Marlon Maro

Marlon Maro
Personal information
Date of birth (1965-06-21) June 21, 1965
Place of birth Dumaguete, Philippines
Playing position Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Philippine Navy
National team
Philippines
Teams managed
2001–2007 Philippines (women's)
2008–2009 Philippines (HWC)
?– College of Saint Benilde
2011–2012 Philippine Navy
~2013 Philippines (U18)
2015– Philippines U-23
2017–2018 Davao Aguilas
2017 Philippines
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Marlon Maro (born June 21, 1965) is a Filipino football coach and former international football player. He is the head coach of the Philippines national under-23 team since 2015.[1]

Club career

Maro played as a player for Philippine Navy.[2]

International career

Marlon Maro played as a defender for the Philippine national team. He was part of the 1991 squad that reached the semifinals of the Southeast Asian Games; the highest achievement of the senior team at said tournament before the football at the games became an under-23 tournament in 2001. At the 1993 Southeast Asian Games, Marlon Maro was designated as the captain of the national team.[1][3]

Coaching career

Collegiate

College of St. Benilde

Maro is coached the football team of the College of Saint Benilde which plays at the NCAA Football Championship. He led the collegiate team to its first NCAA title at the 2009-10 season ending San Beda College eight-year championship winning streak.[1][4][5]

Club

Philippine Navy

During off-season of the United Football League in 2011, Marlon Maro was hired as head coach of Philippine Navy. Maro brought in civilian players, with some coming from San Beda College in an effort to boost the squad.[6][7]

Davao Aguilas

Maro was hired in an interim basis in September 2017 to serve as head coach of the Davao Aguilas F.C. replacing Gary Phillips.[8] His first match leading the Davao Aguilas was the 1-1 draw with Ceres-Negros F.C..[9] In May 2018, Maro tendered his resignation and was replaced by his assistant, Melchor Anzures.[10]

Philippine national teams

Men's national team

Maro took charge of a Philippines national football team that participated at the 2017 CTFA International Tournament in Taiwan. Maro's staff for the tournament to be held in December 2017 consists of team manager, Jefferson Cheng and assistant coach Randolfo Clarino, Marlon Piñero, Ronoel Garfin, and Ramonito Carreon. The Philippine Football Federation (PFF) planned to send the U22 national team which Maro is also head coach but decided to add a select number of senior players from Davao Aguilas and Stallion Laguna.[11][12]

The lineup for the national team to be guided by Maro was already assembled by the PFF on November 2017 when the national team under regular coach Dooley and team manager Dan Palami was in Nepal for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers.[13]

The national team under his helm won 3-1 over Laos, but later lost 0-3 to host Chinese Taipei, and 0-1 to Timor-Leste.[14]

Women's national team

Maro coached the Philippine women's national team from 2001 to 2007.[1][4]

U18 and U23 youth national teams

At the 2013 Kanga Cup, under the club name Carranz F.C., the Philippine U18 team, led by Maro, won the U18 male division of the youth tournament beating Capital Football Senior NTC in the finals; 1–0.[15][16]

For the under-23 national team's stint at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games, Maro was appointed head coach to lead the team, taking over from Australian Jimmy Fraser, as head coach.[1]

Homeless World Cup team

Marlon Maro, led the 2008 and 2009 Philippine squads that participated at the Homeless World Cup, a football competition for street children of several countries.[17][18][19]

Other involvements in football

Along with Aris Caslib, Maro organized the Ang Liga, an annual inter-collegiate football tournament in 2003.[4][20]

Honours

College of St. Benilde
Carranz F.C. (Philippine U18)

Military career

Maro has served with the Philippine Navy retiring in 2008 with the rank of Sergeant.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Santiago, Francis (30 May 2015). "Homegrown booters to prove something". Tempo. Archived from the original on 30 May 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  2. ↑ Atencio, Peter (8 November 1988). "Cebu booters on top". Manila Standard. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "The 1991 Philippine Men's Football National Team: Kings for a day". Football Philippines (January–February 2012 ed.). 28 February 2012.
  4. 1 2 3 Icasiano, Nissi (25 May 2015). "Philippine U-23 SEA Games football roster named". Rappler. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  5. ↑ Tupas, Cedelf (20 February 2010). "Saint Benilde booters dethrone Red Lions". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  6. ↑ Olivares, Rick (23 October 2011). "Caligdong, Araneta show the way as Air Force strafes Navy in UFL". InterAKTV. Archived from the original on 30 May 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  7. 1 2 "Air Force FC, Army FC & Navy FC: The strong, the few, and the proud are under siege". Bleachers Brew. inthezone.com.ph. 24 January 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  8. ↑ Tupas, Cedelf (20 September 2017). "Aguilas seek first win vs Ceres-Negros". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  9. ↑ Tan, Gabriel (20 September 2017). "PFL: Younghusband on target as Davao deny Ceres". Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  10. ↑ Biantan, Jack (29 May 2018). "Maro Out, Anzures In For Davao Aguilas FC". Pinoy Football. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  11. ↑ "Philippines National Team In CTFA International Tournament". Philippines Football Federation. 28 November 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  12. ↑ Guerrero, Bob (28 November 2017). "Azkals to join pocket tournament in Taiwan". Rappler. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  13. ↑ Cabatbat, Erel (6 December 2017). "PFF still silent on Taiwan 'debacle'". Fast Break. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  14. ↑ "Football: Azkals end Taipei campaign with loss to Timor-Leste". ABS-CBN News. 6 December 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  15. ↑ "Under-18 Azkals emerge triumphant in Kanga Cup". GMA News. 12 June 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  16. ↑ "Philippine Team bags the gold at Kanga Cup 2013". Embassy of the Philippines - Canberra, Australia. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  17. ↑ "Homeless booters vie in Australia". The Philippine Star. 8 November 2008. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  18. ↑ Mata, Elvira (17 December 2008). "Homeless footballers back from World Cup". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on 30 May 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  19. ↑ "RP rips Luxembourg in Homeless WC". The Philippine Star. 9 November 2009. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  20. ↑ Icasiano, Nissi (20 June 2014). "Collegiate teams vie for Ang Liga football title". Rappler. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
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