Maria Luisa Grohs

Maria Luisa Grohs
Grohs with Bayern Munich in 2021
Personal information
Full name Maria Luisa Grohs
Date of birth (2001-06-13) 13 June 2001
Place of birth Münster, Germany
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 OL Lyonnes
Youth career
2016 1. FC Gievenbeck
2016–2019 VfL Bochum
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2025 Bayern Munich II 24 (0)
2019–2026 Bayern Munich 63 (0)
2026– OL Lyonnes 0 (0)
International career‡
2017 Germany U16 3 (0)
2017–2018 Germany U17 9 (0)
2019–2020 Germany U19 6 (0)
2025– Germany 0 (0)
2026– Germany U23 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 May 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 7 June 2026

Maria Luisa "Mala" Grohs (German pronunciation: [ˈgʁoːs]; born 13 June 2001) is a German footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Première Ligue club OL Lyonnes and the Germany national team.[1]

Club career

Youth

As a teenager, Grohs played for local club 1. FC Gievenbeck.[2][3]

In 2016, Grohs joined the youth division at VfL Bochum, where she played 17 games in the B-Juniorinnen-Bundesliga.[4] At the end of the 2016–17 season, the team got relegated to the B-Juniorinnen-Regionalliga West. Grohs played for Bochum for the next 2 seasons.[5]

Professional

Bayern Munich II

Mala Grohs with Bayern Munich in 2019.

For the 2019–20 season, Grohs moved to Frauen-Bundesliga side Bayern Munich.[6] At first, Grohs played for Bayern second team in the 2. Frauen-Bundesliga.[7] She made her debut on 11 August 2019, in a win 4:1 vs Eintracht Frankfurt second team.

Bayern Munich

On 30 January 2021, Grohs made her debut for the first team, in Bayern victory 13–0 over Walddörfer SV in the DFB-Pokal round-of-16.[8] On 17 April 2021, she made her Frauen-Bundesliga debut, in a defeat 3–2 to Hoffenheim.[9]

At the beginning of the 2022–23 season, Grohs became the first-choice goalkeeper at Bayern,[10] starting all the games. On 27 October 2022, in a match vs Benfica Lisbon in the group-stage of the Champions League, at a status of 2–2 in the 89th minute, Grohs saved a Benfica penalty, and minutes later Georgia Stanway scored the winner in a 3–2 win for FC Bayern.[11][12] She left the club by the end of the 2025–26 season.[13]

OL Lyonnes

On 12 June 2026, Grohs joined Première Ligue club OL Lyonnes on a one-year contract until 2027.[14]

International career

Since 2017, Grohs was a youth international for Germany on several selection levels. In addition, between 2015 and 2018, she played under the Westphalian Football and Athletics Association in the National Pokal.

On 16 February 2017, Grohs made her debut for Germany U16, in a win 2–1 over Portugal U16. 4 days later, she played in a defeat 2–0 to Netherlands U16. On 29 November 2017, she made her debut for Germany U17, in a win 4–1 vs Finland U17. From 30 August 2019 to 9 March 2020, Grohs took part in 6 games for Germany U19.[15]

In September 2022, Grohs was called up to train with the German national team for the first time.[16][17]

Personal life

Grohs is studying for a bachelor's degree at the Technical University of Munich; her initial choice was Aerospace Engineering, but in the end enrolled in Mechanical Engineering.[18] In an interview Grohs mentioned that she would have tried to get into the ESA space programme and train as an astronaut if she had not become a professional footballer.[19] In November 2024 she published that she had been diagnosed with a malignant tumor and that she would therefore be missing from the team indefinitely. As a result, her contract was extended by another year until 2026.[20] In December, she and FC Bayern announced that all medical measures and interventions were successful and that, ideally, she could start training again in January.[21][22] She returned to team training in January 2025.[23]

Career statistics

As of match played 10 May 2026[24]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League DFB-Pokal Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bayern Munich II 2019–20 2. Frauen-Bundesliga 100———100
2020–21 2. Frauen-Bundesliga 30———30
2021–22 2. Frauen-Bundesliga 90———90
2024–25 2. Frauen-Bundesliga 20———20
Total 240———240
Bayern Munich 2020–21 Frauen-Bundesliga 201000—30
2022–23 Frauen-Bundesliga 2104010[a]0—350
2023–24 Frauen-Bundesliga 210306[a]0—300
2024–25 Frauen-Bundesliga 100105[a]01[b]0170
2025–26 Frauen-Bundesliga 90002[a]0—110
Total 6309023010960
Career Total 87090230101200
  1. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in UEFA Women's Champions League
  2. ↑ Appearance in DFB-Supercup

Honours

Bayern Munich

References

  1. ↑ "Maria Luisa Grohs" (in German). DFB.de.
  2. ↑ Glocke, Die (29 December 2022). "Maria-Luisa Grohs – eine Münsteranerin im Bayern-Tor". www.die-glocke.de (in German). Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  3. ↑ Austermann, Von Jonas. "Maria Luisa Grohs: Münsteranerin erstmals für DFB-Auswahl nominiert". www.wn.de (in German). Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  4. ↑ "FCB women tie Julia Pollak and Maria Luisa Grohs".
  5. ↑ "FC Bayern Munich Women".
  6. ↑ "These are our newcomers – and their shirt numbers!".
  7. ↑ Maria Luisa Grohs in the homepage of FC Bayern Munich
  8. ↑ "Walddörfer SV Hamburg – Bayern München, 0:13, DFB-Pokal 2020/21 Achtelfinale". Deutscher Fußball-Bund. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  9. ↑ "Bayern München – TSG Hoffenheim, 2:3, FLYERALARM Frauen-Bundesliga 2020/21 17. Spieltag". Deutscher Fußball-Bund. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  10. ↑ Griebel, Ansgar (24 September 2022). ""Gut bezahlter Nebenjob": Münsteranerin Grohs steht im Bayern-Tor" (in German). muensterschezeitung.de.
  11. ↑ "Georgia Stanway late show proves Bayern Munich's credentials – DW – 10/28/2022". dw.com. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  12. ↑ zippy86 (30 September 2022). "Bayern Munich defeat Real Sociedad 3–1 to qualify for the UEFA Women's Champions League". Bavarian Football Works. Retrieved 16 January 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  13. ↑ "Mala Grohs verlässt die FC Bayern Frauen zum Saisonende" (in German). FC Bayern Munich. 5 May 2026.
  14. ↑ "Mercato : OL Lyonnes engage la gardienne Maria Luisa Grohs" (in French). Olympique & Lyonnais. 12 June 2026.
  15. ↑ "Germany – M. Grohs – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  16. ↑ zippy86 (30 September 2022). "Germany women's national team call-ups for October friendly vs France (Updated)". Bavarian Football Works. Retrieved 7 January 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  17. ↑ Austermann, Jonas (27 September 2022). ""Tolle Belohnung": Münsteranerin Grohs erstmals fürs DFB-Team nominiert" (in German). muensterschezeitung.de.
  18. ↑ "FC Bayern-Torfrau Maria Luisa Grohs studiert an der TUM Maschinenbau Kombination aus Spitzenfußball und Unistudium" (in German). 15 February 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  19. ↑ "FC Bayern Munich Women's First Team Profile". FC Bayern Official Website. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  20. ↑ "Mala Grohs fehlt auf unbestimmte Zeit" (in German). FC Bayern München. 16 November 2024.
  21. ↑ "Mala Grohs auf Genesungsweg" (in German). FC Bayern München. 22 December 2024.
  22. ↑ "Instagram". www.instagram.com.
  23. ↑ "Update Mala Grohs: Rückkehr ins Training" (in German). FC Bayern München. 14 January 2025.
  24. ↑ "Maria Luisa Grohs » Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  25. ↑ Mehta, Kalika; Ford, Matt (28 May 2023). "Women's Bundesliga: Bayern Munich's title reveals problems". Deutsche Welle (dw.com). Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  26. ↑ "Up close: Our VLOG on trophy presentation at Hoffenheim". fcbayern.com. FC Bayern München. 23 May 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  27. ↑ "FC Bayern Women retain Bundesliga title with victory at Union". onefootball.com. 22 April 2026. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
  28. ↑ "Cup winners 2025! FCB Women celebrate first double in club's history". fcbayern.com. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  29. ↑ "Cup winners 2026! FCB Women beat Wolfsburg 4-0 to seal second successive double". fcbayern.com. FC Bayern München. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  30. ↑ "Google Pixel Supercup der Frauen, 2024, Finale". dfb.de. Deutscher Fußball-Bund. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
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