Doris Fitschen
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| Place of birth | Zeven, West Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1978–1982 | FC Hesedorf | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1982–1988 | TuS Westerholz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1988–1992 | VfR Eintracht Wolfsburg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1996 | TSV Siegen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996–2001 | 1.FFC Frankfurt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Philadelphia Charge | 13 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1986–2001 | Germany | 144 | (16) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Doris Fitschen (25 October 1968 – 15 March 2025) was a German footballer who played as a midfielder.
Together with Martina Voss and Silvia Neid, she is considered the most successful German women's footballer, having won seven national titles and six DFB trophies. Fitschen competed for Germany at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics.[1]
Club career
Fitschen was born in Zeven. She signed for the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) ahead of the inaugural season in 2001. She was allocated to Philadelphia Charge and scored the team's first ever goal in a 2–0 win at San Diego Spirit on 22 April 2001. Despite missing the final part of the season with a career-ending wrist injury, Fitschen was named WUSA Defensive Player of the Year.[2]
International career
Fitschen's senior debut for the West Germany national team came on 4 October 1986; in a 2–0 win over Denmark. She scored her first international goal in the same game after entering play as a substitute.
At the 1989 European Competition for Women's Football, Fitschen was an important part of the team who claimed West Germany's first major trophy. UEFA named her the tournament's Golden Player.[3]
Following her retirement Fitschen received a special achievement award from UEFA, for her outstanding contribution to women's football.[4]
Personal life and death
Fitschen lived together with her partner and had with her one child.[5]
On 16 March 2025, Fitschen died after a long and serious illness. She was 56.[6]
Career statistics
- Scores and results list West Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Fitschen goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 7 October 1987 | Budapest, Hungary | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1989 European Competition for Women's Football qualifying |
| 2 | 15 November 1987 | Burghausen, Germany | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1989 European Competition for Women's Football qualifying |
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| 4 | 30 October 1988 | Passau, Germany | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1989 European Competition for Women's Football qualifying |
| 5 | 11 April 1996 | Unterhaching, Germany | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 2–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 1997 qualifying |
| 6 | 23 September 1999 | Fürth, Germany | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 3–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2001 qualifying |
| 7 | 11 November 1999 | Isernia, Italy | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:CountryData/summary' not found. | 1–0 | 4–4 | UEFA Women's Euro 2001 qualifying |
Honours
TSV Siegen
1. FFC Frankfurt
- Bundesliga: 1998–99, 2000–01
- DFB-Pokal: 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01
- DFB-Hallenpokal: 1997, 1998, 1999
Germany
- UEFA Women's Championship: 1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2001
- Football at the Summer Olympics: Bronze medal 2000
Individual
- UEFA Women's Championship: Golden Player 1989
- FIFA Women's World Cup: All-Star Team 1999
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Doris Fitschen Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 17 November 2009.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Milbrett Tops List of WUSA Post-Season Honorees". United States Soccer Federation. 23 August 2001. Archived from the original on 21 December 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Alf, Andreas (18 June 2013). "1989: Doris Fitschen". UEFA. Archived from the original on 17 August 2010. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."UEFA award for Doris Fitschen". German Football Association. 1 November 2001. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
- ^ Queer.de: Trauer um queere Ex-Nationalspielerin Doris Fitschen, 16 March 2025
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."DFB trauert um Doris Fitschen". dfb.de. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
External links
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- Doris Fitschen at IMDbTemplate:Edit at Wikidata
- Doris Fitschen – FIFA competition record (archived)Template:Edit at Wikidata
- Profile at Women's United Soccer Association
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