Doris Fitschen
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 October 1987 | Budapest, Hungary | Script error: No such module "flagg". | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1989 European Competition for Women's Football qualifying |
| 2 | 15 November 1987 | Burghausen, Germany | Script error: No such module "flagg". | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1989 European Competition for Women's Football qualifying |
| 3 | 3–0 | |||||
| 4 | 30 October 1988 | Passau, Germany | Script error: No such module "flagg". | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1989 European Competition for Women's Football qualifying |
| 5 | 11 April 1996 | Unterhaching, Germany | Script error: No such module "flagg". | 2–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 1997 qualifying |
| 6 | 23 September 1999 | Fürth, Germany | Script error: No such module "flagg". | 3–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2001 qualifying |
| 7 | 11 November 1999 | Isernia, Italy | Script error: No such module "flagg". | 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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External links
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- Profile at Women's United Soccer Association
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- 1968 births
- 2025 deaths
- People from Rotenburg (district)
- Footballers from Lower Saxony
- German women's footballers
- Germany women's international footballers
- Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Germany
- Frauen-Bundesliga players
- FIFA Women's Century Club
- Olympic medalists in football
- 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Eintracht Frankfurt (women) players
- TSV Siegen players
- Philadelphia Charge players
- Women's United Soccer Association players
- German expatriate women's footballers
- German expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States
- Olympic footballers for Germany
- UEFA Women's Championship–winning players
- Women's association football defenders
- West German women's footballers
- German lesbian sportswomen
- 20th-century German LGBTQ people
- 21st-century German LGBTQ people
- German LGBTQ footballers