Joyce Semacio
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2023}}
{{Short description|Filipino footballer}}
{{Filipino name|Omboy|Semacio}}
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| name = Joyce Semacio
| fullname = Joyce Omboy Semacio
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|1|29}}
| birth_place = Davao City, Philippines
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| position = Forward
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| youthyears1 = 2013
| youthyears2 = 2014
| youthyears3 = 2015–2017
| youthclubs1 = Davao FA
| youthclubs2 = DAVRAA
| youthclubs3 = Davao City (futsal)
|collegeyears1 = 2021–
|college1 = Ateneo de Manila University
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| nationalyears1 = 2014
| nationalteam1 = Philippines U14
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| nationalyears2 = 2017–
| nationalteam2 = Philippines U16
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| nationalyears3 = 2018–
| nationalteam3 = Philippines
| nationalcaps3 = 4
| nationalgoals3 = 2
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Joyce Omboy Semacio (born January 29, 2000) is a Filipino footballer who plays as a forward for the Ateneo Blue Eagles and the Philippines women's national team.
Early life and education
Hailing from Davao City,{{cite news |title=Philippine U14 Girls National Football Team ready for action in Vietnam |url=https://www.rappler.com/sports/by-sport/football/59681-philippine-girls-football-vietnam |accessdate=July 9, 2018 |work=Rappler |date=June 5, 2014}} Joyce Omboy Semacio{{cite web |title=Match Summary: Philippines v. Myanmar (2018 AFF Women's Championship) |url=http://www.aseanfootball.org/v3/wp-content/uploads/match_result/woman/2018/M3.pdf |publisher=ASEAN Football Federation |accessdate=July 1, 2018}} was born on January 29, 2000.{{cite web |title=AFC U-14 Girls' Regional Championship 2014 Final Registration of Players (Philippines) |url=https://vff.org.vn/uploads/files/PHI.pdf |accessdate=July 9, 2018}} She attended the Philippine College of Technology for her secondary studies and Miriam College where she is the sole female scholar for the sport of football.{{cite news |last1=Pates |first1=Karlo |title=Teen Malditas |url=https://www.pressreader.com/philippines/sunstar-davao/20141005/281676843144333 |accessdate=July 9, 2018 |work=Sun Star Davao |date=October 5, 2014}}
Career
Joyce Semacio has represented youth sides in the Davao region. At the 2013 Philippine Football Federation (PFF) Mindanao Regional Festival of Football, Semacio helped the Davao FA team win the tournament.{{cite news |last1=Saberon-Abalayan |first1=Marianne |title=Davao City sweeps reg'l FOF |url=https://www.pressreader.com/philippines/sunstar-davao/20130306/281981785012225 |accessdate=July 9, 2018 |work=Sun Star Davao |date=March 6, 2013}} She played for the Davao Region Athletic Association (DAVRAA) football team at the 11th Del Monte Football Cup in 2015 helping the regional team win the tournament. She was named as MVP of the football tournament.{{cite news |title=DAVRAA futsal girls win in Del Monte |url=http://edgedavao.net/sports/2015/04/11/davraa-futsal-girls-win-in-del-monte/ |accessdate=July 9, 2018 |work=Edge Davao |date=April 11, 2015}} She also played for the Davao City futsal team at the 2015{{cite news |title=DAVRAA 2015 Davao booters nip DavOr, 5-3 |url=http://mindanaotimes.net/davraa-2015-davao-booters-nip-davor-5-3/ |accessdate=July 9, 2018 |work=Mindanao Times |date=February 27, 2015 |archive-date=July 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709154159/http://mindanaotimes.net/davraa-2015-davao-booters-nip-davor-5-3/ |url-status=dead }} and 2017 DAVRAA Meets.{{cite news |last1=Saberon-Abalayan |first1=Marianne |title=Semacio, Calizo beef up Davao City's futsal team |url=https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/122855/ |accessdate=July 9, 2018 |work=Sun Star |date=January 26, 2017}}
=International career=
Semacio has been part of the youth system of the Philippine women's national team. She has played for the Philippine U14 and U16 women's teams. She has included in the Philippine roster for the 2014 AFC U-14 Girls Regional Championship (Southeast Asia) and 2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualifiers in September 2017, and was named as the MVP for the former in which she led the national team to a second place finish.{{cite news |last1=Garde |first1=Cyrus |title=PH U14 Girls' settles for 2nd place in AFC |url=https://www.panaynews.net/ph-u14-girls-settles-for-2nd-place-in-afc/|accessdate=July 9, 2018 |work=Panay News |date=June 18, 2018}}
Semacio debuted for the senior team in 2018 AFF Women's Championship{{cite news |last1=Sevila |first1=Jermiah |title=Malditas dominate Singapore in AFF tilt |url=http://www.manilatimes.net/malditas-dominate-singapore-in-aff-tilt/416028/ |accessdate=July 9, 2018 |work=Manila Times |date=July 5, 2018}} in the Philippines' 0–4 defeat to Myanmar coming in as a substitute for Anicka Castañeda in the 73rd minute. She made her first start for the national team in the Singapore match where she scored her first goal in the 3–0 win against Singapore.{{cite web |title=AFF Women's: Singapore 0-3 Philippines |url=http://pff.org.ph/2018/07/04/aff-womens-singapore-0-3-philippines/ |publisher=Philippine Football Federation |accessdate=July 9, 2018}}
;International goals
:Scores and results list the Philippines' goal tally first.
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! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition | ||||||
| 1. | July 3, 2018 | rowspan=2| Jakabaring Stadium, Palembang, Indonesia | {{fbw|SGP}} | {{center|1–0}} | {{center|3–0}} | rowspan="2" | 2018 AFF Women's Championship |
| 2.
|July 9, 2018 |{{Fbw|INA}} |{{center|2–0}} |{{center|3–3}} | ||||||
| 3.
|April 1, 2019 |rowspan=3| Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar |{{Fbw|IRI}} |{{center|1–0}} |{{center|2–0}} | rowspan="3" |2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament | ||||||
| 4.
|April 5, 2019 |{{Fbw|TPE}} |{{center|1–0}} |{{center|2–4}} | ||||||
| 5.
|April 9, 2019 |{{Fbw|PLE}} |{{center|1–0}} |{{center|7–0}} |
=College career=
In 2020, Semacio was recruited by the Ateneo Blue Eagles women's football team.{{cite news |last1=Salvanera |first1=Juris |title=ICYMI: Semacio lifts Blue Eagles in PFF Women's Cup 2022 opener |url=https://theguidon.com/1112/main/2022/11/icymi-semacio-lifts-blue-eagles-in-pff-womens-cup-2022-opener/ |access-date=April 16, 2023 |work=The Guidon |date=November 7, 2022}}