Anton Edward Quimson del Rosario (born 23 December 1981) is an

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who plays as a

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for Maharlika Manila, of which he is also a co-founder and co-owner. He represented the Philippines national team from 2004 to 2014.

Youth and college

Since the age six, Del Rosario has had a passion for football which his older brother and his parents were influential figures. He then played for a local team in the

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. He eventually played football at Burlingame High School for four years and was part of the varsity team which was the first CCS Champion Team at the school. In 2004 that Varsity CCS Champion Team of 1996-1997 was inducted into the Burlingame High School Athletic Hall of Fame, which his older brother was also a part of. After high school, he continued his passion and played football in Burlingame, playing two years of football at

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and then two years at

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Club career

Del Rosario played for Kaya from 1999 to 2014. He served as captain for the football club. After 15 years with Kaya, del Rosario joined division rivals

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where he played as a center back. In 2017, del Rosario joined the newly-formed

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of the

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(PFL). Del Rosario also served as the club's captain, being the most veteran player on the squad. After Ilocos left the PFL after the conclusion of the 2017 season, del Rosario took a break from professional football before signing in for Global Cebu debuting for the club in their 0-1 loss against the

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on August 18 in the latter part of the 2018 season.

International career

While living in the

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for a couple of years as a teenager, Del Rosario tried out for the Philippine national team. He was successful enough to get selected and has been involved with the national team since 2000. Although he only made his debut on 8 December 2004 against

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in the

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. He went on to play all the matches in that tournament as a

and has since become an integral part of the Philippine national team. Del Rosario scored his first goal against

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via a free kick from 30 yards in the 2007 ASEAN Football Championship qualifiers.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Philippines' goal tally first.'' Del Rosario also has two

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s to his name; against

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in the 2007 AFF Championship, and against

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in the 2010 AFC Challenge Cup qualifiers.

Other involvement in football

Del Rosario established the

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(7s FL) in 2018, a non-CP seven-a-side football league. He also founded Maharlika FC which has applied to join the

which could make its league debut in the 2020 season at earliest. The club intends to be active in 2020, with plans also to join the Weekend Futbol League.

Personal life

Del Rosario is the younger brother of former Philippine international footballer Armand Del Rosario. Del Rosario says that he is very close to his brother and credits him for turning football in his life. In 2007, Del Rosario was able to help Julie Loucks get into the

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. Louks, a Philippine born American, was on the roster of the women's team at

at that time. Del Rosario informed and spoke highly of her to the coaches of the national team which led to successful tryouts. In 2012, Del Rosario and his older brother, Armand joined TV5's '' The Amazing Race Philippines''. They were eliminated in Leg 2 after they violated a rule (contacting someone outside the race) finishing in 10th place. Del Rosario became engaged with Samantha Richelle Bolkiah, daughter of Prince

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of Brunei after about a year and a half of dating.

Honours

Club

;Kaya * United Football League: Runner-up 2011–12 ;Loyola *

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: 2014–15

References

External links

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Anton del Rosario
profile at Kaya FC {{DEFAULTSORT:Rosario, Anton Del 1981 births Living people American sportspeople of Filipino descent Soccer players from San Francisco Citizens of the Philippines through descent Association football defenders Filipino footballers Notre Dame de Namur University alumni

del Rosario Del Rosario, in Spanish and Italian languages, and do Rosário in Portuguese language ( en, of the rosary) is a surname that has as its etymology, the Latin preposition, "''de''" meaning "''of the''" and the Latin noun "''rosarium''", meaning "'' ...

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