Michelle Pao

Michelle Pao
Personal information
Full name Michelle Pao,
(Chinese name:包欣玄
pinyin:Bāo Xīn Xuán)
Date of birth (1992-09-01) September 1, 1992
Place of birth Taiwan
Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Playing position Forward
Club 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– Taichung Blue Whale 8 (7)
National team
2015– Chinese Taipei 1 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 1, 2015

Michelle Pao (Chinese name:包欣玄 — pinyin:Bāo Xīn Xuán) (born September 1, 1992) is an American-Taiwanese soccer player who played for Vittsjö GIK and Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara. Pao played collegiate soccer for Pepperdine University.[1]

Youth career

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.[1]

Professional career

Michell Pao guarding the post for Vittsjö GIK

Vittsjö GIK

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.[2]

Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara

In February 2016, Japan Women's Football League Division 2 club Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara announced that the club had signed Pao.[3] Pao finished the 2016 season as the top scorer with 11 goals in the 2016 L. League Division 2.[4] Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara finished first in the Division 2 and thus promoted first in history to the Division 1.[5]

On 8 December 2017, Pao announced her retirement from professional soccer career at the end of the 2017 season.[6]

International

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.[7]

Honors

Individual

Club

Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara

Personal

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.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "26 MICHELLE PAO". pepperdinesports.com. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Michelle Pao". worldfootball.net. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Sign Vittsjö GIK Michelle Pao". Nojima Stella kanagawa Sagamihara Official Web Site. February 1, 2016. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Nadeshiko League Awards Ceremony". Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara Official Website. October 26, 2016. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "Michelle Pao announces retirement". Nojima Stella kanagawa Sagamihara Official Web Site. December 8, 2017. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
  7. ↑ "WOMEN`S OLYMPIC FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT 2016 — QUALIFICATION ROUND 2". the-afc.com. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
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