Klara Gabriele Bühl (; born 7 December 2000) is a German professional

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who plays as a left winger or

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for

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club

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and the Germany national team. She is widely recognised as one of the best young wingers in Europe.

Club career

Youth career

Bühl first played in various boys' teams at SpVgg Untermünstertal before moving to the youth department of the Bundesliga club

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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.

Freiburg

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

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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

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on 1 October 2017 (4th matchday), netting the goals for 3–0, 4–0 and 5–0. Bühl scored twice to help Freiburg reach the 2018–19 DFB-Pokal Frauen final and played five times, including all of the final, which was lost 1-0 to holders

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Bayern Munich

In April 2020, it was announced that Bühl would sign for fellow Bundesliga club

. 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. On 22 March 2022, Bühl became the first Bayern women's player to score at the

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during a

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quarter-final against

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. 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

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, a competition held for the first time since 1997. She extended her contract at Bayern until 2027 on 11 March 2025. Klara produced a fantastic 2024-25 Frauen-Bundesliga campaign, registering the most assists (14) and the most direct goal involvements (21) in the league. This helped Bayern win their first-ever

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in this season.

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

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, 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

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. 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

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from 14 to 21 January 2019. On 28 February 2019, she made her senior debut in a friendly match against

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

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. In the final, Germany lost 2-1 to

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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. On 3 July 2024, Bühl was called up to the Germany squad for the

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. Bühl helped Germany win a bronze medal in the Olympic women's football event at the

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. She started all six of the team's matches at the tournament, registering one goal and two assists. Germany beat world champions

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1-0 in

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in the

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Personal life

Bühl likes to

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in her spare time. For the 2023 World Cup, she crafted the team's

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; a

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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

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. For the 2024 Summer Olympics in

, 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. In March 2025, Bühl was interviewed as the

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for the very first issue of "Queenzine"; the first-ever fanzine solely dedicated to the UEFA Women's Champions League.

Career statistics

Club

: ''As of match played 11 May 2025''

International

:''Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bühl goal.''

Honours

SC Freiburg *

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: runner-up 2018–19 Bayern Munich *

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, 2023–24, 2024–25 *

: 2024–25 *

Germany U17 * UEFA U-17 Women's Championship:

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Germany *

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bronze medal:

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runner-up:

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third place: 2023–24 Individual *

Team of the Tournament:

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Gold:

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: 2024 * Germany women's national Player of the Year: 2023

References

External links

Profile
at the FC Bayern Munich website * * *
Interview mit Klara Bühl
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