Alisha Lehmann

Alisha Debora Lehmann (born 21 January 1999) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a forward for English FA WSL club Aston Villa and the Switzerland national team. She previously played for BSC YB Frauen of the Nationalliga A, for West Ham United of the FA WSL and on loan with Everton of the FA WSL.

Alisha Lehmann
Lehmann with West Ham United in 2018
Personal information
Full name Alisha Debora Lehmann[1]
Date of birth (1999-01-21) 21 January 1999
Place of birth Tägertschi, Switzerland
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Aston Villa
Number 7
Youth career
FC Konolfingen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 BSC YB Frauen 52 (25)
2018–2021 West Ham United 42 (9)
2021 → Everton (loan) 8 (1)
2021– Aston Villa 46 (7)
International career‡
2015–2016 Switzerland U17 19 (6)
2016–2018 Switzerland U19 21 (9)
2017– Switzerland 44 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 October 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 September 2023

Club career
Lehmann with West Ham United in 2018

BSC YB Frauen

Lehmann started her professional club career at Swiss club BSC YB Frauen and went on to score 25 goals in 52 league appearances during her time at the club.[2]

West Ham United

Newly-professional FA Women's Super League's West Ham United signed Lehmann from BSC YB Frauen in August 2018. It was reported that West Ham manager Matt Beard had been impressed by Lehmann's performances at the 2018 U-19 European Championship, which Switzerland hosted.[3][4] In April 2019 West Ham extended Lehmann's contract after she scored nine goals in 30 appearances in all competitions[5] and helped the club reach the Women's FA Cup final[6]by scoring the equalising goal in the semi-final match against Reading.[7]

Everton (loan)

On 27 January 2021, it was announced that Lehmann had moved to Everton on loan[8] until the end of the season.[9]

Aston Villa

Lehmann then joined Aston Villa for the 2021–22 season.[10] In July 2022, she signed a one-year contract extension with Aston Villa for the 2022–23 season, having made 23 appearances and scored four goals during her first season at the club.[11] At the end of the 2022–23 season, having made 54 appearances for Aston Villa, Lehmann extended her contract until June 2026, with the option of extending for a further year after that date.[12]

International career

In July 2015, Lehmann was part of the Swiss U-17 national team, which played its way to the final at the U-17 European Championship in Iceland.  There, Switzerland lost 5-2 to Spain.  At the U-19 European Championship at home in Switzerland in July 2018, the Swiss U-19 retired in the preliminary round.

Lehmann won her first cap for the senior Switzerland national team in October 2017. She scored her first international goal on 2 March 2018 against Finland at the 2018 Cyprus Women's Cup.[13]

Lehmann was not available for the Switzerland national team at the 2022 UEFA European Championship because she felt that she was not "mentally ready" to be involved in the tournament.[14] On 3 July 2023 she was selected for the 2023 World Cup.

Personal life
Alisha Lehmann in a Lewes FC Women v West Ham United Women friendly match, 2020–2021 pre season.

Lehmann is openly bisexual. She formerly identified as lesbian.[15][16] She previously dated Swiss national teammate Ramona Bachmann.[17] She was in a relationship with Aston Villa midfielder Douglas Luiz until 2022.[18]

In 2019, Lehmann was featured in the BBC Three series Britain's Youngest Football Boss with her then girlfriend Ramona.[19]

As of 15 June 2023, she has more than 15 million followers on Instagram, making her the world's most-followed women's footballer. [20][21]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 15 October 2023[22][23][24][25][26]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] League cup[lower-alpha 2] Other[lower-alpha 3] Total
Division AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
BSC YB Frauen 2015–16 Nationalliga A 6100—65126
2016–17 18857—512816
2017–18 281637——3123
Total 5225814001167145
West Ham United 2018–19 FA WSL 2065251—309
2019–20 1331041—184
2020–21 900021—111
Total 42962113005914
Everton (loan) 2020–21 FA WSL 811000—91
Aston Villa 2021–22 FA WSL 2120022—234
2022–23 2254150—316
2023–24 300000—30
Total 4674172005710
Career total 14842191718511619670
  1. Includes the Swiss Women's Cup and Women's FA Cup
  2. Includes the FA Women's League Cup
  3. Includes the Nationalliga A - Final round

International
As of match played 26 September 2023[27]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Switzerland
201710
2018103
201980
202061
202162
202231
2023100
Total447


As of match played 8 April 2022. Switzerland score listed first, score column indicates score after each Lehmann goal.[28]
International goals by date, venue, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 2 March 2018GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus Finland1–04–02018 Cyprus Women's Cup[29]
2 5 October 2018Den Dreef, Heverlee, Belgium Belgium1–12–22019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying[30]
3 2–2
4 22 September 2020Stockhorn Arena, Thun, Switzerland Belgium2–02–1UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying[31]
5 17 September 2021Stockhorn Arena, Thun, Switzerland Lithuania1–04–12023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying[32]
6 21 September 2021Goffertstadion, Chișinău, Moldova Moldova6–06–0[33]
7 20 February 2022Marbella Football Center, Marbella, Spain Northern Ireland1–12–2Friendly[34]

Honours

West Ham United

Switzerland U17

References
  1. "FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 – Squad List: Switzerland (SUI)" (PDF). FIFA. 11 July 2023. p. 29. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  2. ""There Will Be Another Time" – Alisha Lehmann". sportsmanor. 22 November 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  3. "Alisha Lehmann: West Ham Ladies sign Swiss striker". BBC Sport. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  4. Frith, Wilf (7 August 2018). "West Ham Women land Swiss striker Alisha Lehmann". She Kicks. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  5. "Alisha Lehmann: West Ham United Women forward to have ankle surgery". BBC Sport. 18 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  6. "Alisha Lehmann: West Ham forward extends her deal with the club". BBC Sport. 6 April 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  7. "SUN 14 APR 2019THE WOMEN'S FA CUP - SEMI-FINAL". BBC Sport. 14 April 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  8. Bunting, Josh (28 January 2021). "Alisha Lehmann joins Everton on loan". Her Football Hub. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  9. "Alisha Lehmann joins Everton on loan | West Ham United". West Ham United F.C. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  10. "Alisha Lehmann: Aston Villa sign West Ham United forward". 30 June 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  11. "Alisha Lehmann signs new one-year deal!". 22 July 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  12. "Alisha Lehmann signs new contract with Aston Villa". 23 August 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  13. Dominik, Erb. "Schweizerinnen rehabilitieren sich für Auftaktniederlage". football.ch.
  14. "Alisha Lehmann makes herself unavailable for Switzerland at Euro 2022". BBC Sport.
  15. Britain's Youngest Football Boss (TV Documentary) (Series 1, Episode 4 ed.). BBC Three. 17 January 2019.
  16. "Alisha Lehmann on Instagram: "Ramona and I have decided to go different ways in life, we made the decision together. I want to thank Ramona for 3 years full of love and…"". Instagram. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  17. Santschi, Stephan (9 October 2018). "Alisha Lehmann and Ramona Bachmann: inspired by love". Aargauer Zeitung. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  18. "Douglas Luiz & Alisha Lehmann split up following apparent spat over calendar". Goal. England. 20 November 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  19. "Britain's Youngest Football Boss". BBC. 14 February 2019. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  20. "alishalehmann7". instagram.com. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  21. "Alisha Lehmann @lehmann_alisha". twitter.com. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
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  29. "Schweiz-Finnland". soccerdonna.de. 2 March 2018.
  30. "WM Qualifikation Relegation UEFA - semi-finals 1st leg". soccerdonna.de.
  31. "EM-Qualifikation - group H". soccerdonna.de.
  32. "Switzerland 4-1 Lithuania". UEFA. 17 September 2021.
  33. "Switzerland 6-0 Moldova". UEFA. 21 September 2021.
  34. "Nordirland-Schweiz". soccerdonna.de. 20 February 2022.
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