Alisha Lehmann is a professional women's footballer who currently plays for Aston Villa in the Women's Super League (WSL).

So far in her career she has played for BSC YB Frauen in the Swiss women's league, West Ham, Everton and Aston Villa, all of which play in the top flight of England's women's football.

In 2019, Lehmann rose to social media fame after appearing in a BBC 3 documentary about the West Ham women's team.

Silverware has been hard to come by in Lehmann's career, with only two runners-up medals in her collection - the 2019 Women's FA Cup with West Ham and the 2015 Women's Under-17 Championship while playing for Switzerland.

Lehmann's early career

Lehmann started her career playing for FC Konolfingen as a youth player in her native Switzerland.

During this time Lehmann also representing her national side at youth level and in 2015 she was part of the Swiss side that finished runners-up in the UEFA Women Under-17 Championship.

After impressing at Konolfingen, in 2016 she earned her first professional contract at BSC YB Frauen in the Swiss Women's League.

She netted 25 goals in 52 appearances for Frauen, which attracted scouts from several top sides in Europe.

Lehmann's rise to fame at West Ham

In 2018, Lehmann left Switzerland and moved to London to join West Ham in what would prove to be smart move for her career.

Joining the East London club at a time when a TV documentary, Britain's Youngest Football Boss, was being made about the club, boosted her profile.

In the documentary she appeared with her girlfriend at the time who played for Chelsea and the Swiss national team Ramona Bachmann.

The documentary provided great levels of exposure for Lehmann, and she gained a significant increase in her social media following.

On the pitch she scored nine goals in 42 games, in a side that struggled, but they were runners-up in Women's FA cup in 2019.

Moving to Everton and Aston Villa

Lehmann joined Everton on loan during the 2020/21, making nine appearances and scoring one goal and then moved to Aston Villa on a permanent deal.

She impressed in her first season at the Villa and was given a one-year extension at the end of the season.

Lehmann took her tally up to 52 games and nine goals in an Aston Villa shirt during the 2022/23 season.

Aston Villa are 2-0 up against their midlands rivals Leicester thanks to goals from Kenza Dali, Alisha Lehmann and Rachel Daly! ?

Lehmann finished off a lighting counter attack to double the lead. ⚡️#WomensFootballWeekend pic.twitter.com/RTizzIwuh0
— 90min (@90min_Football) March 26, 2023

Lehmann with Switzerland

Lehmann collected her first international cap with Switzerland in October 2017, and scored her first goal against Finland in the 2018 Cyprus Women's Cup.

She has played over 30 times for the Swiss national side but has yet to appear at a major tournament.

She withdrew from the 2022 Euros as she wasn't "mentally ready" to play in the tournament, and instead spent her summer on holiday with then boyfriend Douglas Luiz posting many images of the couple together.

Alisha Lehmann's personal life

Lehmann has a brother, Marco, and a sister Shona who is a successful dancer with over 57,000 followers on Instagram.

After splitting from Bachmann in 2021, Lehmann began dating fellow Aston Villa footballer Douglas Luiz

But the couple parted ways in 2022 after falling out over Lehmann doing a calendar shoot and her continued posting of racy images on social media.

She removed images of the couple from her social media accounts after they split.

Lehmann's social media following

Lehmann is the most followed woman's footballer in the world, boasting an audience of over 20million across her social networks.

Lehmann's Instagram account has more than 13million followers and she is the biggest sports star in her homeland. She has more followers than Swiss tennis legend Roger Federer (11million) and Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka (3million).

What is Alisha Lehmann's net worth

She has a net worth estimated to be between £500,000 and £1.2 million.

Her salary from Aston Villa is reported to be around £160,000, but she boosts that with several endorsement and sponsorship deals, which include contracts with Adidas, EA Sports, social media posts and her own online shop.

Some critics have accused her of spending more time on her image than her football skills.

Ihr Trikot. Ihre Geschichte. Never stop dreaming. ?

Hol dir jetzt das 'Brave Rose' Trikot von @lehmann_alisha in #FIFA23 ? pic.twitter.com/BgKdsFwz5k
— EA SPORTS FIFA (@EAFussball) April 20, 2023

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The most followed female footballer in the world, Alisha Lehmann plays at an elite level domestically and internationally.