Alara Şehitler
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 27 November 2006 | ||
| Place of birth | Ravensburg, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Bayern Munich | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2023 | FV Ravensburg | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023–2024 | Bayern Munich II | 9 | (3) |
| 2023– | Bayern Munich | 13 | (3) |
| 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 | 2 | (0) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 February 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:13, 5 April 2025 (UTC) | |||
Alara Şehitler (born 27 November 2006) is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for Frauen-Bundesliga club Bayern.
Club career
A native of Ravensburg, Germany, as a youth player Şehitler joined the youth academy of FV Ravensburg, where she played for the boys' team.[1] In 2023, she started her senior career with the reserve team of Bayern Munich, before playing for the first team shortly thereafter.
International career
Born in Germany, Şehitler is of both Turkish and German descent.[2] She helped the Germany women's national under-17 football team win the 2022 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship.[3] On 29 November 2024, she debuted for the Germany women's national football team during a 6-0 away friendly win over the Switzerland women's national football team.
Style of play
Alara 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.[4]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 9 February 2025[5]
| Club | Season | League | DFB Pokal | Continental[a] | Other[b] | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Bayern Munich II | 2023–24 | 2. Frauen-Bundesliga | 9 | 3 | – | – | – | 9 | 3 | |||
| Bayern Munich | 2023–24 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 6 | 1 | |
| 2024–25 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | |
| Total | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | ||
| Career total | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 8 | ||
- ^ Includes UEFA Champions League
- ^ Includes DFB-Supercup
International
- As of 4 April 2022[6]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 2 | 0 | |
Honours
Bayern Munich
Germany U17
Germany U19
- UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship runner-up: 2023[8]
Individual
- Fritz Walter Medal U17 Gold: 2023[9]
- UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2023[10]
References
- ^ "Alara Sehitler: Nur am Telefon zittrig" [Alara Sehitler: Just shaking on the phone] (in German). Oberbayerisches Volksblatt. 29 November 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
- ^ "DFB-Frauen, Bayern-Karriere, Herkunft und Name". lomazoma.com. 28 November 2024.
- ^ ""Ich habe am ganzen Körper gezittert"" ["My whole body was shaking"] (in German). Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. 29 November 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
- ^ zippy86 (25 February 2023). "Bayern Munich Frauen sign teen phenom Alara Şehitler". Bavarian Football Works. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Alara Şehitler - Player Profile". datencenter.dfb.de. DFB. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
- ^ "Alara Şehitler". dfb.de. 14 December 2024.
- ^ "Daten zur Person – Alara Şehitler". datencenter.dfb.de (in German). DFB. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
- ^ "Final: Spain - Germany". UEFA. UEFA. 30 July 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
- ^ "Double gold! Franziska Kett & Alara Şehitler win Fritz Walter Medal". fcbayern.com. FC Bayern München. 8 September 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
- ^ "2023 Women's Under-19 EURO Team of the Tournament". UEFA. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
External links
- Profile at the FC Bayern Munich website
- Alara Şehitler at DFB (also available in German)
- Alara Şehitler at Soccerway
- Alara Şehitler at WorldFootball.net