Nilla Fischer

Fischer in 2013

Personal information

Full name

Åsa Nilla Maria Fischer

Date of birth

2 August 1984 (age 32)

Place of birth

Kristianstad, Sweden

Height

1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)

Playing position

Centre back / Defensive midfielder

Club information

Current team

VfL Wolfsburg

Number

Youth career

Verums GoIF

Senior career*

Years

Team

Apps

(Gls)

1998–2000

Vittsjö GIK

2000–2003

Kristianstad/Wä DFF

2003–2011

LdB FC Malmö

136

(24)

2012–2013

Linköpings FC

(2)

2013–

VfL Wolfsburg

(2)

National team^‡

2000–2001

Sweden U17

(3)

2001–2004

Sweden U20

(4)

2001–

Sweden

153

(21)

Honours

Olympic Games
	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Team

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 05:00, 25 June 2015 (UTC).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:18, 24 January 2017 (UTC)

Åsa Nilla Maria Fischer (born 2 August 1984) is a Swedish footballer for VfL Wolfsburg and the Swedish national team. She was previously the captain of LdB FC Malmö.

Fischer won most of her caps for Sweden as a defensive midfielder after her debut versus Norway in January 2001. Approaching a century of appearances, she was converted to a centre back by coach Pia Sundhage in 2013.

The change in position coincided with an upturn in goalscoring form for Fischer, who scored three times for hosts Sweden at UEFA Women's Euro 2013. Her performances in Sweden's run to the semi-finals prompted a contract offer from European Champions VfL Wolfsburg and Fischer agreed to move to Germany from 1 January 2014. In August 2013 the clubs reached a deal for "grateful" Fischer's immediate transfer. Fischer played the first competitive game for her new side in the Bundesliga 2013-14 season opener against Bayern Munich in front of a home crowd of 8,249 fans on 7 September 2013.

In 2013 Fischer gave an interview to QX magazine in which she announced her intention to marry her female partner. In December 2013 she married her partner Mariah-Michaela.

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