Michelle Pao
{{short description|Chinese football player from Taiwan}}
{{family name hatnote|Pao|lang=Chinese}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Michelle Pao
| image = Michelle Pao 2015 (cropped).jpg
| fullname = Pao Hsin-hsuan{{Cite web|url=http://stats.the-afc.com/player/91381|title=PAO HSIN-HSUAN|website=AFC|accessdate=28 May 2020}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|9|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = Hsinchu, Taiwan
| height = 1.63 m
| position = Forward
| currentclub = Taichung Blue Whale
| clubnumber = 5
| collegeyears1 = 2010–2013
| college1 = Pepperdine Waves
| years1 = 2015
| years2 = 2016–2017
| years3 = 2018–2021
| clubs1 = Vittsjö GIK
| clubs2 = Nojima Stella Kanagawa
| clubs3 = Taichung Blue Whale
| caps1 = 19
| caps2 = 33
| caps3 = 25
| goals1 = 3
| goals2 = 12
| goals3 = 26
| pcupdate = October 1, 2015
| nationalyears1 = 2015–
| nationalteam1 = Chinese Taipei
| nationalcaps1 = 26
| nationalgoals1 = 17
| ntupdate = 17 December 2023 {{Cite web|url=https://globalsportsarchive.com/people/soccer/michelle-pao/176079/|title={{PAGENAME}}|website=Global Sports Archive|accessdate=28 May 2020}}
}}
Pao Hsin-hsuan ({{lang-zh|c=包欣玄|p=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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.pepperdinesports.com/sports/w-soccer/mtt/pao_michelle00.html|title=26 MICHELLE PAO|publisher=pepperdinesports.com|accessdate=June 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329085639/http://www.pepperdinesports.com/sports/w-soccer/mtt/pao_michelle00.html|archive-date=March 29, 2016|url-status=dead}}
Youth career
Professional career
=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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/michelle-pao/|title=Michelle Pao|publisher=worldfootball.net|accessdate=June 6, 2016}}
=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.{{Cite web|url=http://stellakanagawa.nojima.co.jp/news/news/news2016020104.html|title=Sign Vittsjö GIK Michelle Pao|publisher=Nojima Stella kanagawa Sagamihara Official Web Site|date=February 1, 2016|accessdate=February 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605175225/http://stellakanagawa.nojima.co.jp/news/news/news2016020104.html|archive-date=June 5, 2016|url-status=dead}} Pao finished the 2016 season as the top scorer with 11 goals in the 2016 L. League Division 2.{{Cite web|url=http://stellakanagawa.nojima.co.jp/news/news/news20161026.html|title=Nadeshiko League Awards Ceremony|publisher=Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara Official Website|date=October 26, 2016|accessdate=February 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170413085318/http://stellakanagawa.nojima.co.jp/news/news/news20161026.html|archive-date=April 13, 2017|url-status=dead}} Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara finished first in the Division 2 and thus promoted first in history to the Division 1.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nadeshikoleague.jp/news/2016/1008_1536.html|title=Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara Win 2016 Nadeshiko League Division 2|publisher=Japan Women's Football League Official Web Site|date=October 8, 2016|accessdate=February 1, 2017}}
On 8 December 2017, Pao announced her retirement from professional soccer career at the end of the 2017 season.{{Cite web|url=http://stellakanagawa.nojima.co.jp/news/news/news2017120804.html|title=Michelle Pao announces retirement|publisher=Nojima Stella kanagawa Sagamihara Official Web Site|date=December 8, 2017|accessdate=January 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222053307/http://stellakanagawa.nojima.co.jp/news/news/news2017120804.html|archive-date=December 22, 2017|url-status=dead}}
=Taiwan women's league=
Since 2018 season, she joined Taichung Blue Whale, a semi-professional club playing in Taiwan Mulan Football League.{{cite web|title=台中藍鯨延攬包欣玄 拚連霸木蘭足球聯賽|url=https://www.cna.com.tw/news/aspt/201804090263.aspx|publisher=Central News Agency|language=Chinese|date=9 April 2018|accessdate=7 April 2019}}
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
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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=9277&stageid=364&tMode=C&view=ajax&show=matchsummary|title=WOMEN'S OLYMPIC FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT 2016 — QUALIFICATION ROUND 2|publisher=the-afc.com|accessdate=June 6, 2016}}
International goals
| class="wikitable" | ||||||
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 16 September 2015 | Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay, Myanmar | {{fbw|JOR}} | align=center|2–0 | align=center| 3–0 | 2016 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament |
| 2. | 8 November 2016 | rowspan=2| Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong | {{fbw|HKG}} | align=center|3–0 | align=center| 5–0 | rowspan=2| 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship |
| 3. | 11 November 2016 | {{fbw|GUM}} | align=center|3–1 | align=center| 8–1 | ||
| 4. | rowspan="2"| 5 April 2017 | rowspan="2"| Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium, Al-Ram, Palestine | rowspan="2"| {{fbw|PLE}} | align=center|1–0 | rowspan="2" align=center| 5–0 | rowspan="2"| 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification |
| 5. | align=center|3–0 | |||||
| 6. | 19 August 2018 | Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang, Indonesia | {{fbw|IDN}} | align=center|4–0 | align=center| 4–0 | rowspan=2| 2018 Asian Games |
| 7. | 21 August 2018 | Bumi Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang, Indonesia | {{fbw|MDV}} | align=center|5–0 | align=center| 7–0 | |
| 8. | rowspan=2| 6 November 2018 | rowspan=6| Hisor Stadium, Hisor, Tajikistan | rowspan=2| {{fbw|TJK}} | align=center|1–0 | rowspan=2 align=center| 9–0 | rowspan=9| 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament |
| 9. | align=center|2–0 | |||||
| 10. | 8 November 2018 | {{fbw|MNG}} | align=center|1–0 | align=center| 9–0 | ||
| 11. | rowspan=3| 11 November 2018 | rowspan=3| {{fbw|SIN}} | align=center|2–0 | rowspan=3 align=center| 10–0 | ||
| 12. | align=center|5–0 | |||||
| 13. | align=center|6–0 | |||||
| 14. | 6 April 2019 | rowspan=3| Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar | {{fbw|PHI}} | align=center|1–2 | align=center| 4–2 | |
| 15. | rowspan=2| 9 April 2019 | rowspan=2| {{fbw|IRN}} | align=center|1–0 | rowspan=2 align=center| 4–0 | ||
| 16. | align=center|4–0 | |||||
| 17. | 23 February 2023 | North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand | {{fbw|PNG}} | align=center|2–0 | align=center| 5–0 | Friendly |
Honors
=Individual=
- 2016 L. League Division 2 : Top scorers
=Club=
Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara
- 2016 L. League Division 2 : Champion
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.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{soccerway|400314|accessdate=28 May 2020}}
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Category:American women's soccer players
Category:Chinese Taipei women's international footballers
Category:Damallsvenskan players
Category:Expatriate women's footballers in Japan
Category:Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden
Category:Footballers at the 2018 Asian Games
Category:Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara players
Category:Pepperdine Waves women's soccer players
Category:NJ/NY Gotham FC draft picks
Category:Sportspeople of Chinese descent
Category:Taiwanese women's footballers
Category:21st-century Taiwanese sportswomen
Category:Women's association football midfielders
Category:Asian Games competitors for Chinese Taipei
Category:People from Hsinchu County
Category:Nadeshiko League players
Category:21st-century American sportswomen
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