 Bühl withGermany in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Klara Gabriele Bühl[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (2000-12-07)7 December 2000 (age 25) | ||
| Place of birth | Haßfurt, Germany[2] | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Bayern Munich | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010–2013 | SpVgg Untermünstertal | ||
| 2013–2016 | SC Freiburg | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2020 | SC Freiburg | 70 | (21) |
| 2020– | Bayern Munich | 117 | (33) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014–2015 | Germany U15 | 6 | (4) |
| 2015–2016 | Germany U16 | 4 | (1) |
| 2016 | Germany U17 | 9 | (4) |
| 2017 | Germany U19 | 11 | (5) |
| 2018 | Germany U20 | 6 | (1) |
| 2019– | Germany | 76 | (30) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14:32, 15 February 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 17:54, 3 December 2025 (UTC) | |||
Klara Gabriele Bühl (German pronunciation:[ˈklaːʁaˈbyːl]; born 7 December 2000) is a German professionalfootballer who plays as a leftwinger orforward forFrauen-Bundesliga clubBayern Munich and theGermany national team. She is widely recognised as one of the best wingers in Europe.
Bühl first played in various boys' teams at SpVgg Untermünstertal before moving to the youth department of the Bundesliga clubSC Freiburg in the summer of 2013. From the 2014–15 season on, she competed with the B-Juniors in the Bundesliga South and reached the German Championship semi-finals with the 2016 team. Bühl scored all three goals for Freiburg in their 3–2 second leg victory againstFSV Gütersloh, but the team missed out on the final after a 2–0 loss in the first leg.
Ahead of the 2016–17 season, Bühl moved up early to Freiburg's senior women's team and made her debut aged just 15 on 11 September 2016 (2nd matchday) in a 5–0 home victory againstMSV Duisburg in the Frauen-Bundesliga, replacing Lena Petermann off the bench. After she had been mainly used as a substitute in the 2016–17 campaign, Bühl established herself as a regular in Freiburg's starting eleven the following year.
The youngster scored her first three Bundesliga goals in a 7–0 away win over1. FC Köln on 1 October 2017 (4th matchday), netting the goals for 3–0, 4–0 and 5–0.[3] Bühl scored twice to help Freiburg reach the2018–19 DFB-Pokal Frauen final and played five times, including all of the final, which was lost 1-0 to holdersWolfsburg.
In April 2020, it was announced that Bühl would sign for fellow Bundesliga clubBayern Munich.[4] The following year, she signed a contract extension that would keep her at the club until 2025.[5]
Bühl scored 10 goals in all competitions in her first season as Bayern won the2020-21 Bundesliga title. In the years to follow, the forward firmly cemented herself as the side's first-choice left-winger. On 22 March 2022, Bühl became the first Bayern women's player to score at theAllianz Arena during aUEFA Women's Champions League quarter-final againstParis Saint-Germain.[6]
She was part of the Bayern side which went a record-breaking 44 matches unbeaten in the Frauen-Bundesliga from December 2021 to October 2024.[7] Die Frauen won both the2022-23 and2023-24 league titles respectively along the way, with Bühl registering over 20 assists across those two seasons.
On 25 August 2024, Bühl scored the winning goal as Bayern beat Wolfsburg 1-0 to win the2024DFB-Supercup, a competition held for the first time since 1997. She extended her contract at Bayern until 2027 on 11 March 2025.[8] Klara produced a fantastic2024-25 Frauen-Bundesliga campaign, registering the most assists (14) and the most direct goal involvements (21) in the league. This helped Bayern win their first-everdomestic double in this season. Bühl's consistent form earned her a2025 Ballon d'Or nomination, where she placed 19th in the final ranking. She was the only German to be nominated for the award that year.
Bühl made her debut for the national team on 23 April 2014 as part of the U-15 national team's friendly match against the Dutch team and scored her first three goals on 28 October 2014 in a 13–0 win over Scotland. After four appearances for the U-16 national team, in 2016 she was the youngest player in the German squad for the European Championship, which took place in Belarus from 4 to 16 May 2016. She played in all five matches and won theUnder-17 European Championship title after a 3–2 final victory in penalty shootout against theSpanish team. Bühl was also part of the German line-up for the2016 U-17 World Cup in Jordan and reached the quarter-finals with the team where Spain lost 2–1.
In March 2017, she made her debut for the U-19 national team, with which she qualified for theUnder-19 European Championship in Northern Ireland, taking place in the same year. Germany reached the semi-finals and facedFrance, with Bühl scoring the opening goal but the French winning 2-1 in the end. The following year, Bühl was part of the German line-up for theU-20 World Cup in France, playing in all three group games as well as the quarter-final, which was lost 3–1 to eventual world championsJapan.
In December 2018, Bühl was called up to the senior squad for the first time by national coachMartina Voss-Tecklenburg for the winter training camp inMarbella from 14 to 21 January 2019.[9] On 28 February 2019, she made her senior debut in a friendly match againstFrance when she was substituted on forVerena Schweers in the 90th minute.[10]
Bühl earned a place in Germany's squad for the2019 World Cup.[11] Klara's impressive rise saw her awarded with theFritz Walter Gold Medal in 2019, theDfB's top prize for youth footballers in Germany.[12]
ForEuro 2022, which was held in England, Klara was a key player for the German national team, starting the first four games of the finals. She couldn't be used in both the semi-final and final due to testing positive forCOVID-19. In the final, Germany lost 2-1 toEnglandafter extra-time and finished as runners-up. After the tournament, Bühl was voted into the "Eleven of the Tournament" by the UEFA coaching staff.[13]
Klara was included in Germany's squad for the2023 World Cup.[14] She scored and assisted in Germany's opener; a 6-0 win againstMorocco, however they were disappointingly eliminated in the group stages.[15] Following strong performances, Bühl won Germany's National Player of the Year award for 2023.[16]
On 3 July 2024, Bühl was called up to the Germany squad for the2024 Summer Olympics.[17] Bühl helped Germany win a bronze medal in theOlympic women's football event at theGames inParis. She started all six of the team's matches at the tournament, registering one goal and two assists. Germany beat world championsSpain 1-0 inLyon in theBronze medal match.[18]
Bühl was named in the German squad for theUEFA Women's Euro 2025.[19] She started every game at the Euros as Germany reached the semi-finals, where they lost to Spain in extra-time.
Bühl likes tocrochet in her spare time. For the2023 World Cup, she crafted the team'smascot; akoala dressed in a white jumper bearing theGerman flag. In a short time the crochet koala, called Waru, became very popular among fans.[20] After the tournament, she donated the mascot to theGerman Football Museum inDortmund.[21]
For the 2024 Summer Olympics inParis, Bühl crocheted a new mascot, an otter named Ottienne.[22] The footballer is completing a distance learning course in media management at theIU International University of Applied Sciences.[23] Bühl is also an ambassador for the Matthias Ginter Foundation, based inFreiburg.[24]
In March 2025, Bühl was interviewed as thefeature story for the very first issue of "Queenzine"; the first-ever fanzine solely dedicated to the UEFA Women's Champions League.[25][26]
In June 2025, Bühl announced the release of her very first children's book, titled “My Journey to Becoming a National Team Player” ("Mein Weg zur Fußball-Nationalspielerin").[27]
| Club | Season | League | DFB Pokal | Continental[a] | Other[b] | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| SC Freiburg | 2016–17 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 11 | 1 | ||
| 2017–18 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 18 | 7 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 20 | 7 | |||
| 2018–19 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 21 | 3 | 5 | 2 | – | – | 26 | 5 | |||
| 2019–20 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 21 | 11 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 23 | 12 | |||
| Total | 70 | 21 | 10 | 4 | – | – | 80 | 25 | ||||
| Bayern Munich | 2020–21 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | – | 28 | 10 | |
| 2021–22 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 18 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | – | 27 | 8 | ||
| 2022–23 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 22 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 3 | – | 36 | 10 | ||
| 2023–24 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 21 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 29 | 3 | ||
| 2024–25 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 22 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 10 | |
| 2025–26 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 15 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 7 | |
| Total | 117 | 33 | 20 | 6 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 178 | 49 | ||
| Career total | 187 | 54 | 30 | 10 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 258 | 74 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany[28] | 2019 | 10 | 7 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 12 | 6 | |
| 2023 | 13 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 18 | 8 | |
| 2025 | 14 | 3 | |
| Total | 76 | 30 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 31 August 2019 | Kassel, Germany |  Montenegro | 4–0 | 10–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying |
| 2 | 8–0 | |||||
| 3 | 5 October 2019 | Aachen, Germany |  Ukraine | 1–0 | 8–0 | |
| 4 | 5–0 | |||||
| 5 | 6–0 | |||||
| 6 | 8 October 2019 | Thessaloniki, Greece |  Greece | 5–0 | 5–0 | |
| 7 | 9 November 2019 | London, England |  England | 2–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 8 | 26 November 2021 | Braunschweig, Germany |  Turkey | 8–0 | 8–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 9 | 9 April 2022 | Bielefeld, Germany |  Portugal | 2–0 | 3–0 | |
| 10 | 24 June 2022 | Erfurt, Germany |  Switzerland | 1–0 | 7–0 | Friendly |
| 11 | 3–0 | |||||
| 12 | 4–0 | |||||
| 13 | 12 July 2022 | London, England |  Spain | 1–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2022 |
| 14 | 3 September 2022 | Bursa, Turkey | Turkey | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 15 | 24 July 2023 | Melbourne, Australia |  Morocco | 3–0 | 6–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup |
| 16 | 26 September 2023 | Bochum, Germany |  Iceland | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League |
| 17 | 4–0 | |||||
| 18 | 31 October 2023 | Reykjavík, Iceland | 2–0 | 2–0 | ||
| 19 | 1 December 2023 | Rostock, Germany |  Denmark | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
| 20 | 28 February 2024 | Heerenveen, Netherlands |  Netherlands | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| 21 | 5 April 2024 | Linz, Austria |  Austria | 1–2 | 3–2 | UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying |
| 22 | 2–2 | |||||
| 23 | 4 June 2024 | Gdynia, Poland |  Poland | 3–1 | 3–1 | |
| 24 | 16 July 2024 | Hanover, Germany | Austria | 1–0 | 4–0 | |
| 25 | 4–0 | |||||
| 26 | 31 July 2024 | Saint-Étienne, France |  Zambia | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2024 Summer Olympics |
| 27 | 25 October 2024 | London, England | England | 3–0 | 4–3 | Friendly |
| 28 | 3 June 2025 | Vienna, Austria | Austria | 4–0 | 6–0 | 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League |
| 29 | 24 October 2025 | Düsseldorf, Germany |  France | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League Finals |
| 30 | 28 October 2025 | Caen, France | 2–1 | 2–2 |
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