Shelah Cadag Explained

Shelah Cadag
Fullname:Shelah Mae Robiso Cadag[1]
Birth Date:5 August 1998
Birth Place:Kitaotao, Bukidnon, Philippines
Currentclub:Kaya–Iloilo
Position:Forward
Collegeyears1:2015–?
College1:University of Santo Tomas
Years1:2022–
Clubs1:Kaya–Iloilo
Years2:2024
Clubs2:Odisha (loan)
Nationalyears1:2018–
Nationalteam1:Philippines
Nationalcaps1:6
Nationalgoals1:7
Nationalteam-Update:November 29, 2019

Shelah Mae Robiso Cadag is a Filipina footballer who plays as a forward for Kaya–Iloilo of the PFF Women's League.

Career

College

Shelah Mae Cadag played for the women's football team of the University of Santo Tomas (UST) which plays in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) and the PFF Women's League.

In UAAP Season 80, Cadag helped UST secure a place in the women's football final by scoring a brace in her collegiate team's second match against the De La Salle University which ended in a 5–2 win for UST.[2] The UAAP Season 80 women's football final was contested by the same two teams with De La Salle winning 2–1 over UST. Cadag scored the sole goal for UST and was named the Best Striker for the season.[3]

Club

Cadag joined Kaya–Iloilo on November 5, 2022.[4] She would be named the Most Valuable Player for the 2023 PFF Women's League season, where Kaya won its first ever league title.[5]

In February 15, 2024, Kaya announced that she would be loaned to Indian Women's League club Odisha until March.[6]

International career

Cadag made her first appearance for the Philippines women's national football team in the first round of the 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament held in November 2018.[7] The Philippines won 9–0 over Singapore on their first match in the qualifiers on November 4, 2018, where Cadag managed to score a hat-trick.[8] [9] Cadag repeated the same feat in the Philippines' 5–1 win over Mongolia on November 11.[10]

International goals

Scores and results list the Philippines' goal tally first.

!#!Date!Venue!Opponent!Score!Result!Competition
1.November 4, 2018Hisor Central Stadium, Hisor, Tajikistan1–09–02020 Summer Olympics qualification
2.2–0
3.5–0
4.November 8, 20181–13–1
5.November 11, 20181–05–1
6.2–0
7.5–1

Honors

Kaya–Iloilo

2023

Odisha

2023–24[11]

UST Lady Booters

Individual

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Women's Olympic Football 2020 Asian Qualifiers Match Schedule. Women's Soccer United . November 11, 2018 . September 2, 2018.
  2. News: UST advances to UAAP women's football Finals . ABC-CBN News . November 11, 2018 . March 11, 2018.
  3. News: Suing . Ivan Luis . La Salle outplays UST for UAAP crown . November 11, 2018 . The Varsitarian . April 5, 2018.
  4. Web site: Shelah Cadag . Kaya FC–Iloilo . 15 February 2024.
  5. News: Kaya FC-Iloilo crowned PFF Women's League champion . 15 February 2024 . Manila Bulletin . 13 November 2023.
  6. News: Shelah Cadag Joins Odisha FC on Loan – Kaya FC–Iloilo . 15 February 2024 . Kaya F.C.–Iloilo . 15 February 2024.
  7. News: PWNFT ready for first Olympic football qualifiers . November 11, 2018 . Tiebreaker Times . November 4, 2018.
  8. News: Co . Adrian Stewart . Philippine women booters pound on Singapore in 2020 Olympics qualifier . November 11, 2018 . Panay News . November 6, 2018.
  9. News: Fantastic starts for Philippines, Tajikistan . November 11, 2018 . Asian Football Confederation . November 4, 2018.
  10. News: del Carmen . Lorenzo . Shela Mae Cadag scores thrice anew to power the Philippines past Mongolia . November 11, 2018 . Tiebreaker Times . November 11, 2018.
  11. News: Odisha FC take home the IWL trophy with stunning ease. i-league.org. I-League. 24 March 2024. 24 March 2024.