Shu Ohba
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 11 July 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Ole Miss Rebels | ||
| Youth career | |||
| JFA Academy Fukushima | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2022 | East Tennessee State Buccaneers | 26 | (0) |
| 2023– | Ole Miss Rebels | 30 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022 | Japan U-20 | 4 | (0) |
| 2023– | Japan | 1 | (0) |
| ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6:00, 11 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
Shū Ohba (大場 朱羽, Shū Ohba, born 11 July 2002) is a Japanese women's footballer. She plays college soccer for Ole Miss Rebels as a goalkeeper and the Japan national team.[1]
Early life
[edit]Shu Ohba was born on 11 July 2022 in Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan. She started playing football when she was eight years old.[2] She attended Fukushima Prefectural Futaba Future Senior High School.[3][4] During her youth career, she played for JFA Academy Fukushima.[5]
Collegiate career
[edit]East Tennessee State (2021-2022)
[edit]During her freshman year at East Tennessee State University, Ohba played in 16 games and amassed 74 saves and 7 shutouts while conceding 14 goals. This performance earned her Southern Conference Freshman of the Year honors, as well as a spot on the All-Conference first team. She was also the Conference's Defensive Player of the Week three times.[6]
During her sophomore year, Ohba was named Southern Conference Women's Soccer Player of the Year, once again making the All-Conference first team squad. Ohba amassed 60 saves in her 10 games played, with 3 shutouts while allowing 11 goals.[7]
Ole Miss (2023-present)
[edit]After the 2022 season, Ohba transferred to the University of Mississippi. During her junior year, Ohba amassed second-team All-Southeastern Conference honors, as well as a third-team United Soccer Coaches All-Southeast region honors, and was a three-time Conference Player of the Week. Ohba amassed 67 saves in 15 games played, with 7 shutouts while conceding 13 goals. She led the league in saves per game.[8]
Her senior year saw her play in 15 games, recording 79 saves while allowing 34 goals.[9]
International career
[edit]Ohba has represented Japan as early as the under-16 level, where she was a part of Japan's third-pace winning team in the 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship,[10] qualifying for a spot in the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, which she also made the final roster for.[11] She once again represented her country at the 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship, which Japan would win.[12] During the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, she started in goal in 4 matches, including all 3 knockout matches, in Japan's second-place effort.[13]
Her first roster appearance for the national team was during the 2022 Asian Games.[14] She was also rostered for the 2024 SheBelieves Cup.[15] She earned her first international minutes in a friendly against New Zealand on 31 May 2024. She was later named as an alternate for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[16]
References
[edit]- ^ "Japan Women's National Team squad & schedule – The 19th Asian Games Hangzhou 2022 (9/22-10/6)". Japan Football Association. 29 August 2023.
- ^ "大場 朱羽 （日本代表）" (in Japanese). J Sports. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ "Shu Ohba – 2022–23 – Women's Soccer – ETSU Athletics". ETSU Athletics. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ "Shu Ohba – Soccer – Ole Miss Athletics – Hotty Toddy". Ole Miss Athletics. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ "Students' International Careers". Japan Football Association. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ "Southern Conference 2021 Women's Soccer Notes" (PDF). Southern Conference. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
- ^ "Southern Conference 2022 Women's Soccer Notes" (PDF). Southern Conference. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
- ^ "2024 SEC Soccer Record Book". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
- ^ "2024 Soccer Final Stat Book" (PDF). Ole Miss Rebels. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
- ^ "AFC U-16 Women's Championship Thailand 2017". Japan Football Association. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ "U-17 Japan Women's National Team squad, schedule【FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Uruguay 2018 (11/13-12/1)】". Japan Football Association. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ "U-19 Japan Women's National Team Squad, Schedule - AFC U-19 Women's Championship Thailand 2019 (10/27-11/9)". Japan Football Association. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ "【Match Report】U-20 Japan Women's National Team defeat Brazil to get one step away from making history". Japan Football Association. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ "Japan Women's National Team squad & schedule - The 19th Asian Games Hangzhou 2022 (9/22-10/6)". Japan Football Association. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ Johnson, David (5 April 2024). "Ole Miss goalie Shu Ohba to represent home country of Japan". Inside the Rebels. 247Sports. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ "Rebels In Paris: Shu Ohba". Ole Miss Sports. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
External links
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- 2002 births
- Living people
- Japanese women's footballers
- Women's association football goalkeepers
- Japan women's international footballers
- Nadeshiko League players
- Footballers at the 2022 Asian Games
- Asian Games gold medalists for Japan
- Asian Games medalists in football
- Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games
- Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States
- Japanese expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- East Tennessee State Buccaneers women's soccer players
- Ole Miss Rebels women's soccer players
- Footballers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers for Japan
- 21st-century Japanese sportswomen