Mara Alber
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 6 September 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Brackenheim, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Positions | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | VfL Wolfsburg (on loan from Chelsea) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| TGV Dürrenzimmern | |||
| 2016–2017 | TSG Hoffenheim | ||
| 2017–2019 | VfB Eppingen | ||
| 2019–2020 | FC Astoria Walldorf | ||
| 2020–2021 | SpVgg Neckarelz | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2023 | TSG Hoffenheim II | 36 | (14) |
| 2022–2025 | TSG Hoffenheim | 33 | (6) |
| 2025– | Chelsea | 0 | (0) |
| 2026 | → Werder Bremen (loan) | 12 | (2) |
| 2026– | → VfL Wolfsburg (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Germany U15 | 3 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | Germany U17 | 20 | (7) |
| 2023 | Germany U19 | 14 | (8) |
| 2024– | Germany U20 | 4 | (3) |
| 2025– | Germany U23 | 9 | (3) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:00, 5 July 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 12:37, 12 April 2026 (UTC) | |||
Mara Alber (German: [ˈmaːʁa ˈalbɐ];[1] born 6 September 2005) is a German professional footballer who plays as a left winger or forward for Frauen-Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg, on loan from Women's Super League side Chelsea, and the Germany under-23 national team.[2]
Career
Alber started playing football at the local multi-sports club TGV Dürrenzimmern. She then spent a year playing for TSG Hoffenheim's under-15s youth team before joining VfB Eppingen for three years. Afterwards, she spent a season each at FC Astoria Walldorf and SpVgg Neckarelz.
At the age of 15, Alber was signed by TSG Hoffenheim, for whose second team she would play from 2021 until 2023 in the 2. Bundesliga.[3] Three weeks before her 16th birthday, she made her senior debut in a 4–1 home win over SV Henstedt-Ulzburg on the first matchday and scored a brace. The German finished her debut season with seven goals in 18 appearances and repeated the exact same statistics the following year.
Alber made her Bundesliga debut for the first team in April 2022 during a 3–0 away win over Bayer Leverkusen, coming on as a late substitute.[4] She played six Bundesliga games for the club the 2022–23 season.
In June 2025, Chelsea confirmed the signing of the one time Under-17 Golden boot winner on a four-year deal, officially running from 1 July 2025 through 30 June 2029.[5] The transfer involved an undisclosed but reportedly "considerable" fee, facilitated by an exit clause in her TSG Hoffenheim contract.
Alber returned to the Bundesliga in January 2026, joining Werder Bremen on loan until the end of the season.[6] In August 2026, it was announced that Alber would spend the 2026–27 season on loan at VfL Wolfsburg.[7]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 17 May 2026
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| TSG Hoffenheim II | 2021–22 | 2. Bundesliga | 18 | 7 | – | 18 | 7 | |
| 2022–23 | 2. Bundesliga | 18 | 7 | – | 18 | 7 | ||
| Total | 36 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 14 | ||
| TSG Hoffenheim | 2021–22 | Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |
| 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 6 | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 20 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 6 | |
| 2024–25 | Bundesliga | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Total | 33 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 6 | ||
| Chelsea | 2025–26 | Women's Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Werder Bremen (loan) | 2025–26 | Bundesliga | 12 | 2 | – | 12 | 2 | |
| Career total | 81 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 85 | 22 | ||
Honours
Germany U17
Germany U19
- UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship runner-up: 2023[8]
Individual
- Fritz Walter Medal U17 Silber: 2022[9]
References
- ↑ "Chelsea player pronunciations 😅 🗣️". Instagram. Chelsea F.C. Women. 27 August 2025.
- ↑ "Welcome to Chelsea, Mara Alber!". www.chelseafc.com. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
- ↑ Neue Talente für die U20 auf tsg-hoffenheim.de
- ↑ Nächster Schritt für Alber und Janzen auf tsg-hoffenheim.de
- ↑ Chelsea FC (June 2025). “Welcome to Chelsea, Mara Alber!” Chelsea FC. “Chelsea is thrilled to confirm the signing … from TSG Hoffenheim on 1 July 2025.”
- ↑ "Werder Bremen leiht Top-Talent Mara Alber von Chelsea" [Werder Bremen signs top talent Mara Alber on loan from Chelsea]. Kicker (in German). 6 January 2026. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
- ↑ "Mara Alber moves on loan". Chelsea F.C. 14 August 2026. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
- ↑ "Final: Spain - Germany". UEFA. UEFA. 30 July 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
- ↑ "Fritz-Walter-Medaille: Gold für Brand, Adeyemi, Moukoko und Wirtz". Kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag. 9 November 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
External links
- Mara Alber at Chelsea FC
- Mara Alber at DFB (also available in German)
- Mara Alber at Soccerway
- 2005 births
- Living people
- People from Brackenheim
- 21st-century German sportswomen
- German women's footballers
- Footballers from Stuttgart (region)
- Women's association football midfielders
- Germany women's youth international footballers
- Frauen-Bundesliga players
- 2. Frauen-Bundesliga players
- TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (women) players
- Chelsea F.C. Women players
- SV Werder Bremen (women) players
- German expatriate women's footballers
- German expatriate sportspeople in England
- Expatriate women's footballers in England
- VfL Wolfsburg (women) players
- 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup players