It not only combines the passion for football – they are also at the same club. Alisha Lehmann and Douglas Luiz are considered a pair of football power.
The place where Alisha Lehmann and her friend Douglas Luiz Soares met may usually appear in view of their spectacular social media profile of over 16 million followers. Because the football professionals met at the workplace. But especially in football, a fast-moving business, it was almost special that the paths of the two in 2021 at the Premier League club Aston Villa crossed.
The Swiss born in 1999 started her football career early. After various stations in the youth area, she switched to the highest English league to West Ham United in 2018 by the Bernese Young Boys team before moving to Aston Villa in 2021. After her time at Aston Villa, where the relationship began, Lehmann went to Juventus Turin in 2024.
And exactly a week after her boyfriend. Juve paid a decent sum for the couple’s double transfer. For Douglas Luiz, the Serie-A Association put 50 million euros on the table, around 50,000 euros for Lehmann. After the change, Lehmann said: “For Douglas and me it is a dream to be together in the same club.”
Luiz, born in Rio in 1998, went through the youth academy of the Brazilian club Vasco da Gama before moving to Europe in 2017. After stations at Manchester City and FC Girona, the central midfielder now runs up for Juve and has completed 22 games so far for the current fifth in the table.
Finally, however, Douglas Luiz had to cope with setbacks again and again. The Brazilian was injured several times this season. He lacked his club, among other things, because of muscle fatigue and also had a violation of the leg flexor muscle. He had played nine games until December last year and was only twice in the starting formation of coach Thiago Motta.
Lehmann lived a little better with her new club compared to her partner. In her first eleven games for Juve, she scored two goals, including a clever end in her debut. After her first months in northern Italy, she said: “I am very happy to be here. The girls are nice and we help each other on the field.” Most recently, she was able to look forward to the title in Serie A with the team.
It is not clear whether Douglas Luiz was happy with her. There are currently rumors of separation around the couple. The relationship between Lehmann and Luiz had already been an up and down. From January to November 2022 they were firmly dating until a separation followed. The British “Sun” reported at the time that the Brazilian had bothered by Lehmann’s incentive calendar photos.
According to media reports, they have been a couple since the beginning of 2024 – however, both of them all posts – only a joint advertising cooperation from February remained online.