Doris Fitschen

Doris Fitschen

Fitschen in 2012
Personal information
Date of birth	(1968-10-25)25 October 1968
Place of birth	Zeven, West Germany
Date of death	15 March 2025(2025-03-15) (aged 56)
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 Winner 1991 Denmark Winner 1995 Germany Winner 1997 Norway/Sweden Winner 2001 Germany
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Doris Fitschen (25 October 1968 – 15 March 2025) was a German 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.

Club career

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.

International career

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.

Fitschen (5) marking Tiffeny Milbrett (16) of the United States in 1998

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.

Following her retirement Fitschen received a special achievement award from UEFA, for her outstanding contribution to women's football.

Personal life and death

Fitschen lived together with her partner and had with her one child.

On 16 March 2025, Fitschen died after a long and serious illness. She was 56.

Career statistics

Scores and results list West Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Fitschen goal.

List of international goals scored by Doris Fitschen

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	1989 European Competition for Women's Football qualifying
3				3–0
4	30 October 1988	Passau, Germany	Hungary	4–0	4–0	1989 European Competition for Women's Football qualifying
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	UEFA Women's Euro 2001 qualifying

Honours

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

External links

• Doris Fitschen at IMDb
• Doris Fitschen – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Profile at Women's United Soccer Association