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Monique Fischer
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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 December 2019
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 March 2019

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]

Club career[edit]

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.

International career[edit]

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]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "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)
  2. ^ "Official Matchday Programme" (PDF). Papatoetoe AFC. 10 August 2014. p. 13. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  3. ^ "INNESTO DI ESPERIENZA PER MISTER RECENTI: MONIQUE FISCHER". calciofemminileitaliano.it.
  4. ^ "Monique Fischer - NWT article".
  5. ^ "Cardiff Met LFC: Season Preview" (video). YouTube. Cardiff Met. Ladies F.C. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Monique Fischer: Yeovil Town Ladies midfielder breaks collarbone". BBC Sport. 20 September 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  7. ^ "Yeovil Town Ladies: Championship licence denied and club to go down two tiers". BBC Sport. 17 May 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  8. ^ Robinson, Nick (2 October 2018). "Flying Kiwis". The Niche Cache. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  9. ^ Yagi, Sylver (17 July 2015). "Cook Islands beat Samoa to win historic soccer medal". Pacnews. Retrieved 31 March 2019.

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