The accusation of the former Swedish international: “At the World Cup female players forced to show their vagina to prove they are women”

The Swedish players had to show their genitals during the 2011 Women’s Soccer World Cup. Nilla Fischer revealed it, The former central defender of that team, Nilla Fischer, 38, revealed in her book “Jag sa inte ens hälften“, which in Italian means “I didn’t even say half” (of all I know), describing as “humiliating” the practice to which she and her companions had to undergo following the protests by Nigeria, South Africa and Ghana against Fifa against Equatorial Guinea, accused of having some men in the team.The checkup was carried out by a female physiotherapist on behalf of the doctor.

A denunciation that shakes the world of women’s football from its foundations, because it comes from one of its most authoritative protagonists, who retired at the end of 2022 after a career of more than twenty years, in which, among other things, she won a Champions League League, took an Olympic silver medal at Rio 2016 and finished third twice at the World Championships.

«We were told not to shave in the following days and to show our genitals to the doctor – writes Fischer, who has collected 194 appearances for the national team -. No one understood this hair removal thing, but we did as we were told thinking “how did it come to this? Why are we forced to do it now, there must be other ways to do it…should we refuse?”. At the same time, however, nobody wanted to jeopardize the opportunity to play in a World Cup. So we did it, no matter how sick and demeaning he was.”

In an interview given to the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet, Fischer went into even more detail. «I understand what I have to do and quickly pull down my training shorts and underwear-she revealed her-The physical therapist nods and says “yes”, then she looks at the doctor standing with his back to the door. She takes note and continues down the hall to knock on the next door. When all the players had been checked, the team doctor signed the document stating that the Swedish women’s national football team was made up of women only.”

For now, Fifa has not commented, but has limited itself to “taking note of the recent comments made by Nilla Fischer regarding her experiences and the gender verification tests conducted by the Swedish national team at the 2011 Women’s World Cup”.