Mara Alber

Mara Alber

Personal information
Date of birth	(2005-09-06) 6 September 2005 (age 19)
Place of birth	Brackenheim, Germany
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	TSG Hoffenheim
Number	11
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)
2021–	TSG Hoffenheim	30	(6)
International career^‡
2019	Germany U15	3	(1)
2021–2022	Germany U17	20	(7)
2023–	Germany U19	14	(7)
2024–	Germany U20	4	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:00, 20 December 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:00, 20 December 2024 (UTC)

Mara Alber (born 6 September 2005) is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for Frauen-Bundesliga club TSG Hoffenheim.^[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.^[3] The German finished her debut season with seven goals in 18 appearances and repeated the exact same statistics the following year.^[4]

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.^[5][6] She played six Bundesliga games for the club the 2022–23 season.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 15 April 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

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	17	6	3	0	20	6
	Total		24	6	3	0	27	6
Career total			60	20	3	0	63	20

Honours

Germany U17

• UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship: 2022

Germany U19

• UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship runner-up: 2023^[7]

Individual

• Fritz Walter Medal U17 Silber: 2022^[8]

References

1. Hoffenheim, TSG 1899 (19 February 2024). "Mara Alber". www.tsg-hoffenheim.de (in German). Retrieved 19 February 2024.
2. Neue Talente für die U20 auf tsg-hoffenheim.de
3. Spielpaarung auf soccerdonna.de
4. "Mara Alber - Leistungsdaten - Frauenfußball auf soccerdonna.de". www.soccerdonna.de. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
5. Nächster Schritt für Alber und Janzen auf tsg-hoffenheim.de
6. Spielpaarung auf soccerdonna.de
7. "Final: Spain - Germany". uefa.com. UEFA. 30 July 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
8. "Fritz-Walter-Medaille: Gold für Brand, Adeyemi, Moukoko und Wirtz". kicker.de (in German). Olympia-Verlag. 9 November 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2024.

External links

• Mara Alber at DFB (also available in German)
• Mara Alber at Soccerway