Bienvenido Marañón

Bienvenido Marañón Morejón (born 15 May 1986), commonly known as Bienve, is a Filipino-Spanish professional footballer who plays for Filipino club United City as a right winger.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Marañón and the second or maternal family name is Morejón.
Bienvenido Marañón
Bienve in 2018
Personal information
Full name Bienvenido Marañón Morejón
Date of birth (1986-05-15) 15 May 1986
Place of birth El Puerto, Spain
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 United City
Number 7
Youth career
La Salle
Betis
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 Rayo Sanluqueño ? (17)
2007–2010 Cádiz B 86 (28)
2007–2008 Cádiz 3 (0)
2010–2011 Villarrubia 37 (21)
2011–2012 Móstoles 14 (1)
2012 Villarrubia 14 (11)
2012–2013 La Hoya Lorca 27 (14)
2013–2015 Socuéllamos 65 (15)
2015– Ceres–Negros / United City 89 (71[lower-alpha 1])
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:36, 9 November 2020 (UTC)

He only played lower league and amateur football in his country. In 2015 he signed with Ceres–Negros, remaining several years with the Filipino club.

Early life

Bienve was born in El Puerto de Santa María, Province of Cádiz, Andalusia, and grew up in neighbouring Cádiz. He spent his childhood playing football in the streets, as his parents could not afford to send him to an academy.[1]

Club career

Spain

Bienve made his senior debut with local CD Rayo Sanluqueño in the 2005–06 season. In summer 2007 he signed with Cádiz CF, being assigned to the reserves in Tercera División.

On 2 December 2007, Bienve appeared in his first game as a professional, coming on as a late substitute in a 3–1 home win against Racing de Ferrol for the Segunda División.[2] He totalled 58 minutes for the first team, who were eventually relegated.

On 7 April 2010, Bienve was released by Cádiz due to indiscipline.[3] He joined fourth-level club Villarrubia CF 14 days later,[4] and scored a career-best 21 goals during the campaign.

Bienve moved to fellow league team CD Móstoles in the 2011 off-season, returning to Villarrubia the following transfer window[5] and subsequently resuming his career in the fourth tier, where he represented La Hoya Lorca CF and UD Socuéllamos.[6] With the latter, he achieved promotion to Segunda División B in 2014.[7][8]

Ceres–Negros / United City

On 14 May 2015, Bienve moved abroad for the first time in his career, after agreeing a deal with Filipino United Football League side Ceres FC.[9] He was encouraged by former Cádiz teammate Carli de Murga to play for them as early as 2012.[10]

Bienve considered retiring in 2016 due to the death of his father, but was encouraged by coach Risto Vidaković to continue playing football.[1] He became the all-time top scorer in the AFC Cup on 11 March 2020, when he scored his 35th goal in the renamed Ceres–Negros's 4–0 win against Bali United FC.[10]

Ceres–Negros was taken over by a new management in July 2020, which renamed the club United City FC. Bienve was among the players retained.[11]

International career

On 3 March 2020, during the 18th Congress, Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri sponsored a bill in the senate proposing the grant of Philippine citizenship to Bienve, that would render him available to play for the Philippine national team.[12] In September, bills were filed in the House of Representative proposing the same.[13]

Honours

Ceres–Negros / United City

Individual

  • Philippines Football League Golden Boot: 2020[15]

Notes
  1. Goal count begins in season 2017.

References
  1. Rivera, Louie Greg A. (15 November 2020). "In Maranon, a Filipino at heart even with papers still pending". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  2. "El Cádiz supera al Racing de Ferrol" [Cádiz overcome Racing de Ferrol]. Marca (in Spanish). 2 December 2007. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  3. Jiménez, R. (7 April 2010). "El Cádiz B aparta al barreño Tiri" [Cádiz B oust barreño Tiri] (in Spanish). Europa Sur. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  4. "«El fútbol no se termina en Cádiz»" ["Football does not end at Cádiz"] (in Spanish). La Voz Digital. 21 April 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  5. "Vuelven al Villarrubia Bienve y Wuy" [Bienve and Wuy return to Villarrubia] (in Spanish). Villarrubia CF. 28 January 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  6. De la Cruz, C. (8 July 2013). "El Socuéllamos contará con Bienve la próxima campaña" [Socuéllamos will count with Bienve for the following season]. La Tribuna de Ciudad Real (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  7. "Socuéllamos festeja el histórico ascenso del Yugo Unión Deportiva a Segunda B" [Socuéllamos celebrates Yugo Unión Deportiva's historic promotion to Segunda B]. La Comarca de Puertollano (in Spanish). 23 June 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  8. Fernández, Raúl (10 September 2014). ""Tengo unas ganas locas de jugar"" ["I want to play like crazy"] (in Spanish). Lanza. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  9. "Bienve deja el Socuéllamos" [Bienve leaves Socuéllamos]. La Tribuna de Ciudad Real (in Spanish). 14 May 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  10. Tan, Gabriel (19 April 2020). "Bienvenido Maranon is powering Ceres-Negros FC's evolution into Asian football power". ESPN. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  11. Terrado, Reuben (2 August 2020). "Prolific Spanish striker Marañon signs with United City FC". Sports Interactive Network. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  12. "Philippine citizenship to Bienvenido Marañón Morejón". Senate of the Philippines. 3 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  13. Luci-Atienza, Charissa (6 September 2020). "Bills granting Filipino citizenship to football player Bienvenido Marañón Morejón filed". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  14. Tupas, Cedelf (16 November 2019). "Ceres-Negros caps unbeaten season with Copa triumph". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  15. Morales, Luisa (11 November 2020). "PFL champs United City FC sweep individual awards". The Philippine Star. Archived from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
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