Michelle Pao

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]

In this Chinese name, the family name is Pao.
Michelle Pao
Personal information
Full name Pao Hsin-hsuan[1]
Date of birth (1992-09-01) 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 25+ (16)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 1, 2015
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 December 2019 [2]

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.[3]

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.[4]

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.[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

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

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
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.16 September 2015Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay, Myanmar Jordan2–03–02016 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
2.8 November 2016Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong Hong Kong3–05–02017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship
3.11 November 2016 Guam3–18–1
4.5 April 2017Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium, Al-Ram, Palestine Palestine1–05–02018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
5.3–0
6.19 August 2018Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang, Indonesia Indonesia4–04–02018 Asian Games
7.21 August 2018Bumi Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang, Indonesia Maldives5–07–0
8.6 November 2018Hisor Stadium, Hisor, Tajikistan Tajikistan1–09–02020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
9.2–0
10.8 November 2018 Mongolia1–09–0
11.11 November 2018 Singapore2–010–0
12.5–0
13.6–0
14.6 April 2019Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar Philippines1–24–2
15.9 April 2019 Iran1–04–0
16.4–0
17.23 February 2023North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand Papua New Guinea2–05–0Friendly

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.[3]

References
  1. "PAO HSIN-HSUAN". AFC. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  2. "Michelle Pao". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  3. "26 MICHELLE PAO". pepperdinesports.com. Archived from the original on March 29, 2016. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
  4. "Michelle Pao". worldfootball.net. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
  5. "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.
  6. "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.
  7. "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.
  8. "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.
  9. "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.
  10. "WOMEN'S OLYMPIC FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT 2016 — QUALIFICATION ROUND 2". the-afc.com. Retrieved June 6, 2016.


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