Tseng Shu-o (; born 6 September 1984) is a Taiwanese

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who plays as a

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for Spanish

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club CF Joventut Almassora. She has represented

Chinese Taipei "Chinese Taipei" is the term used in various international organizations and tournaments for groups or delegations representing the Republic of China (ROC), a country commonly known as Taiwan. Due to the One-China principle stipulated by th ...

since 2002, and she received the

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award in the

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in 2002. Unlike most female players in the country that give themselves to teaching or other careers after graduating from college, Tseng kept seeking opportunities to play abroad. In March 2009, she passed the test provided by

Fukuoka J. Anclas Fukuoka J. Anclas is a Japanese women's football club from Fukuoka. Founded in 1986, it has played in the Nadeshiko League The , commonly known as the , is a semi-professional women's association football league in Japan. The Nadeshiko Leagu ...

, a club in the Japanese

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Division 2. However, because the Fukuoka club does not pay wages to players, she gave it up due to lacking stable financial assistance for living in Japan. In September, she joined

Canberra United FC Canberra United Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in the southern Canberra suburb of Wanniassa, Australian Capital Territory. Founded in 2008 by Capital Football, the club was an inaugural member of the W-League and t ...

of Australian W-League with Chinese Taipei teammate

Lin Chiung-ying Lin Chiung-ying (; born 2 November 1987) is a Taiwanese football and futsal player. She comes from Amis tribe and usually plays as a defender. Her sister Lin Man-ting is also footballer. In July 2009, Lin and national teammates Tseng Shu-o an ...

. Tseng made her debut for Canberra United in 2009 W-League season's first-round game against

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on October 11, 2009. However, she could not help the team and Canberra lost 1–2. On October 17, she scored her first goal in the 3rd-round game in which Canberra had a 2–2 draw with

Perth Glory Perth Glory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Perth, Western Australia. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues. Founded in 19 ...

. On October 24, 2009, she scored twice, in a 2–0 victory for Canberra United over

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. The second goal was particularly sublime, as she weaved through defenders and rounded the goalkeeper to score. On September 20, 2012, she signed with AS Saint Étienne. Tseng has also made an impression for Canberra United, with her striking purple-coloured hair.

Early life

Tseng Shu-o' was born in Taoyuan,

Kaohsiung County Kaohsiung County was a county in southern Taiwan between 1945 and 2010. The county seat was located in Fongshan City. History Kaohsiung County was established on 6 December 1945 on the territory of Takao Prefecture () shortly after the end of W ...

– now part of

Kaohsiung Kaohsiung City (Mandarin Chinese: ; Wade–Giles: ''Kao¹-hsiung²;'' Pinyin: ''Gāoxióng'') is a special municipality located in southern Taiwan. It ranges from the coastal urban center to the rural Yushan Range with an area of . Kaohsi ...

City. She is a

Taiwanese aborigine Taiwanese indigenous peoples (formerly Taiwanese aborigines), also known as Formosan people, Austronesian Taiwanese, Yuanzhumin or Gaoshan people, are the indigenous peoples of Taiwan, with the nationally recognized subgroups numbering about 5 ...

who belongs to the Bunun tribe.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Chinese Taipei's goal tally first.''

References

External links

Tseng Shu-o profile at FIFA.com

1984 births Living people Canberra United FC players A-League Women players Expatriate women's soccer players in Australia Footballers from Kaohsiung Bunun people Taiwanese women's footballers Vancouver Whitecaps FC (women) players USL W-League (1995–2015) players Expatriate women's footballers in Austria SV Neulengbach (women) players AS Saint-Étienne (women) players ASPTT Albi players Expatriate women's footballers in France Taiwanese expatriate women's footballers Taiwanese expatriate sportspeople in France Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games ŽFK Spartak Subotica players ŽNK Split players Expatriate women's footballers in Serbia Women's association football midfielders Asian Games competitors for Chinese Taipei ÖFB-Frauenliga players Croatian Women's First Football League players Taiwanese expatriates in Spain Expatriate women's footballers in Spain Chinese Taipei women's international footballers {{Taiwan-women-footy-bio-stub