Doris Fitschen

Doris Fitschen

Fitschen in 2012
Personal information
Date of birth	(1968-10-25) 25 October 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth	Zeven, West Germany
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Sweeper
Youth career
1978–1982	FC Hesedorf
1982–1988	TuS Westerholz
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1992	VfR Eintracht Wolfsburg
1992–1996	TSV Siegen
1996–2001	1.FFC Frankfurt
2001	Philadelphia Charge	13	(3)
International career
1986–2001	Germany	144	(16)
Medal record Women's football Representing  Germany Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Team European Championship Winner 1989 Germany Team Winner 1991 Denmark Team Winner 1995 Germany Team Winner 1997 Norway/Sweden Team Winner 2001 Germany Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

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]

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]

TSV Siegen

• Bundesliga: 1993–94, 1995–96
• DFB-Pokal: 1992–93

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

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	7 October 1987	Budapest, Hungary	Hungary	1–0	1–0	1989 European Competition for Women's Football qualifying
2.	15 November 1987	Burghausen, Germany	Italy	1–0	3–0
3.				3–0
4.	30 October 1988	Passau, Germany	Hungary	4–0	4–0
5.	11 April 1996	Unterhaching, Germany	Slovakia	2–0	2–0	UEFA Women's Euro 1997 qualifying
6.	23 September 1999	Fürth, Germany	Ukraine	3–0	3–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2001 qualifying
7.	11 November 1999	Isernia, Italy	Italy	1–0	4–4

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• Doris Fitschen – FIFA competition record (archived)
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