Chieffy Caligdong

Emelio "Chieffy" Asada Caligdong (born 28 September 1982) is a Filipino football coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of the Ontario Development League Boys under-15 team, and also an assistant coach for North Mississauga SC's under-13 team.

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Asada and the surname or paternal family name is Caligdong.
Emelio Caligdong
Personal information
Full name Emelio Asada Caligdong[1]
Date of birth (1982-09-28) 28 September 1982
Place of birth Pototan, Iloilo, Philippines
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Left winger
Club information
Current team
 North Mississauga SC U-13 (assistant coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004 Union Manila
2004–2012 Philippine Air Force
2013–2014 Green Archers United
National team‡
2005 Philippines U-23 6 (2)
2004–2013 Philippines 69 (16)
Teams managed
2014–? Green Archers United U-13 (coach)
2015 Philippines U-16 (assistant coach)
2016 Philippines U-14
2018 Perpetual Altas
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 August 2015
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 August 2015

Caligdong played as a left winger for the Philippines national team, of which he is a former captain. At the club level, he played for Philippine Air Force and Green Archers United of the United Football League. At that time, he was also an enlisted member of the Philippine Air Force.

After retiring, he coached Green Archers United, the Philippines' youth teams, and the Perpetual Altas.

Early life

Emelio Asada Caligdong was born on 28 September 1982.[2] in Pototan, Iloilo.[3] He first played football when he was five years old and was encourage by his brother Roberto to play the sport who was a member of the University of Santo Tomas football team and the national team.[4] Caligdong was more known by his nickname "Chieffy" due to his grandfather being the police chief of his hometown of Barotac Nuevo.[4] As early as his elementary school years, he represented Western Visayas in the Palarong Pambansa.[3]

Club career

Calogdong is a long time player of Philippine Air Force F.C. and was an enlisted member of the air force. He played for the club in the United Football League until 2012. He moved to another UFL club, Green Archers United in January 2013.[5]

Caligdon had a chance to play for another club when in January 2015, Cebu-based UC-ERCO Bro Nationals attempted to acquire service of several UFL players including himself through a loan for their stint at the 2014–15 PFF National Men's Club Championship finals.[6] However the UFL blocked the loan move and insisted that players from the UFL can't play for other clubs even in competitions hosted by the Philippine Football Federation. The UFL insists that if Caligdong and other loaned players by ERCO suited for the club they can't return to their mother club. This is after other UFL teams complained the loaning of players from Green Archers United.[7]

International career

Caligdong made his debut in the 2004 Tiger Cup[8] , playing all four matches and scoring three goals. Two of those goals came in the 89th and 92nd minute in the 2–1 win over Timor-Leste,[9] making it the first ever victory of the Philippines in the ASEAN Football Championship.

He has also played for the Philippines U-23 at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games and in the pre-SEA Games tournament where he scored against Myanmar and Timor-Leste.[10]

On the first match of the Philippines in the Qualifying playoff round of the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualification against Mongolia, Caligdong scored a goal in the 43rd minute.

On September 30, 2011, Caligdong scored two goals in a draw against Hong Kong[11] and two more goals on October 4 against Macau in the 2011 Long Teng Cup. Caligdong, who shrugged off injuries to score both goals against Macau, emerged the top scorer for the tournament, earning the Golden Boot trophy.[12][13]

On September 29, 2012, Caligdong scored a goal on the 34th minute in the last match of the 2012 Philippine Peace Cup versus Chinese Taipei which ended in a 3–1 score line. The Philippines got the championship title with a 3 win, no draw and no loss record.[14]

On November 27, 2012, Caligdong who came in as a substitute in the 2nd half and scored an important goal for the Philippines in a 1–0 victory against Vietnam in the 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup. The Philippines eventually finished second in the group stage and qualified for the semi finals with a 2 win, 1 loss record.

In November 2014, Caligdong announced his retirement from international football citing issues on maintaining fitness and plans to focus more on his club.[15]

International goals
Scores and results list the Philippines' goal tally first.

Coaching career
Caligdong (in blue; front left) with the Philippine U14 team

Caligdong obtained a "C" Coaching License sometime in 2014 and will coach the Green Archers United youth team. He is also aspiring to become an assistant coach for the national football teams.[15][16]

By March 2016, Caligdong is now the head coach of the national under-14 team and a playing assistant coach at Green Archers United senior team.[17] In May 2018, Caligdong became the head coach of the University of Perpetual Help football team which plays in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) of the Philippines succeeding Aaron Nebreja.[18] Sometime in 2018, Caligdong and his family emigrated to Canada.

Caligdong has acquired an AFC B license, UEFA B license, and a Canada B license by June 2020. By that time Caligdong is already coaching local teams in Ontario, Canada: as head coach of the Ontario Development League Boys Under-15 team and as an assistant coach of North Mississauga SC's Under-13 team.[19]

Personal life

Emelio Caligdong is married to Renrose with whom he has three children.[19] His family has been planning on emigrating to Texas as early as 2008 but such plans has been delayed due to Caligdong's football career.[20] In 2018, they moved to Ontario, Canada instead of pursuing earlier plans to move to the United States.[19] Caligdong's wife also has two sisters residing in Canada.[20]

Honours

Club
Philippine Air Force

National team

Individual
2011
2013
  • Philippine Sportswriters Association Mr. Football Title: 1
2011[21]
  • The Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) Award for Sports: 1
2012[22]

References
  1. "Philippines roster – 2008 AFC Challenge Cup". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 5 December 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
  2. Gasgonia, Dennis (16 June 2011). "Azkals up close: 'Chieffy' Caligdong". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  3. "Palaro alum Caligdong urges athletes to aim for success". Rappler. 2 May 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  4. Tupas, Cedelf (5 January 2013). "The homegrown giant of Philippine football". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  5. Decena, Karl (3 January 2013). "Azkals hero Chieffy Caligdong transfers to Green Archers". interaksyon.com. AKTV/TV5. Archived from the original on 2013-01-06. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  6. Aznar, Edri (18 January 2015). "Pascual, Caligdong join Erco". Sun Star Cebu. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  7. Miravite, Myke (January 23, 2015). "UFL stops GAU booters from playing for Cebu side". Rivals.ph. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  8. Bello, Omar (18 September 2013). "FITNESS No-nonsense Caligdong recalls how Barotac days shaped him as a player and person". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  9. "ASEAN ("Tiger") Cup 2004 (Vietnam)". RSSSF. 1 December 2006. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
  10. "Booters rip E. Timor" (reprint). Manila Times. Find Articles. 5 September 2005. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
  11. Moore, Roy (30 September 2011). "Azkals hold reigning Long Teng Cup titlist Hong Kong to draw". GMAnews.tv. Global Media Arts. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  12. Cedelf P. Tupas (October 5, 2011). "Under-23 PH Azkals prove worth; Caligdong earns Golden Boot". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
  13. Rick Olivares (October 5, 2011). "His name is Caligdong, Chieffy Caligdong". InterAKTV. Archived from the original on 2011-10-07. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
  14. Decena, Karl (29 September 2012). "Azkals dispatch Chinese Taipei to win Peace Cup, book historic victory". interaksyon.com. AKTV/TV5. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  15. Reyes, Jaelle Nevin (13 November 2014). "Chieffy Caligdong retires from Azkals". Rappler. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  16. Guererro, Bob (13 November 2014). "It's over: Chieffy Caligdong retires from the Azkals". The Passionate Fan. Yahoo! Philippines. Archived from the original on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  17. Biantan, Jack (13 March 2016). "Caligdong names 'Magnificent Seven'". Sun Star Cagayan de Oro. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  18. "NCAA football: Perpetual all in on new coach, ex Azkals star Chieffy Caligdong". ABS-CBN News. 22 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  19. "Azkals' Chieffy Caligdong finds new life as football coach in Canada". The Philippine Star. 14 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  20. del Carmen, Lorenzo (August 3, 2020). "Even in Canada, Chieffy Caligdong still looks to serve Philippine football". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  21. "Phil, Chieffy share PSA football award". The Philippine Star. 2012-02-14. Archived from the original on 2012-09-06. Retrieved 2012-02-18.
  22. Orosa, Rosalinda (13 November 2012). "JCI names 2012 TOYM awardees". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
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