Yanti Armentia Barsales (born February 6, 1973) is a Filipino former footballer who played as a forward for the Philippine Air Force and the Philippines national team.

Early life and education

Yanti Barsales was born on February 6, 1973, and grew up in Magpet,

North Cotabato Cotabato or North Cotabato ( hil, Aminhan Cotabato; ceb, Amihanang Cotabato; Maguindanaon: ''Pangutaran Kutawatu'', Jawi: ڤڠوترن كوتاواتو; fil, Hilagang Cotabato), officially the Province of Cotabato, is a landlocked province in ...

. He would discover football when his family moved to

Iloilo Iloilo (), officially the Province of Iloilo ( hil, Kapuoran sang Iloilo; krj, Kapuoran kang Iloilo; tl, Lalawigan ng Iloilo), is a province in the Philippines located in the Western Visayas region. Its capital is the City of Iloilo, the ...

. He took up the sport when he was attending Iloilo State College of Fisheries (ISCF) in Tiwi,

Barotac Nuevo Barotac Nuevo, officially the Municipality of Barotac Nuevo ( hil, Banwa sang Barotac Nuevo, tgl, Bayan ng Barotac Nuevo), is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Iloilo, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of ...

, for his high school studies. He also simultaneously worked in the fishponds, improving his own physique at a young age.

Club career

Barsales went on to play for the Barotac Nuevo team in the 1989 Coke Go-For-Goal national championship in the U16 division. His hometown team would reach the finals. Having a built more developed than his peers at the time, the rival team filed a formal protest against Barsales alleging he was overaged. The complaint was entertained but later dismissed. He would later help the Iloilo win the U19 Adidas Cup title and garnered the most valuable player award. Barsales, would become an enlisted personnel of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) was part of its club. He played for Air Force from 1994 until his retirement from military service in 2022. PAF would play in the ''de facto'' top-flight, United Football League (UFL). He helped the team clinch the

2011 UFL Cup The 2011 United Football Cup was the third edition of the United Football Cup that ran from mid-October to mid-December 2011. This edition consisted of 28 teams which were separated into seven groups with the top two teams of the group advancin ...

title. He would also suit up for the team in their brief stint in the

Philippines Football League The Philippines Football League, commonly known as PFL, is a Filipino professional football league sanctioned by the Philippine Football Federation (PFF). It is the Philippines' highest level of men's club football, supplanting the United Foo ...

(PFL) for the 2019 season. By 2023, he is still part of Air Force which entered the 2023 Copa Paulino Alcantara

International career

Barsales played for the Philippines national team from 1992 to 2011. At the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, Yanti Barsales made the first goal for the Philippines at a FIFA World Cup qualifier against Syria held in May 2001. He would be part of the Philippines roster for the

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and 2010 AFF Championships. He retired from the national team in 2011 following the conclusion of the UFL Cup.

Personal life

Barsales is married to Gemma Araneta with whom he has four children. Bersales in an Illongo which hails from

. In 2023, he was residing with his family in

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. Other relatives involved in football are

Ian Araneta Ian Bayona Araneta (born March 2, 1982) is a Filipino former footballer who plays as a forward who played for Stallion and Philippine Air Force. He is also a former member of the Philippines national team. While still in his home town of Ba ...

and

Jovin Bedic Jovin Hervas Bedic (born June 8, 1990) is a Filipino professional footballer who plays as a forward for Philippines Football League club Kaya-Iloilo and the Philippines national team. Early life Bedic was born in Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo—a ...

, his stepbrother and nephew respectively.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Barsales, Yanti Living people 1973 births People from Cotabato Filipino men's footballers Footballers from Iloilo Men's association football forwards Philippines men's international footballers Philippine Air Force F.C. players Philippine Air Force personnel