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.
On 13 February 2023, Bayern Munich announced the signing of Şehitler from Ravensburg for the following season on a two-year contract. 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. 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. On 12 March 2025, Alara extended her contract with Bayern Munich until 2027.
International career Born in Germany, Şehitler is of both Turkish and German descent. She helped the Germany under-17 national team win the 2022 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship.
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.
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.
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.
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. 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
+Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational CupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsBayern Munich II2023–242. Frauen-Bundesliga93–––932025–2610–––10Total103000000103Bayern Munich2023–24Frauen-Bundesliga302110–612024–251632051002342025–261632061102542026–275210101082Total40871132206211Career total501171132207214
International
+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsGermany202410202530Total40
Honours Bayern Munich Frauen-Bundesliga: 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26 DFB-Pokal: 2024–25, 2025–26 DFB-Supercup Frauen: 2025, 2026
Germany U17 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship: 2022
Germany U19 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship runner-up: 2023
Individual Fritz Walter Medal U17 Gold: 2023 Fritz Walter Medal U19 Gold: 2025 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2023
References
External links
Profile at the FC Bayern Munich website