Mariano Araneta
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| President of the Philippine Football Federation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Assumed office November 27, 2010 Interim: November 27, 2010 – November 26, 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Jose Mari Martinez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mariano V. Araneta, Jr. 1953 or 1954 (age 63–64) Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo, Philippines | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Filipino | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| College | University of the Philippines | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mariano V. Araneta, Jr. is a Filipino sports executive, businessman and retired footballer. Araneta formerly played for the Philippines national football team. He is the current President of the Philippine Football Federation and a member of the FIFA Council since May 2017.
Early life and education
Araneta was born on November 9, 1954 in Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo. He played for his town's team in province-wide football tournaments held during the summer and Christmas season during his childhood. For his high school studies, Araneta attended the University of the Philippines Iloilo. For his collegiate studies, he took up Civil Engineering at the Diliman campus of the University of the Philippines. He was a varsity player for both the university's basketball and football team.[1]
Football career
Collegiate
Araneta helped the football team of the University of the Philippines in winning three titles.[1]
Club
Araneta won his first National League Championship title as part of the U-Tex football team. He then transferred to CDCP where he won another National League title. He later won six more titles for Philippine Air Force F.C..[1]
International
Araneta played for the Philippines national football team from 1975 to 1985. He was part of the Philippine squad that played at the 1977 and 1983 Southeast Asian Games. In 1983, he also played in the Asian football qualifiers for the 1984 Summer Olympics. On the 32nd minute of the second leg of the preliminary round against Japan, he scored the solitary goal for the Philippines.[1][2][3]
International goals
- Scores and results list the Philippines' goal tally first.
| Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 7 September 1983 | National Stadium, Tokyo |  | 1984 Football Olympic Tournament - Asian Qualification[3] | ||
| 15 August 1984 | Senayan Sports Stadium, Jakarta |  | 1984 AFC Asian Cup qualification | ||
Coaching
He served as head coach of the Philippines at the 1993 Philippine International Football Cup which was hosted at the Paglaum Stadium.[4]
Football administration
Following the ouster of Jose Mari Martinez as the President of the Philippine Football Federation on November 27, 2010, Araneta was designated as the interim president of the football body.[5] Almost a year later, Araneta was elected as President on November 26, 2011 at a PFF congress held at the Astoria Plaza in Pasig.[6]
In February 2017, it was reported that Araneta is one of the then eight candidates vying for the Asian Football Confederation's four spots at the FIFA Council. The four successful candidates are to be determined at the AFC Congress in May 2017 in Bahrain.[7] Three posts were in contention for male candidates while a single post for female candidates.[8]
On May 8, 2017, Araneta along with Zhang Jian of China and Chung Mong-gyu of South Korea secured their post by acclamation while Mahfuza Akhter Kiron of Bangladesh secured the sole FIFA Council slot in contention for women.[8]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Olivares, Rick (5 January 2011). "Mr. Football to restore the sport to its glory days". Bleacher's Brew. Business Mirror. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
- ↑ Velasco, Santiago. "XVI Olympic Football Tournament (Qualifying Stage)". LinguaSport. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
- 1 2 "Japan 10 - 1 Philippines / Summer Olympics Qualifier". Japan National Football Team Database. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
- ↑ "Fegidero uses old magic on Malaysia". Bacolod: Manila Standard Today. May 13, 1993. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
"We lack serious games which can only be attained in overseas tournament", said head coach Mariano Araneta
- ↑ Olivares, Rick (29 November 2010). "PFF Congress boots out Mari Martinez". Bleachers Brew. Business Mirror. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
- ↑ Terrado, Jonas (28 November 2011). "Araneta re-elected". Tempo. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
- ↑ "Shaikh Ahmad seeks re-election to Fifa council". Gulf News. Reuters. 2 February 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
- 1 2 "Four Asian Members Elected to FIFA Council". Asian Football Confederation. 8 May 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2017.