Anto Gonzales

Anto Gonzales is a former Filipino footballer. He is the current head coach of University of the Philippines football team.

Anto Gonzales
Personal information
Full name Andrés Crisanto S. Gonzales
Date of birth (1981-05-01) 1 May 1981
Place of birth Biñan, Laguna
Height 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Pachanga Diliman
2012 → Loyola Meralco Sparks (loan)
2015–2018 Meralco Manila
National team
c. 2012 Philippines
Teams managed
2013–2017 University of the Philippines
2018 Philippines [note 1]
2019 Philippines U-22 (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Club

Gonzales played for Diliman Victory Liner F.C. until 2012 when he was loan by Diliman to Loyola Meralco Sparks F.C. and played for the club in the 2012 UFL season. Diliman and Loyola agreed that the former will recall Gonzales in the following season if Diliman gets promoted to the 1st division which they managed to do so. Diliman later bought by Pachanga F.C. and became Pachangca Diliman F.C. Gonzales returned to the newly merged club.[2]

On December 7, 2015, Loyola announced that they have signed in Gonzales.[3]

International

He was also a former player for the Philippine national football team.[4] He was part of the squad that won the 2012 Philippine Peace Cup.[3]

Coaching career

Gonzales coaches both the men's and women's team of the University of the Philippines[4] since at least UAAP 76.[5] In 2016 at UAAP Season 78, he led both the women's and men's team of UP to win the UAAP Championships. The 2016 win of the women's team under his watch was the first ever for the squad in their history in playing at UAAP.[6]

In 2019, Gonzales was appointed as assistant coach of the Philippines U-23.[7]

Career as an educator

In November 2012, it was reported that Gonzales is teaching at the Physical Education and Sports Science subjects at the UP College of Human Kinetics simultaneously while playing competitively and coaching in football.[4]

References
  1. Averilla, Earl (5 October 2018). "Azkals march into semis with clean slate in Bangabandhu Cup". Fox Sports. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  2. Decena, Karl (7 January 2013). "Azkals member Anto Gonzales to join Pachanga for upcoming UFL season". InterAksyon. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  3. Estrada, Kevin (7 December 2012). "Anto Gonzales makes Loyola return". Dugout Philippines. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  4. Dacena, Karl (23 November 2012). "UP football coach Anto Gonzales sacrifices Maroons training time to help Azkals". InterAksyon. Archived from the original on 16 November 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  5. Songalia, Ryan (5 March 2016). "UP outlasts DLSU for first ever UAAP women's football title". Rappler. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  6. Guerrero, Bob (6 May 2016). "Diliman Double: How UP's men and women footballers ruled the UAAP". Rappler. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  7. "Philippines Men's Under-22 In AFF U22 Championship 2019". Philippine Football Federation. 15 February 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  1. Head coach on a temporary basis. Gonzales only coached the team that took part at the 2018 Bangabandhu Cup in Bangladesh which was held in October 2018. Cooper remained the head coach.[1]


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