| Mara Alber | |
| Birth Date: | 6 September 2005 |
| Birth Place: | Brackenheim, Germany |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Currentclub: | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim |
| Clubnumber: | 11 |
| Youthclubs1: | TGV Dürrenzimmern |
| Years1: | 2021–2023 |
| Clubs1: | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II |
| Caps1: | 36 |
| Goals1: | 14 |
| Years2: | 2021– |
| Clubs2: | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim |
| Caps2: | 19 |
| Goals2: | 4 |
| Club-Update: | 10:00, 19 February 2024 (UTC) |
| Youthyears2: | 2016–2017 |
| Youthclubs2: | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim |
| Youthyears3: | 2017–2019 |
| Youthclubs3: | VfB Eppingen |
| Youthclubs4: | FC Astoria Walldorf |
| Youthyears4: | 2019–2020 |
| Youthyears5: | 2020–2021 |
| Youthclubs5: | SpVgg Neckarelz |
Mara Alber (born 6 September 2005) is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for Frauen-Bundesliga club TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.[1]
Alber started playing football at the local multi-sports club TGV Dürrenzimmern. She then spent a year playing for TSG 1899 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 1899 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 04 Leverkusen, coming on as a late substitute.[5] [6] She played six Bundesliga games for the club the following season.
| Season | League | Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II | 2021–22 | 2. Bundesliga | 18 | 7 | – | 18 | 7 | ||
| 2022–23 | 2. Bundesliga | 18 | 7 | – | 18 | 7 | |||
| Total | 36 | 14 | – | 36 | 14 | ||||
| TSG 1899 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 | |||