In 2000, Fischer left Vittsjö to sign with hometown team Kristianstad/Wä DFF in the Damallsvenskan. The team were relegated to Division 1 at the end of the season.
LdB FC Malmö
Fischer signed for LdB FC Malmö (now known as FC Rosengård) in 2003. With the club, she won back-to-back Damallsvenskan titles in 2010 and 2011.
Linköping FC
In October 2011, it was announced that Fischer would join fellow Damallsvenskan club Linköping FC on a two-year contract.
VfL Wolfsburg
In 2013, Fischer agreed a contract with VfL Wolfsburg of the Frauen-Bundesliga from 1 January 2014. She was, however, released early by Linköping, allowing her to join Wolfsburg in August 2013. She made her debut for the club during the Bundesliga 2013–14 season opener against Bayern Munich on 7 September 2013.
With Wolfsburg, she won the 2013–14 Champions League and finished as runner-up in the 2015–16 and 2017–18 competitions. Alongside the Champions League title, Fischer won the Frauen-Bundesliga four times and secured the DFB Pokal five times. She acted as captain of the team.
Return to Linköping
Fischer returned to Linköping FC in 2019, following six seasons playing in Germany's Frauen-Bundesliga.
In December 2022, Fischer announced her retirement from playing.
International career
Fischer made her senior debut against Norway in January 2001. She played mostly as a defensive midfielder before transitioning into a centre back, a change cemented under Pia Sundhage in 2013. This change in position coincided with an upturn in goalscoring form for Fischer, who scored three times for Sweden at the home UEFA Women's Euro 2013, earning her the Silver Boot.
On 28 March 2022, Fischer announced through her Instagram that she wouldn't take part in the forthcoming UEFA Women's Euro 2022.
On 27 September 2022, Fischer announced her retirement from international play.
Off the pitch
Fischer married her partner Mariah-Michaela (known as Mika) in December 2013. The pair share two children, born in 2017 and 2021 respectively.
Fischer is an ambassador for LGBT rights, and has spoken publicly about being a gay woman playing football. She was the first player in Germany to wear a rainbow coloured captain's armband.
In her autobiography Jag Sa inte ens Hälften (I Didn't Even Say Half of It), Fischer revealed that Swedish national team players were made to expose their genitalia to medical officials as part of gender tests at the 2011 Women's World Cup.
She is a Liverpool fan.
Fischer graduated from the Swedish police academy in July 2025, and started working full-time as a police officer.
Career statistics
Fischer playing for Sweden in 2012Fischer in 2015
Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Fischer goal.
List of international goals scored by Nilla Fischer
Key (expand for notes on "world cup and olympic goals")
Location
Geographic location of the venue where the competition occurred
Lineup
Start – played entire match onminute (offplayer) – substituted on at the minute indicated, and player was substituted off at the same time
offminute (onplayer) – substituted off at the minute indicated, and player was substituted on at the same time
(c) – captain
Min
The minute in the match the goal was scored. For list that include caps, blank indicates played in the match but did not score a goal.
Assist/pass
The ball was passed by the player, which assisted in scoring the goal. This column depends on the availability and source of this information.
penalty or pk
Goal scored on penalty-kick which was awarded due to foul by opponent. (Goals scored in penalty-shoot-out, at the end of a tied match after extra-time, are not included.)
Score
The match score after the goal was scored.
Result
The final score.
W – match was won L – match was lost to opponent D – match was drawn
(W) – penalty-shoot-out was won after a drawn match
(L) – penalty-shoot-out was lost after a drawn match
aet
The score at the end of extra-time; the match was tied at the end of 90' regulation
pso
Penalty-shoot-out score shown in parentheses; the match was tied at the end of extra-time
Pink background color – Olympic women's football tournament
Blue background color – FIFA women's world cup final tournament
↑According to her profile on the Swedish Football Association's website, Fischer's total number of caps is 188, but this appears to be a mistake, as the number which was communicated after her retirement was 189.
↑Gustaf Ränkeskog (27 September 2022). "Nilla Fischer slutar i landslaget" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
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