Klara Bühl

Forward • Age 26 • #17

Klara Gabriele Bühl is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward for Frauen-Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the Germany national team.

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Fun Facts about Klara

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She likes crocheting. For the 2023 World Cup, she crafted the team's mascot; a koala dressed in a white jumper bearing the German flag. She also made an otter named Ottienne for the 2024 Olympics games.

Her older brother got her into football. The pair played for hours, including on a sand pitch without nets outside their home, where every goal meant a roughly 20-metre run to retrieve the ball.

If she wasn't a football player, she'd be a teacher because she likes working with kids.

As a child, Bühl lived with her family in Paris for four years and attended kindergarten in France.

Arjen Robben and Franck Ribéry were her childhood inspirations.

Her family dog is called Jimmy, and Bühl says walking and playing with him gives her a sense of calm and balance.

Her favourite food is margherita pizza with truffles. She also developed a pre-match food routine of making homemade truffle pasta two days before a game.

Her favourite travel destinations are Italy, especially Sicily and Sardinia.

Bühl likes unwinding with novels and crime fiction, and names Karen Sander’s thriller Der Strand as a favourite book.

Her dream dinner party would include Roger Federer, Taylor Swift and Tim Bradford from The Rookie.

In 2025, she became a children’s book author with Mein Weg zur Fußball-Nationalspielerin. Written in simple language for early readers, it follows her journey from childhood football to Germany and Bayern.

Football was not her only childhood sport. She also played a lot of tennis, and she still likes getting back on court for tennis or padel when her football schedule allows.