Nilla Fischer

Nilla Fischer
Nilla Fischer in May 2013
Personal information
Full name Åsa Nilla Maria Fischer[1]
Date of birth (1984-08-02) 2 August 1984 (age 40)[2]
Place of birth Kristianstad, Sweden[3]
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s) Centre back, defensive midfielder
Youth career
Verums GoIF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2000 Vittsjö GIK (0)
2000–2003 Kristianstad/Wä DFF (0)
2003–2011 LdB FC Malmö 136 (24)
2012–2013 Linköping FC 33 (2)
2013–2019 VfL Wolfsburg 125 (11)
2019–2022 Linköping 49 (2)
International career
2000–2001 Sweden U17 12[4] (3[4])
2001–2004 Sweden U20 24[4] (4[4])
2001–2022 Sweden 189[a] (23[4])
Medal record
Women's soccer
Representing  Sweden
FIFA Women's World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Germany Team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 France Team
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 April 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 April 2022 (UTC)

Åsa Nilla Maria Fischer (born 2 August 1984) is a Swedish former footballer. Her last club was Linköpings FC. She played in the Swedish national team between 2001 and 2022.[7] She was previously the captain of FC Rosengård. On 27 December 2022, she decided to retire.

  1. ^ "Nilla Fischer". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  2. ^ a b "List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Profile". Svenska Fotbollförbundet (in Swedish). Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  4. ^ a b c d e Caps and goals
  5. ^ "Nilla Fischer – Spelarstatistik" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  6. ^ "Nilla Fischer hyllades på utsålt Gamla Ullevi" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. 13 October 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  7. ^ Nilla Fischer till Linköping Svenskfotboll.se


Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see the help page).