Alisha Lehmann

Alisha 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 in 2018
Personal information
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
Club information
Current team
 Aston Villa
Number 7
Youth career
FC Konolfingen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 BSC YB Frauen 63 (31)
2018–2021 West Ham United 42 (9)
2021 → Everton (loan) 8 (1)
2021– Aston Villa 20 (2)
National team‡
2015–2016 Switzerland U17 19 (6)
2016–2018 Switzerland U19 21 (9)
2017– Switzerland 34 (7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:55, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 April 2022

Club career
Lehmann with West Ham United in 2018

Newly-professional FA Women's Super League 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 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, which Switzerland hosted.[1][2] In April 2019 West Ham extended Lehmann's contract after she scored nine goals in 30 appearances[3] and helped the club to the Women's FA Cup final.[4]

On 27 January 2021, it was announced that Lehmann had moved to Everton on loan[5] until the end of the season.[6] At the end of the season, Lehmann joined Aston Villa.[7]

International career

Lehmann won her first cap for the 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.[8]

Personal life

Lehmann is bisexual. She formerly identified as lesbian.[9][10] She previously dated Swiss national teammate Ramona Bachmann.[11] She is now in a relationship with Aston Villa midfielder Douglas Luiz.[12]

In 2021, Lehmann was featured in the BBC Three series Britain's Youngest Football Boss with her then girlfriend Ramona.[13]

As of May 2022, she has more than 7.4m followers on Instagram and more than 49,000 followers on twitter. [14][15]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 1 May 2022[16][17][18][19][20]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup[lower-alpha 2] Total
Division AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
BSC YB Frauen 2015–16 Nationalliga A 12[lower-alpha 3]600—126
2016–17 23[lower-alpha 4]957—2816
2017–18 281637—3123
Total 6331814007145
West Ham United 2018–19 FA WSL 2065251309
2019–20 1331041184
2020–21 900021111
Total 429621135914
Everton (loan) 2020–21 FA WSL 81100091
Aston Villa 2021–22 FA WSL 2020022224
Career total 13343151613516164
  1. Includes the Swiss Women's Cup and Women's FA Cup
  2. Includes the FA Women's League Cup
  3. Includes six appearances and five goals in the Nationalliga A - Final round
  4. Includes five appearances and one goal in the Nationalliga A - Final round

International goals
As of match played 23 February 2022. Switzerland score listed first, score column indicates score after each Lehmann goal.[21]
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[22]
2 5 May 2018Den Dreef, Heverlee, Belgium Belgium1–12–22019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying[23]
3 2–1
4 22 September 2020Stockhorn Arena, Thun, Switzerland Belgium2–02–1UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying[24]
5 17 September 2021Stockhorn Arena, Thun, Switzerland Lithuania1–04–12023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying[25]
6 21 September 2021Goffertstadion, Chișinău, Moldova Moldova6–06–0[26]
7 20 February 2022Marbella Football Center, Marbella, Spain Northern Ireland1–12–2Friendly[27]

Honours

West Ham United F.C. Women

Switzerland women's national under-17 football team

References
  1. "Alisha Lehmann: West Ham Ladies sign Swiss striker". BBC Sport. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  2. Frith, Wilf (7 August 2018). "West Ham Women land Swiss striker Alisha Lehmann". She Kicks. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  3. "Alisha Lehmann: West Ham United Women forward to have ankle surgery". BBC Sport. 18 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  4. "Alisha Lehmann: West Ham forward extends her deal with the club". BBC Sport. 6 April 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  5. Bunting, Josh (28 January 2021). "Alisha Lehmann joins Everton on loan". Her Football Hub. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  6. "Alisha Lehmann joins Everton on loan | West Ham United". www.whufc.com. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  7. "Alisha Lehmann: Aston Villa sign West Ham United forward". 30 June 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  8. Dominik, Erb. "Schweizerinnen rehabilitieren sich für Auftaktniederlage". www.football.ch.
  9. Britain's Youngest Football Boss (TV Documentary) (Series 1, Episode 4 ed.). BBC Three. 17 January 2019.
  10. "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.
  11. Santschi, Stephan (9 October 2018). "Alisha Lehmann and Ramona Bachmann: inspired by love". Aargauer Zeitung. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  12. "Aston Villa players Alisha Lehmann and Douglas Luiz make their romance official". Marca. 28 January 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  13. "Britain's Youngest Football Boss". BBC. 14 February 2019. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  14. "Login • Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 3 May 2022. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  15. "https://twitter.com/lehmann_alisha". Twitter. Retrieved 3 May 2022. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  16. "A. LEHMANN". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  17. "Fixtures-Results". FA WSL. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  18. "schweizer-cup-frauen". football.ch. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  19. "Alisha Lehmann". soccerdonna.de. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  20. "rsssf.com/tablesz". football.ch. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  21. "Profile". soccerdonna.de. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  22. "Schweiz-Finnland". soccerdonna.de. 2 March 2018.
  23. "WM Qualifikation Relegation UEFA - semi-finals 1st leg". soccerdonna.de.
  24. "EM-Qualifikation - group H". soccerdonna.de.
  25. "Switzerland 4-1 Lithuania". uefa.com. 17 September 2021.
  26. "Switzerland 6-0 Moldova". uefa.com. 21 September 2021.
  27. "Nordirland-Schweiz". soccerdonna.de. 20 February 2022.
  28. "MANCHESTER CITY DEFEAT WEST HAM TO WIN THE SSE WOMEN'S FA CUP". thefa. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  29. "Spain crowned after seven-goal thriller with Swiss". uefa. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
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