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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Pao Hsin-hsuan[1] | ||
Date of birth | 1 September 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Hsinchu, Taiwan | ||
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Taichung Blue Whale | ||
Number | 5 | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2013 | Pepperdine Waves | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015 | Vittsjö GIK | 19 | (3) |
2016–2017 | Nojima Stella Kanagawa | 33 | (12) |
2018–2021 | Taichung Blue Whale | 8 | (26) |
International career‡ | |||
2015– | Chinese Taipei | 26 | (17) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 1, 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 December 2023 [2] |
Pao Hsin-hsuan (Chinese: 包欣玄; pinyin: Bāo Xīnxuán; born 1 September 1992), known as Michelle Pao, is a Taiwanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for Taiwan Mulan Football League club Taichung Blue Whale and the Chinese Taipei women's national team. Pao played collegiate soccer for Pepperdine University.[3]
Youth career
[edit]Michelle Pao played for Pepperdine during her college years between 2010 and 2014; and is the first player of the university to earn four-time All-WCC first team honors; and was also four-time NSCAA All-West Region pick.[3]
Professional career
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Vittsjö GIK
[edit]Pao was the 24th selection in 2014 NWSL College Draft by Sky Blue FC. However, Michelle Pao did not join Sky Blue and instead went to play for Vittsjö GIK in Sweden.[4]
Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara
[edit]In February 2016, Japan Women's Football League Division 2 club Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara announced that the club had signed Pao.[5] Pao finished the 2016 season as the top scorer with 11 goals in the 2016 L. League Division 2.[6] Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara finished first in the Division 2 and thus promoted first in history to the Division 1.[7]
On 8 December 2017, Pao announced her retirement from professional soccer career at the end of the 2017 season.[8]
Taiwan women's league
[edit]Since 2018 season, she joined Taichung Blue Whale, a semi-professional club playing in Taiwan Mulan Football League.[9] Due to cancellation of matches starting in May 2021 just after her 29th birthday in September she said would be leaving Taichung Blue Whale to return to California.
International
[edit]Michelle Pao played for Chinese Taipei women's national football team in 2016 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament and scored a goal in the second round against Jordan women's national football team.[10]
International goals
[edit]Honors
[edit]Individual
[edit]- 2016 L. League Division 2 : Top scorers
Club
[edit]Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara
- 2016 L. League Division 2 : Champion
Personal
[edit]Michelle is the daughter of Yao-kuo Pao and Liven Lin and has two siblings, Wayne and Jessie; and attended Monta Vista High School in Cupertino, California. She graduated from Pepperdine University majoring in sports medicine.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "PAO HSIN-HSUAN". AFC. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ "Michelle Pao". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ a b c "26 MICHELLE PAO". pepperdinesports.com. Archived from the original on March 29, 2016. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
- ^ "Michelle Pao". worldfootball.net. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
- ^ "Sign Vittsjö GIK Michelle Pao". Nojima Stella kanagawa Sagamihara Official Web Site. February 1, 2016. Archived from the original on June 5, 2016. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
- ^ "Nadeshiko League Awards Ceremony". Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara Official Website. October 26, 2016. Archived from the original on April 13, 2017. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
- ^ "Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara Win 2016 Nadeshiko League Division 2". Japan Women's Football League Official Web Site. October 8, 2016. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
- ^ "Michelle Pao announces retirement". Nojima Stella kanagawa Sagamihara Official Web Site. December 8, 2017. Archived from the original on December 22, 2017. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
- ^ "台中藍鯨延攬包欣玄 拚連霸木蘭足球聯賽" (in Chinese). Central News Agency. 9 April 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ^ "WOMEN'S OLYMPIC FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT 2016 — QUALIFICATION ROUND 2". the-afc.com. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
External links
[edit]- Michelle Pao at Soccerway. Retrieved 28 May 2020.