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Full name
  
Lim Shiya

Number
  
18

Height
  
1.68 m

Playing position
  
Left wing

Role
  
Footballer


Name
  
Lim Shiya

Date of birth
  
26 June 1986

Years
  
Team

Current team
  
Perth Glory FC

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Place of birth
  
Singapore, Singapore

Lim Shiya (born 26 June 1986) is a Singaporean footballer who plays as a midfielder for Australian W-League team Perth Glory. She made her debut for the Singapore Women's National Team on 18 April 2004, coming off the bench against Hong Kong in the AFC Beijing Olympics Qualifiers 2004 held at Hiroshima Big Arch Stadium in Osaka, Japan. She made her team debut for Home United FC (Women’s Team) in the FAS Women’s Challenge Cup 2001 at the age of 15 and played for FAS Young Women in 2003 before moving to Arion Women's Football Club, the Singapore’s first all-women football club in 2006. A left-footed attacking midfielder who possesses good pace and dribbling skills, Shiya is known for her vision, technique and passing. She is also a regular goal scorer for her club.

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She has represented Singapore in AFC U19 Women’s Championship 2004 (China) and 2006 (Jordan), AFF Women’s Championship 2004 (Vietnam), FIFA Women’s U19 World Cup International Friendly 2004 (Thailand), AFC Beijing Olympics Qualifiers 2004 (Japan) and AFC Women’s Asian Cup Qualifiers 2008 (Malaysia).

References

Lim Shiya Wikipedia