Etsuko Handa
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| Full name | Etsuko Handa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | May 10, 1965 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shimizudaihachi SC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1989–1996 | Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies | 131 | (71) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 131 | (71) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1981–1996 | Japan | 75 | (19) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Etsuko Handa (半田 悦子, Handa Etsuko, born May 10, 1965) is a former Japanese football player. She played for Japan national team, and competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Club career
Handa was born in
L.League first season. And she was named first MVP awards in the league. In 1993 season, she scored 14 goals and she became top scorer. She was selected Best Eleven 4 times (1989, 1990, 1993 and 1994
).
National team career
In June 1981, when Handa was 16 years old, she selected
International A Match. And Japan won the match (1-0). This is Japan national team first victory. She also played at 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995 AFC Championship, 1990, 1994 Asian Games. She was a member of Japan for 1991, 1995 World Cup and 1996 Summer Olympics. She played 75 games and scored 19 goals for Japan until 1996.[1]
National team statistics
| Japan national team | ||
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| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1981 | 5 | 1 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 13 | 2 |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 1 |
| 1989 | 9 | 6 |
| 1990 | 6 | 4 |
| 1991 | 8 | 2 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 5 | 3 |
| 1994 | 5 | 0 |
| 1995 | 7 | 0 |
| 1996 | 7 | 0 |
| Total | 75 | 19 |
References
- ^ a b Japan Football Association(in Japanese)
External links
- Etsuko Handa – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Etsuko Handa at Soccerway
- Etsuko Handa at WorldFootball.net
- Etsuko Handa at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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