Shelah Mae Robiso Cadag is a Filipino footballer who plays as a

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for the University of Santo Tomas football team.

Career

Shelah Mae Cadag plays for the women's football team of the

University of Santo Tomas The University of Santo Tomas (also known as UST and officially as the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, Manila) is a private, Catholic research university in Manila, Philippines. Founded on April 28, 1611, by Spanish friar Miguel ...

(UST) which plays in the

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(UAAP) and the

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. In

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, Cadag helped UST secure a place in the women's football final by scoring a brace in her collegiate team's second match against the

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which ended in a 5–2 win for UST. The UAAP Season 80 women's football final was contested by the same two teams with De La Salle winning 2–1 over UST. Cadag scored the sole goal for UST and was named the Best Striker for the season.

International career

Cadag made her first appearance for the

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in the first round of the

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held in November 2018. The Philippines won 9–0 over

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on their first match in the qualifiers on November 4, 2018, where Cadag managed to score a

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. Cadag repeated the same feat in the Philippines' 5–1 win over

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on November 11.

International goals

:''Scores and results list the Philippines' goal tally first.''

References

University of Santo Tomas alumni University Athletic Association of the Philippines women's footballers Philippines women's international footballers Living people Filipino women's footballers Women's association football forwards Competitors at the 2019 SEA Games 1998 births SEA Games competitors for the Philippines {{Philippines-women-footy-bio-stub