Monique Moana Fischer (born 19 December 1991) is a New Zealand-born Samoan professional

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who plays as a

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for Italian Serie B club

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and the Samoa women's national team. At club level, she previously played in the English

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for

Yeovil Town Yeovil Town may refer to: * Yeovil Town F.C., an English football team based in Yeovil, Somerset * Yeovil Town L.F.C. Bridgwater United Women's Football Club are an English women's association football club based in Bridgwater, Somerset who wer ...

Club career

Fischer played club football for

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and represented Auckland Football in the

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while working as a journalist for

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. After moving to the United Kingdom to pursue a professional football career, she signed for

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club Cardiff Met. in 2017. In September 2018, Fischer made her professional debut for

against

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in the 2018–19 FA Women's League Cup. She suffered a

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in Yeovil's next match, a 7–0 defeat by

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. 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

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rejected their purported business plan. 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

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, including at the 2015 Pacific Games in

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* * 1991 births Living people People with acquired Samoan citizenship Samoan women's footballers Women's association football midfielders Cardiff Met. Ladies F.C. players Yeovil Town L.F.C. players FF Lugano 1976 players Mallbackens IF players U.P.C. Tavagnacco players Welsh Premier Women's Football League players Women's Super League players Swiss Women's Super League players Elitettan players Segunda Federación (women) players Samoa women's international footballers Samoan expatriate women's footballers Samoan expatriate sportspeople in Wales Expatriate women's footballers in Wales Samoan expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate women's footballers in England Samoan expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate women's footballers in Italy Expatriate women's footballers in Switzerland Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden Samoan expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate women's footballers in Spain Association footballers from Auckland New Zealand women's association footballers Papatoetoe AFC players New Zealand expatriate women's association footballers New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Wales New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in England New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Italy New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Sweden New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Spain New Zealand women journalists New Zealand sportspeople of Samoan descent {{NewZealand-women-footy-bio-stub