Playing position Role Soccer player Number 13 Height 1.57 m | 2010–2013 Ohio State Buckeyes Current team MSV Duisburg Name Danica Wu Position Midfielder | |
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Full name Danica Joelle Wu,
胡嘉儿 (Wu Ka-Yee) Date of birth (1992-08-13) August 13, 1992 (age 23) Place of birth Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | ||
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Danica Joelle Wu (born August 13, 1992), is a Canadian soccer midfielder who currently plays in Germany and played collegiately for Ohio State Buckeyes and plays for the Laval Comets in the W-League and is also a member of the Canada women's national soccer team.
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- Canwnt day 3 toronto danica wu and rachel quon
- Ohio State University
- Youth playing career
- International
- Personal
- References
Ohio State University
Youth playing career
Wu captained Alberta provincial team in Canada Summer Games and was selected to the all-star team during those games. She won a bronze medal with Canada's U17 team at the 2008 CONCACAF Women's Under-17 Championship, and was nominated Canadian U-17 player of the year in 2007 and 2008. She won a silver medal with the U20 team at the 2012 CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Championship, and was nominated Canadian U-20 player of the year in 2012. Wu played in all three group-stage matches team Canada played in 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. Noted by the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Technical Study Group as "playmaker with great vision, good ball recovery and distribution skills, hard-working player in defence and attack".
International
Wu made her debut for the Canada women's national soccer team on June 2, 2013, against the United States, at BMO Field in Toronto; the match was referred to as a rematch of 2012 Olympics semi-final match.
Personal
Wu speaks English and Cantonese. Her father was born in Hong Kong while her mother was born in Medicine Hat, Alberta. She grew up participating in skiing, snowboarding, taekwondo, hockey and swimming. Wu attended Ohio State University since 2010, and has graduated.