Marlon Maro (born June 21, 1965) is a Filipino football coach and former international football player. He was the head coach of the

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in 2021.

Club career

Maro played as a player for Philippine Navy.

International career

Marlon Maro played as a defender for the Philippine national team. He was part of the

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squad that reached the semifinals of the

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; the highest achievement of the senior team at said tournament before the football at the games became an under-23 tournament in 2001. At the

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, Marlon Maro was designated as the captain of the national team.

Coaching career

Collegiate

College of St. Benilde

Maro has coached the football team of the

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which plays at the NCAA Football Championship. He led the collegiate team to its first NCAA title at the 2009–10 season ending

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eight-year championship winning streak.

Club

Philippine Navy

During the off-season of the United Football League in 2011, Marlon Maro was hired as head coach of Philippine Navy. Maro brought in civilian players, with some coming from

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in an effort to boost the squad.

Davao Aguilas

Maro was hired in an interim basis in September 2017 to serve as head coach of the

Davao Aguilas F.C. The Davao Aguilas Football Club (abbreviated as DAFC) is a Philippines, Filipino professional association football, football club based in the city of Tagum, Davao del Norte. From 2017 to 2018, the club has played in the Philippines Football Leag ...

replacing Gary Phillips. His first match leading the Davao Aguilas was the 1–1 draw with Ceres-Negros F.C. In May 2018, Maro tendered his resignation and was replaced by his assistant, Melchor Anzures.

Philippine national teams

Men's national team

Maro took charge of a

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that participated at the

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. Maro's staff for the tournament to be held in December 2017 consists of team manager,

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and assistant coach Randolfo Clarino, Marlon Piñero, Ronoel Garfin, and Ramonito Carreon. The

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(PFF) planned to send the U22 national team which Maro is also head coach but decided to add a select number of senior players from

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and Stallion Laguna. The lineup for the national team to be guided by Maro was already assembled by the PFF in November 2017 when the national team under regular coach Dooley and team manager

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was in Nepal for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers. The national team under his helm won 3–1 over Laos, but later lost 0–3 to host Chinese Taipei, and 0–1 to

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Women's national team

Maro coached the Philippine women's national team from 2001 to 2007. On July 10, 2021, the

announced that they have appointed Maro to lead the national team again starting at the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualifiers. This was due to a need for a full-time coach with Maro's predecessor Marnelli Dimzon also being the coach of Far Eastern University's women's team. Maro would help the Philippines qualify for the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup. After the successful qualifiers stint he was appointed as head of the PFF Coaching Education department in October 2021. Alen Stajčić succeeded Maro.

U18 and U23 youth national teams

At the 2013 Kanga Cup, under the club name Carranz F.C., the Philippine U18 team, led by Maro, won the U18 male division of the youth tournament beating Capital Football Senior NTC in the finals; 1–0. For the under-23 national team's stint at the

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, Maro was appointed head coach to lead the team, taking over from Australian

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, as head coach.

Homeless World Cup team

Marlon Maro, led the 2008 and 2009 Philippine squads that participated at the

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, a football competition for street children of several countries.

Other involvements in football

Along with

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, Maro organized the

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, an annual inter-collegiate football tournament in 2003.

Honours

;College of St. Benilde * NCAA Football Championship Champions: 2009–10 ;Carranz F.C. (Philippine U18) *

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U18 Champions: 2013

Military career

Maro has served with the Philippine Navy retiring in 2008 with the rank of Sergeant.

References

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