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Marco Alessandro Punzal Casambre (born December 18, 1998) is a Filipino professional
footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...
who plays for Philippines Football League club Kaya–Iloilo and the Philippines national team.


Education

Casambre studied at Claret School of Quezon City where he graduated with first honorable mention. He entered the University of the Philippines to take up a course on Sports Science.


Collegiate career

Casambre played for the UP Fighting Maroons collegiate football team. He was part of the squad that won the 2016 University Games in Dumaguete.


Club career


Youth

He once played for the Kaya Elite youth team.


Ceres

Casambre previously played for
Ceres F.C. United City Football Club is a Filipino professional football club based in New Clark City in Capas, Tarlac, that competes in Philippines Football League (PFL), the top-tier league of football in the Philippines. From 2012 to 2020, the club was ...
of the then-existing United Football League before moving to
Global F.C. Global Football Club was a professional association football, football club that last played in the Philippines Football League (PFL), the top flight of Philippines' club football. The club has won four league titles, two UFL Cups, one UFL FA Cu ...


Global Cebu

He made his starting player debut in an international club competition with Global at the 2016 Singapore Cup in a match against Cambodian club Nagaworld FC on May 28, 2016. He played for Global, which renamed itself as Global Cebu F.C., Global Cebu when it joined the Philippines Football League (PFL).


Davao Aguilas

In July 2018, he moved to Davao Aguilas F.C., Davao Aguilas. His club would later decide to dissolve its first team in December 2018, leaving him without a club.


Chainat Hornbill

In January 2019, Casambre signed with the Chainat Hornbill F.C., Chainat Hornbill of the Thai League 1.


Kaya–Iloilo

In 2020, Casambre returned to the Philippines and joined Kaya–Iloilo.


Loan to Sukhothai

In January 2022, Casambre was sent out on loan to Thai League 2 club Sukhothai F.C., Sukhothai until June 2022.


International career


Philippines youth

In 2011, Casambre was part of the Philippine national under-13 team that participated in the AFC U13 Festival of Football in Malaysia. In 2012, Casambre played for the Philippine national under-14 team which participated at the six-nation Japan-East Asean Football Exchange Programme U-14 Youth Football Festival hosted in Osaka. The youth team finished third in said tournament.


Philippines U19

He later became part of the under-19 team and was part of the squad that participated at the 2015 AFF U-19 Youth Championship. He made his debut for Philippines U19 in a 1−2 win against Brunei national under-19 football team, Brunei U19.


Philippines U22

Casambre was part of the Philippines national under-23 football team, Philippines U22 squad that competed in the Football at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games – Men's tournament, 2019 Southeast Asian Games held in the Philippines.


Philippines

In March 2016, he was among the 35 players called up by the Philippine Football Federation to participate in a training camp with the senior national team, which was preparing for two then upcoming 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification matches. Casambre impressed Philippine head coach Thomas Dooley during training. Dooley described the footballer as "awake" and "there", complimented his play using his left foot, noted his minimal mistakes when passing out of the back, and remarked that he was "good in the air". This led to the Philippine mentor to select him as one of the starting players in the Philippines national football team, Philippines match against Thailand national football team, Thailand on November 25, 2016, the team's final group stage match at the 2016 AFF Championship. He was later subbed out in his international debut match for Kevin Ingreso in the 79th minute.


Honors

Kaya–Iloilo * Philippines Football League: 2022–23 Philippines Football League, 2022–23


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Casambre, Marco 1998 births Living people Filipino footballers Global F.C. players United City F.C. players Thai League 2 players, Marco Casambre Philippines men's international footballers Men's association football central defenders Sportspeople from Quezon City University Athletic Association of the Philippines men's footballers University of the Philippines alumni Competitors at the 2019 SEA Games SEA Games competitors for the Philippines Philippines Football League players