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Monique Fischer
Samoan footballer
Monique Moana Fischer (born 19 December 1991) is a New Zealand-born Samoan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian Serie B club UPC Tavagnacco and the Samoa women's national team.[3] At club level, she previously played in the English FA Women's Super League for Yeovil Town and in Sweden.[4]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Monique Moana Fischer[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1991-12-19) 19 December 1991 (age 32) | ||
| Place of birth | Auckland, New Zealand[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Tavagnacco | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Papatoetoe AFC | |||
| Auckland Football | |||
| 2017–2018 | Cardiff Met. | ||
| 2018–2019 | Yeovil Town | 4 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Chieti | 12 | (1) |
| 2020 | Lugano | ||
| 2020 | Mallbackens IF | 13 | (1) |
| 2021 | Juan Grande | 3 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Lugano | ||
| 2022– | Tavagnacco | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015– | Samoa | 4 | (3) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 December 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 March 2019 | |||
Fischer played club football for Papatoetoe AFC and represented Auckland Football in the National Women's League (New Zealand) while working as a journalist for TVNZ. After moving to the United Kingdom to pursue a professional football career, she signed for Welsh Premier Women's Football League club Cardiff Met. in 2017.[5]
In September 2018, Fischer made her professional debut for Yeovil Town against Tottenham Hotspur in the 2018–19 FA Women's League Cup. She suffered a clavicle fracture in Yeovil's next match, a 7–0 defeat by Arsenal.[6] Yeovil finished a distant last in the 2018–19 FA WSL and incurred a 10-point penalty for insolvency. The club was then kicked out of the top two Leagues when The FA rejected their purported business plan.[7] Fischer signed for Champions League qualifying Swiss Club Lugano FFC in January 2020 in the Serie A.
At international level Fischer has played for the Samoa women's national football team,[8] including at the 2015 Pacific Games in Port Moresby.[9]
- "Biography". Yeovil Town L.F.C. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - "Official Matchday Programme" (PDF). Papatoetoe AFC. 10 August 2014. p. 13. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- "INNESTO DI ESPERIENZA PER MISTER RECENTI: MONIQUE FISCHER". calciofemminileitaliano.it.
- "Cardiff Met LFC: Season Preview" (video). YouTube. Cardiff Met. Ladies F.C. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- "Monique Fischer: Yeovil Town Ladies midfielder breaks collarbone". BBC Sport. 20 September 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- "Yeovil Town Ladies: Championship licence denied and club to go down two tiers". BBC Sport. 17 May 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
- Robinson, Nick (2 October 2018). "Flying Kiwis". The Niche Cache. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- Yagi, Sylver (17 July 2015). "Cook Islands beat Samoa to win historic soccer medal". Pacnews. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- Monique Fischer at Soccerway
- Monique Fischer on X
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