17 October 2025. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
  20. ↑ "2023 Women's Under-19 EURO Team of the Tournament". UEFA. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
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