Etsuko Handa
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Full name | Etsuko Handa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 10 May 1965 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Etsuko Handa (半田 悦子, Handa Etsuko, born 10 May 1965) is a Japanese former professional footballer. She was also a member of the Japan national team.
Club career
[edit]Handa was born in Shizuoka on 10 May 1965. She played for her local club Shimizudaihachi SC and Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies (formerly Shimizu FC Ladies). In 1989, Handa helped Shimizu FC Ladies win the L.League in its inaugural season, while also earning the Best player award. During the 1993 season, she scored 14 goals and was the league's top scorer. She was selected Best Eleven four times (1989, 1990, 1993, 1994).
National team career
[edit]In June 1981, when Handa was 16 years old, she was selected to the Japan national team for the 1981 AFC Championship. At this competition on 7 June, she debuted against Chinese Taipei. This fixture was also Japan's first International A Match. On 13 June, she scored a goal in Japan's (1–0) victory against Indonesia. It was Japan's first goal and win in an "A" match. She also played at the 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993 and 1995 AFC Championships. Handa also competed at the 1990 and 1994 Asian Games, as well as the 1991 and 1995 World Cups and the 1996 Summer Olympics. She played 75 games in total for Japan throughout her career, as well as scoring 19 goals.[1]
National team statistics
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ a b Japan Football Association(in Japanese)
External links
[edit]- Etsuko Handa – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Etsuko Handa at Soccerway
- Etsuko Handa at WorldFootball.net
- Etsuko Handa at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- 1965 births
- Living people
- Japanese women's footballers
- Japan women's international footballers
- Nadeshiko League players
- Shimizudaihachi Pleiades players
- Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies players
- Olympic footballers for Japan
- Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Asian Games silver medalists for Japan
- Asian Games medalists in football
- Women's association football midfielders
- Footballers at the 1990 Asian Games
- Footballers at the 1994 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games
- 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Nadeshiko League MVPs
- Association football people from Shizuoka (city)
- 20th-century Japanese sportswomen
- Japanese women's football biography stubs