Mara Alber
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 6 September 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Brackenheim, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | 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 | 1 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Germany U15 | 3 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | Germany U17 | 20 | (7) |
| 2023 | Germany U19 | 14 | (7) |
| 2024– | Germany U20 | 4 | (3) |
| 2025– | Germany U23 | 2 | (1) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 00:00, 12 June 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 12:37, 18 July 2025 (UTC) | |||
Mara Alber (German: [ˈmaːʁa ˈalbɐ]; born 6 September 2005) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Women's Super League club Chelsea.[1]
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.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4] The transfer involved an undisclosed but reportedly "considerable" fee, facilitated by an exit clause in her TSG Hoffenheim contract.
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 12 June 2025
| 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 | – | 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 |
| Career total | 69 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 73 | 20 | ||
Honours
Germany U17
Germany U19
- UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship runner-up: 2023[5]
Individual
- Fritz Walter Medal U17 Silber: 2022[6]
References
- ^ "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.”
- ^ "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