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

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.

Lehmann's early career

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.

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 with Switzerland

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

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.