Anto Gonzales is a former Filipino footballer. He is the current head coach of

University of the Philippines The University of the Philippines (UP; fil, Pamantasan ng Pilipinas Unibersidad ng Pilipinas) is a state university system in the Philippines. It is the country's national university, as mandated by Republic Act No. 9500 (UP Charter of 200 ...

football team.

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. Loyola Football Club is a Filipino association football club based in Metro Manila. The club has won one UFL Cup and one PFF National Men's Club Championship. Founded as Loyola Agila Football Club in 2006, the club changed its name to Loyola ...

and played for the club in the

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. 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. Pachanga Diliman Football Club is a Filipino association football club based in Diliman, Quezon City that played in the United Football League, the highest level of Philippine club football. It was founded in 1998 as Pachanga Football Club by th ...

and became Pachangca Diliman F.C. Gonzales returned to the newly merged club. On December 7, 2015, Loyola announced that they have signed in Gonzales.

International

He was also a former player for the

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. He was part of the squad that won the

2012 Philippine Peace Cup The 2012 Philippine Peace Cup was the inaugural edition of the tournament, four-nation international football competition organized by the Philippine Football Federation (PFF). It was originally slated for October 12–16 but the PFF moved it to ...

Coaching career

Gonzales coaches both the men's and women's team of the

since at least UAAP 76. In 2016 at

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

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.

References

Living people Filipino footballers Filipino football head coaches Philippines international footballers Association football midfielders F.C. Meralco Manila players Academic staff of the University of the Philippines 1981 births {{Philippines-footy-bio-stub