{{Short description|German footballer (born 2005)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Mara Alber | image = | full_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2005|09|06|df=yes}} | birth_place = Brackenheim, Germany | height = 1.78 m | position = Midfielder | currentclub = Werder Bremen<br/>(on loan from Chelsea) | clubnumber = | youthclubs1 = TGV Dürrenzimmern | youthyears2 = 2016–2017 | youthclubs2 = TSG Hoffenheim | youthyears3 = 2017–2019 | youthclubs3 = VfB Eppingen | youthyears4 = 2019–2020 | youthclubs4 = FC Astoria Walldorf | youthyears5 = 2020–2021 | youthclubs5 = SpVgg Neckarelz | years1 = 2021–2023 | clubs1 = TSG Hoffenheim II | caps1 = 36 | goals1 = 14 | years2 = 2022–2025 | clubs2 = TSG Hoffenheim | caps2 = 33 | goals2 = 6 | years3 = 2025– | clubs3 = Chelsea | caps3 = 0 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2026 | clubs4 = → Werder Bremen (loan) | caps4 = 12 | goals4 = 2 | nationalyears1 = 2019 | nationalteam1 = Germany U15 | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | nationalyears2 = 2021–2022 | nationalteam2 = Germany U17 | nationalcaps2 = 20 | nationalgoals2 = 7 | nationalyears3 = 2023 | nationalteam3 = Germany U19 | nationalcaps3 = 14 | nationalgoals3 = 8 | nationalyears4 = 2024– | nationalteam4 = Germany U20 | nationalcaps4 = 4 | nationalgoals4 = 3 | nationalyears5 = 2025– | nationalteam5 = Germany U23 | nationalcaps5 = 9 | nationalgoals5 = 3 | club-update = 20:00, 17 May 2026 (UTC) | nationalteam-update = 12:37, 12 April 2026 (UTC) }}

'''Mara Alber''' ({{IPA|de|ˈmaːʁa ˈalbɐ|lang}};<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/reel/DN3EXz1xEMJ/?igsh=MTZkcWo2Z2dvdTg0MA==|title=Chelsea player pronunciations 😅 🗣️|publisher=Chelsea F.C. Women|website=Instagram|date=27 August 2025}}</ref> born 6 September 2005) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga side Werder Bremen, on loan from Women's Super League club Chelsea, and the Germany under-23 national team.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Welcome to Chelsea, Mara Alber! |url=https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/article/welcome-to-chelsea-mara-alber |access-date=2025-06-11 |website=www.chelseafc.com |language=en-gb}}</ref>

==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.<ref>[https://www.tsg-hoffenheim.de/aktuelles/news/2021/05/neue-talente-fuer-die-u20/ ''Neue Talente für die U20''] auf tsg-hoffenheim.de</ref> 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.{{citation needed|date=July 2025}} The German finished her debut season with seven goals in 18 appearances and repeated the exact same statistics the following year.{{citation needed|date=July 2025}}

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.<ref>[https://www.tsg-hoffenheim.de/aktuelles/news/2023/05/naechster-schritt-fuer-alber-und-janzen/ ''Nächster Schritt für Alber und Janzen''] auf tsg-hoffenheim.de</ref>{{citation needed|date=July 2025}} 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.<ref name="chelsea-alber">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.”</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Werder Bremen leiht Top-Talent Mara Alber von Chelsea |trans-title=Werder Bremen signs top talent Mara Alber on loan from Chelsea |url=https://www.kicker.de/werder-leiht-top-talent-alber-von-chelsea-1180222/artikel#omrss |website=Kicker |access-date=7 January 2026 |language=German |date=6 January 2026}}</ref>

==Career statistics==

===Club=== {{updated|match played 17 May 2026}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ! rowspan="2" |Club ! rowspan="2" |Season ! colspan="3" |League ! colspan="2" |Cup ! colspan="2" |Total |- !Division !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals |- | rowspan="3" |TSG Hoffenheim II |2021–22 |2. Bundesliga |18 |7 | colspan="2" |– |18 |7 |- |2022–23 |2. Bundesliga |18 |7 | colspan="2" |– |18 |7 |- ! colspan="2" |Total !36 !14 ! colspan="2" |– !36 !14 |- | rowspan="5" |TSG Hoffenheim |2021–22 |Bundesliga |1||0|| colspan="2" |–||1||0 |- |2022–23 |Bundesliga |6||0|| colspan="2" |– ||6||0 |- |2023–24 |Bundesliga |20||6||3||0||23||6 |- |2024–25 |Bundesliga |6||0||1||0||7||0 |- ! colspan="2" |Total !33!!6!!4!!0!!37!!6 |- |Chelsea ||2025–26 |Women's Super League |0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |- |Werder Bremen |2025–26 |Bundesliga |12||2|| colspan="2" |–||12||2 |- ! colspan="3" |Career total !81!!22!!4!!0!!85!!22 |}

==Honours== '''Germany U17''' *UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship: 2022

'''Germany U19''' *UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship runner-up: 2023<ref>{{cite web |title=Final: Spain - Germany |url=https://www.uefa.com/womensunder19/match/2037948--spain-vs-germany/ |website=UEFA |publisher=UEFA |access-date=14 December 2024 |date=30 July 2023}}</ref>

'''Individual''' *Fritz Walter Medal U17 Silber: 2022<ref>{{cite web |title=Fritz-Walter-Medaille: Gold für Brand, Adeyemi, Moukoko und Wirtz |url=https://www.kicker.de/fritz-walter-medaille-gold-fuer-brand-adeyemi-moukoko-und-wirtz-925002/artikel |website=Kicker |publisher=Olympia-Verlag |access-date=20 December 2024 |language=de |date=9 November 2022}}</ref> <references group="lower-alpha" responsive="1"></references> ==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [https://www.chelseafc.com/en/teams/profile/mara-alber Mara Alber] at Chelsea FC * {{DFB|383339|Mara Alber}} * {{soccerway|751895}}

{{SV Werder Bremen (women) squad}}

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