# Klara Bühl

Klara Gabriele Bühl (German pronunciation:; born 7 December 2000) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward for Frauen-Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the Germany national team.

## Club career

Bühl first played in various boys' teams at SpVgg Untermünstertal before moving to the youth department of the Bundesliga club SC 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 against FSV 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 against MSV 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 over 1. FC Köln on 1 October 2017 (4th matchday), netting the goals for 3–0, 4–0 and 5–0.
In April 2020, it was announced that Bühl would sign for fellow Bundesliga club Bayern Munich. The following year, she signed a contract extension that would keep her at the club until 2025.
Bühl scored 10 goals in all competitions in her first season as Bayern won the 2020-21 Bundesliga title. In the years to follow, the forward firmly cemented herself as the side's first-choice left-winger.
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. Die Frauen won both the 2022-23 and 2023-24 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 the 2024 DFB-Supercup, a competition held for the first time since 1997.

## International career

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 the Under-17 European Championship title after a 3–2 final victory in penalty shootout against the Spanish team. Bühl was also part of the German line-up for the 2016 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 the Under-19 European Championship in Northern Ireland, taking place in the same year. Germany reached the semi-finals and faced France, 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 the U-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 champions Japan.
In December 2018, Bühl was called up to the senior squad for the first time by national coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg for the winter training camp in Marbella from 14 to 21 January 2019. On 28 February 2019, she made her senior debut in a friendly match against France when she was substituted on for Verena Schweers in the 90th minute.
Bühl earned a place in Germany's squad for the 2019 World Cup. Klara's impressive rise saw her awarded with the Fritz Walter Gold Medal in 2019, the DfB's top prize for youth footballers in Germany.
For Euro 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 for COVID-19. In the final, Germany lost 2-1 to England after extra-time and finished as runners-up. After the tournament, Bühl was voted into the "Eleven of the Tournament" by the UEFA coaching staff.
Following strong performances, Bühl won Germany's National Player of the Year award for 2023.
In the summer of 2024, Bühl helped Germany win a bronze medal in the Olympic women's football event at the Games in Paris. She started all six of the team's matches at the tournament, registering one goal and two assists. Germany beat world champions Spain 1-0 in Lyon in the Bronze medal match.

## Personal life

Klara likes to crochet in her spare time. For the 2023 World Cup, she crafted the team's mascot; a koala dressed in a white jumper bearing the German flag. In a short time the crochet koala, called Waru, became very popular among fans. After the tournament, she donated the mascot to the German Football Museum in Dortmund.
For the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, Bühl crocheted a new mascot, an otter named Ottienne. The footballer is completing a distance learning course in media management at the IU International University.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of match played 16 February 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | DFB Pokal | DFB Pokal | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| SC Freiburg | 2016–17 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 11 | 1 |
| SC Freiburg | 2017–18 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 18 | 7 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 20 | 7 |
| SC Freiburg | 2018–19 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 21 | 3 | 5 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 26 | 5 |
| SC Freiburg | 2019–20 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 21 | 11 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 23 | 12 |
| SC Freiburg | Total | Total | 70 | 21 | 10 | 4 | – | – | – | – | 80 | 25 |
| Bayern Munich | 2020–21 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | – | – | 28 | 10 |
| Bayern Munich | 2021–22 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 18 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | – | – | 27 | 8 |
| Bayern Munich | 2022–23 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 22 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 3 | – | – | 36 | 10 |
| Bayern Munich | 2023–24 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 21 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 29 | 3 |
| Bayern Munich | 2024–25 | Frauen-Bundesliga | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 7 |
| Bayern Munich | Total | Total | 95 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 144 | 38 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 165 | 45 | 27 | 10 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 224 | 63 |
* ↑ Includes UEFA Champions League
* ↑ Includes DFB-Supercup

### International

    As of 25 February 2025
Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Germany | 2019 | 10 | 7 |
| Germany | 2020 | 3 | 0 |
| Germany | 2021 | 6 | 1 |
| Germany | 2022 | 12 | 6 |
| Germany | 2023 | 13 | 5 |
| Germany | 2024 | 18 | 8 |
| Germany | 2025 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 64 | 27 |
    Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bühl goal.
List of international goals scored by Klara Bühl :
| 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 | 31 August 2019 | Kassel, Germany | Montenegro | 8–0 | 10–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying |
| 3 | 5 October 2019 | Aachen, Germany | Ukraine | 1–0 | 8–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying |
| 4 | 5 October 2019 | Aachen, Germany | Ukraine | 5–0 | 8–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying |
| 5 | 5 October 2019 | Aachen, Germany | Ukraine | 6–0 | 8–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying |
| 6 | 8 October 2019 | Thessaloniki, Greece | Greece | 5–0 | 5–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying |
| 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 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 10 | 24 June 2022 | Erfurt, Germany | Switzerland | 1–0 | 7–0 | Friendly |
| 11 | 24 June 2022 | Erfurt, Germany | Switzerland | 3–0 | 7–0 | Friendly |
| 12 | 24 June 2022 | Erfurt, Germany | Switzerland | 4–0 | 7–0 | Friendly |
| 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 | 26 September 2023 | Bochum, Germany | Iceland | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League |
| 18 | 31 October 2023 | Reykjavík, Iceland | Iceland | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League |
| 19 | 1 December 2023 | Rostock, Germany | Denmark | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League |
| 20 | 28 February 2024 | Heerenveen, Netherlands | Netherlands | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League |
| 21 | 5 April 2024 | Linz, Austria | Austria | 1–2 | 3–2 | UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying |
| 22 | 5 April 2024 | Linz, Austria | Austria | 2–2 | 3–2 | UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying |
| 23 | 4 June 2024 | Gdynia, Poland | Poland | 3–1 | 3–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying |
| 24 | 16 July 2024 | Hanover, Germany | Austria | 1–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying |
| 25 | 16 July 2024 | Hanover, Germany | Austria | 4–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying |
| 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 |

## Honours

SC Freiburg
* DFB-Pokal: runner-up 2018–19
Bayern Munich
* Bundesliga: 2020–21, 2022–23,2023–24
* DFB-Supercup: 2024
Germany U17
* UEFA U-17 Women's Championship: 2016
Germany
* Summer Olympics bronze medal: 2024
* UEFA Women's Championship runner-up: 2022
* UEFA Women's Nations League third place: 2023–24
Individual
* UEFA Women's Championship Team of the Tournament: 2022
* Fritz Walter Medal Gold: 2019
* Silbernes Lorbeerblatt: 2024
* Germany women's national Player of the Year: 2023