Tara Shelton
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| Full name | Tara Allison Borromeo Shelton[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | June 26, 2001[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Edmonds, Washington, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender[1] | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | DLSU Lady Booters | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2019 | Holy Names Cougars | ||||||||||||||||
| College career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019– | DLSU Lady Booters | ||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Philippines U16 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Philippines | 15 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:35; July 19, 2022 (UTC)[2] | |||||||||||||||||
Tara Allison Borromeo Shelton (born June 26, 2001) is a footballer who plays as a defender for DLSU Lady Booters. Born in the United States, she represents the Philippines women's national team.
Early life and education
[edit]Shelton was born in Edmonds, Washington, United States.[2] She has roots in the Philippines, particularly in Cavite and Manila.[citation needed] She attended Holy Names Academy[3] and later De La Salle University.
Career
[edit]Shelton was part of the Holy Names Academy's football (soccer) team.[3] After graduating from Holy Names in 2019, she committed to play for Pacific Lutheran University in the US NCAA.[4][5]
However, she moved to the Philippines, where she played for De La Salle University's women's football team, which competes in the PFF Women's League.
International career
[edit]Shelton has represented the Philippines internationally. She has been part of the national team rosters which competed at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games[6][7] and the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualifiers.[2] She was also included in the final roster for the competition proper.[8] Shelton scored her first international senior goal in a 3–0 friendly win over Bosnia and Herzegovina in Brežice, Slovenia, with a left-footed strike from outside the box.[9]
International goals
[edit]- Scores and results list the Philippines' goal tally first.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | June 23, 2022 | Terme Čatež, Brežice |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
Honours
[edit]International
[edit]Philippines
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Tara Shelton at Soccerway. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
- ^ a b c "Tara Shelton". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
- ^ a b "Congratulations to HNA Soccer on their great season!". Holy Names Academy. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
- ^ "19 Cougars Commit to College Competition" (PDF). Cougar Corner. Holy Names Academy: 1. May 1, 2019.
- ^ "2018-19 National League Commits | 19U Girls". US Youth Soccer. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
- ^ Saldajeno, Ivan (September 13, 2021). "Malditas keep core of SEA Games team for AFC Women's Asian Cup Qualifiers". Dugout Philippines. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
- ^ "Philippine Women's National Team Make their Home Bow in the 30th Southeast Asian Games". Philippine Football Federation. November 25, 2019. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
- ^ Rosale, Dale (January 12, 2022). "Roster of PH women's football team for AFC Asian Cup bared". Cebu Daily News. Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
- ^ del Carmen, Lorenzo (June 24, 2022). "Shelton, Bolden strike as Filipinas rout Bosnia in friendly". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
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