Monique Fischer | |
Fullname: | Monique Moana Fischer[1] |
Birth Date: | 1991 12, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Auckland, New Zealand[2] |
Position: | Midfielder |
Currentclub: | Tavagnacco |
Clubs2: | Auckland Football |
Years3: | 2017–2018 |
Clubs3: | Cardiff Met. |
Years4: | 2018–2019 |
Clubs4: | Yeovil Town |
Caps4: | 4 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 2019–2020 |
Clubs5: | Chieti |
Caps5: | 12 |
Goals5: | 1 |
Years6: | 2020 |
Clubs6: | Lugano |
Years7: | 2020 |
Clubs7: | Mallbackens IF |
Caps7: | 13 |
Goals7: | 1 |
Years8: | 2021 |
Clubs8: | Juan Grande |
Caps8: | 3 |
Goals8: | 0 |
Years9: | 2021–2022 |
Clubs9: | Lugano |
Years10: | 2022– |
Clubs10: | Tavagnacco |
Caps10: | 0 |
Goals10: | 0 |
Nationalyears1: | 2015– |
Nationalteam1: | Samoa |
Nationalcaps1: | 4 |
Nationalgoals1: | 3 |
Club-Update: | 23 December 2019 |
Nationalteam-Update: | 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]
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]