Doris Fitschen (born 25 October 1968) is a German former

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who played as a

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. Together with

Martina Voss Martina Voss-Tecklenburg (born Martina Voss; 22 December 1967) is a German football manager and former player who coaches the German national team. She previously coached FCR 2001 Duisburg and FF USV Jena. As a player, she played as a midfiel ...

and

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, she is considered the most successful German women's footballer, having won seven national titles and six

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trophies. Fitschen competed for Germany at the 1996 and

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Club career

Fitschen was born in

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. She signed for the

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(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.

International career

Fitschen's senior debut for the West Germany national team came on 4 October 1986; in a 2–0 win over

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. She scored her first international goal in the same game after entering play as a substitute. Milbrett34

At the

1989 European Competition for Women's Football The 1989 European Competition for Women's Football took place in West Germany. It was won by the hosts in a final against defending champions Norway. Again, the competition began with four qualifying groups, but this time the top two countries q ...

, Fitschen was an important part of the team who claimed West Germany's first major trophy. UEFA named her the tournament's Golden Player. Following her retirement Fitschen received a special achievement award from UEFA, for her outstanding contribution to women's football.

Honours

TSV Siegen *

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: 1993–94, 1995–96 *

DFB-Pokal The DFB-Pokal ( is a German knockout football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga. It is considered ...

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1. FFC Frankfurt * Bundesliga: 1998–99, 2000–01 * DFB-Pokal: 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01 *

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: 1997, 1998, 1999 Germany *

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1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phi ...

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake str ...

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...

, 2001 *

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: Bronze medal

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Individual *

: Golden Player

* FIFA Women's World Cup: All-Star Team

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...

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1968 births Living people 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 FIFA 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 1. FFC Frankfurt 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 of Germany UEFA Women's Championship-winning players Women's association football defenders {{Germany-women-footy-bio-stub