Monique Fischer

{{short description|Samoan footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}

{{Infobox football biography

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| fullname = Monique Moana Fischer{{cite web |title=Biography |url=http://www.yeoviltownladies.com/playerProfile/monique_moana_fischer.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331132807/http://www.yeoviltownladies.com/playerProfile/monique_moana_fischer.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=31 March 2019 |publisher=Yeovil Town L.F.C. |accessdate=31 March 2019}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1991|12|19}}

| birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand{{cite web |title=Official Matchday Programme |url=http://websites.sportstg.com/get_file.cgi?id=3251689 |publisher=Papatoetoe AFC |accessdate=31 March 2019 |page=13 |format=PDF |date=10 August 2014}}

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| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = Tavagnacco

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| clubs1 = Papatoetoe AFC

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| clubs2 = Auckland Football

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| years3 = 2017–2018

| clubs3 = Cardiff Met.

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| years4 = 2018–2019

| clubs4 = Yeovil Town

| caps4 = 4

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2019–2020

| clubs5 = Chieti

| caps5 = 12

| goals5 = 1

| years6 = 2020

| clubs6 = Lugano

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| years7 = 2020

| clubs7 = Mallbackens IF

| caps7 = 13

| goals7 = 1

| years8 = 2021

| clubs8 = Juan Grande

| caps8 = 3

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| years9 = 2021–2022

| clubs9 = Lugano

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| years10 = 2022–

| clubs10 = Tavagnacco

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| nationalyears1 = 2015–

| nationalteam1 = Samoa

| nationalcaps1 = 4

| nationalgoals1 = 3

| club-update = 23 December 2019

| nationalteam-update = 31 March 2019

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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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.calciofemminileitaliano.it/calcio-femminile/serie-b/tavagnacco-innesto-di-esperienza-per-mister-recenti-annunciata-monique-fischer/|title=INNESTO DI ESPERIENZA PER MISTER RECENTI: MONIQUE FISCHER|date=7 September 2022 |publisher=calciofemminileitaliano.it}} At club level, she previously played in the English FA Women's Super League for Yeovil Town and in Sweden.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nwt.se/2020/10/14/fran-tv-stjarna-i-nya-zeeland-till-fotbollsproffs-i-sunne-13fdd/|title=Monique Fischer - NWT article|date=14 October 2020 }}

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.{{cite web |title=Cardiff Met LFC: Season Preview |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-llTLtR16o |website=YouTube | date=13 September 2017 |publisher=Cardiff Met. Ladies F.C. |accessdate=31 March 2019 |format=video}}

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.{{cite news |title=Monique Fischer: Yeovil Town Ladies midfielder breaks collarbone |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45594531 |accessdate=31 March 2019 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=20 September 2018}} 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.{{cite news |title=Yeovil Town Ladies: Championship licence denied and club to go down two tiers |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48296709 |accessdate=30 November 2019 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=17 May 2019}} 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,{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Nick |title=Flying Kiwis |url=http://theniche-cache.com/football/2018/10/2/flying-kiwis-october-2 |accessdate=31 March 2019 |publisher=The Niche Cache |date=2 October 2018}} including at the 2015 Pacific Games in Port Moresby.{{cite news |last1=Yagi |first1=Sylver |title=Cook Islands beat Samoa to win historic soccer medal |url=http://www.loopsamoa.com/content/cook-islands-beat-samoa-win-historic-soccer-medal |accessdate=31 March 2019 |publisher=Pacnews |date=17 July 2015}}

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