Alara Şehitler

Alara began her footballing career at SG Aulendorf. As a youth player, she played for SV Weingarten and then joined the youth academy of FV Ravensburg, where she played for the boys' team. On 13 February 2023, Bayern Munich announced the signing of Şehitler from Ravensburg for the following season on a two-year contract. She started her senior career with Bayern's reserve team, before playing for the first team shortly thereafter. Aged just 16, Alara made her Frauen-Bundesliga debut on 22 October during a 3–0 win at RB Leipzig and, in doing so, became Bayern's youngest-ever female player. On 14 February 2024, she scored her first competitive goal for Bayern in a 6–0 DFB-Pokal Frauen victory against Kickers Offenbach. Alara scored a stoppage time winner to register her first league goal on 20 October as Bayern Munich beat Bayer Leverkusen 3–2. On 12 March 2025, Alara extended her contract with Bayern Munich until 2027.

Born in Germany, Şehitler is of both Turkish and German descent. She helped the Germany under-17 national team win the 2022 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship. She reached the 2023 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship final with Germany, losing on penalties to Spain to finish as runners-up. Şehitler scored twice at the tournament and her strong performances earned her an inclusion in the Team of the Tournament. In September 2023, it was announced that she had won the under-17 Fritz Walter Gold Medal. On 29 November 2024, Alara debuted for the Germany senior national team during a 6–0 away friendly win over Switzerland. In October 2025, she won a second Fritz Walter Gold Medal, this time in the under-19 age group, for her impressive performances over the past season.

Şehitler plays as a midfielder, specifically as an attacking midfielder. A left-footed player, Alara is known for her creativity, smooth touches, dribbling and passing skills and her powerful left-footed shots and freekicks.

In late 2024, Alara expressed her desire to remove her last name from her jersey and instead use her first name ("Alara") on the back of her football shirts, due to tasteless jokes and puns surrounding the sound and pronunciation of her second name. The application was quickly approved by UEFA, and thus Alara began playing matches for both club and country with her first name on her jersey at the beginning of 2025. The decision saw her become the first player to use only her first name on her DfB jersey.