Lin Man-ting (; born 10 July 1990 in

Hualien City Hualien City (; Wade-Giles: Hua¹-lien² Shih⁴; Hokkien Pe̍h-ōe-jī, 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 ...

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

), or Claire, is a Taiwanese female footballer and futsal player with Amis descent. She last played for

ASPTT Albi Albi Marssac Tarn Football ASPTT (or Association Sportive de La Poste et France Télécom Albi) is a French women's football team based in Albi. The first team plays at the Stade Maurice Rigaud. The club reached Division 2 Féminine in 2000 fo ...

. 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 Canberra United Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. Founded in 2008 by Capital Football, the club was an inaugural member of the W-League and the only club not affiliated with ...

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. She also made her senior team debut in 2007, in the qualification games for

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...

, 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 21st-century Taiwanese sportswomen Amis people Sportspeople 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 footballers for Chinese Taipei Sport in Hualien Chinese Taipei women's international footballers Taiwanese expatriate sportspeople in Spain Taiwanese indigenous sportspeople {{Taiwan-women-footy-bio-stub