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) | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shimizudaihachi SC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1989–1996 | Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies | 131 | (71) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 131 | (71) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1981–1996 | Japan | 75 | (19) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Etsuko Handa (半田 悦子, Handa Etsuko, born May 10, 1965) is a former Japanese football player. She played for the Japan national team.
Biography
[change | change source]Handa was born in Shizuoka on May 10, 1965. She played for her local club Shimizudaihachi SC and Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies (formerly Shimizu FC Ladies). In 1989, at Shimizu FC Ladies, the club won championship in Nadeshiko 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).
In June 1981, when Handa was 16 years old, she selected the Japan national team for 1981 AFC Championship. At this competition, on June 7, she debuted against Chinese Taipei. This match is Japan team first match in "International A Match". On June 13, she scored a goal against Indonesia. This goal is Japan national team first goal in "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.
Statistics
[change | change source]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
[change | change source]- ↑ Japan Football Association(in Japanese)
Other websites
[change | change source]- Etsuko Handa at International Olympic Committee
- Etsuko Handa at Olympic Channel
- Etsuko Handa at Olympedia
- Etsuko Handa at FIFA
- Etsuko Handa at Soccerway.com
- Etsuko Handa at FootballDatabase.eu
- Etsuko Handa at WorldFootball.net
- Etsuko Handa at TheFinalBall.com
- 1965 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Shizuoka Prefecture
- Japan women's international footballers
- Nadeshiko League players
- Shimizudaihachi Pleiades players
- Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies players
- Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- 1981 AFC Women's Championship players
- 1986 AFC Women's Championship players
- 1989 AFC Women's Championship players
- 1991 AFC Women's Championship players
- 1993 AFC Women's Championship players
- 1995 AFC Women's Championship players
- Footballers at the 1990 Asian Games
- Footballers at the 1994 Asian Games
- Asian Games medalists in football
- Asian Games silver medalists for Japan
- Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games