Monique Fischer

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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*
YearsTeamApps(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]

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Club career

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

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]

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References

  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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