is a former Japanese football player. She played for Japan national team, and competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Club career

Handa was born in Shizuoka on May 10, 1965. She played for her local club Shimizudaihachi SC and Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies (formerly ''Shimizu FC Ladies''). In 1989, at Shimizu FC Ladies, the club won championship in L.League first season. And she was named first MVP awards in the league. In 1993 season, she scored 14 goals and she became top scorer. She was selected Best Eleven 4 times (

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, 1990,

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and

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nelson Ma ...

National team career

In June 1981, when Handa was 16 years old, she selected Japan national team for 1981 AFC Championship. At this competition, on June 7, she debuted against

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. This match is Japan team first match in International A Match. On June 13, she scored a goal against

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. This goal is Japan national team first goal in International A Match. And Japan won the match (1-0). This is Japan national team first victory. She also played at

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, 1995 AFC Championship, 1990,

1994 Asian Games The 1994 Asian Games ( ja, 1994年アジア競技大会, ''Senkyūhyakukyūjūyon-nen Ajia kyōgi taikai''), also known as the XII Asiad and the 12th Asian Games ( ja, 第12回アジア競技大会, Daijūni-kai Ajia kyōgi taikai), were held from ...

. She was a member of Japan for

, 1995 World Cup and 1996 Summer Olympics. She played 75 games and scored 19 goals for Japan until 1996.Japan Football Association
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National team statistics

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* * * * 1965 births Living people Association football people from Shizuoka Prefecture Japanese women's footballers Japan women's international footballers Nadeshiko League players Shimizudaihachi Pleiades players Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies players Olympic footballers of Japan Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games medalists in football Women's association football midfielders Footballers at the 1990 Asian Games Footballers at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup players 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup players Nadeshiko League MVPs {{Japan-women-footy-bio-stub