Lin Man-ting (; born 10 July 1990 in

Hualien City Hualien City (; Wade-Giles: Hua¹-lien² Shih⁴; Hokkien POJ: ''Hoa-lian-chhī'' or ''Hoa-liân-chhī'') is a county-administered city and the county seat of Hualien County, Taiwan. It is located on the east coast of Taiwan on the Pacific O ...

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), or Claire, is a Taiwanese female footballer and futsal player with

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descent. She last played for

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. She was the first ever Taiwanese women player to play for a European club. She usually plays as defensive roles such as midfielder or defender. Her sister Lin Chiung-ying is also footballer, representing Canberra United in the Australian Westfield W-League.

Biography

At the age of 17, Lin represented Chinese Taipei U-19 in the

AFC U-19 Women's Championship 2007 The Asian Football Confederations AFC U-19 Women's Championship 2007 was the 4th instance of the AFC U-19 Women's Championship. It was held from October 5 to 16, 2007 at Chongqing in China. Qualification Qualified teams * : Defending cham ...

. She also made her senior team debut in 2007, in the qualification games for 2008 Summer Olympics, and became Chinese Taipei's regular start since then. In January 2010, after fending off contenders from Africa and Canada in the tryout, Lin received a 2-year contract from Real Valladolid Femenino of Spain's Superliga Femenina. Her shirt name is 'Claire'. She soon established herself and became one of the most promising players in the club. Her success in Spain has increased Real Valladolid's, as well as other Spanish clubs', interests and understandings to Taiwanese female players and also motivated the latters to challenge the world stage of football. She currently earns 200 euros with Real Valladolid and due to the low pay rumors have it she will sign with Real Madrid femenino this summer on a 1000 euros a month deal. Following Lin, Real Valladolid decided to sign her compatriots Chen Hsiao-chuan and Tan Wen-lin in April 2010.

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Real Valladolid player profile
1990 births Living people Taiwanese women's footballers Amis people People from Hualien County Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games Expatriate women's footballers in Spain Expatriate women's footballers in France ASPTT Albi players Taiwanese expatriates in Spain Taiwanese expatriate sportspeople in France Taiwanese women's futsal players Women's association football midfielders Asian Games competitors for Chinese Taipei Sport in Hualien Chinese Taipei women's international footballers {{Taiwan-women-footy-bio-stub