Marco Casambre

Marco Alessandro Punzal Casambre[1] (born December 18, 1998) is a Filipino professional footballer who plays for Philippines Football League club Kaya–Iloilo and the Philippines national team.

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Punzal and the surname or paternal family name is Casambre.
Marco Casambre
Personal information
Full name Marco Alessandro Punzal Casambre
Date of birth (1998-12-18) December 18, 1998
Place of birth Quezon City, Philippines
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Club information
Current team
 Kaya–Iloilo
Number 15
Youth career
Kaya Elite
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
University of the Philippines
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Ceres
2015–2017 Global Cebu 15 (0)
2018 Davao Aguilas 8 (0)
2019–2020 Chainat Hornbill 6 (0)
2020– Kaya–Iloilo 0 (0)
National team‡
2011 Philippines U-13
2012 Philippines U-14
2014–2015 Philippines U-19
2019– Philippines U-23 0 (0)
2016– Philippines 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13:52 7 June 2019 (UTC)

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.[2]

Collegiate career

Casambre plays for the UP Fighting Maroons collegiate football team. He was part of the squad that won the 2016 University Games in Dumaguete.[3]

Youth career

He once played for the Kaya Elite youth team.[2]

Club career

Casambre previously played for Ceres F.C. of the then-existing United Football League[4] before moving to Global F.C.. 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.[5] He played for Global, which renamed itself as Global Cebu when it joined the Philippines Football League (PFL), until July 2018, when he moved to Davao Aguilas.[6] His club would later decide to dissolve its first team in December 2018 leaving him without a club.

In January 2019, Casambre signed with the Chainat Hornbill of the Thai League 1.[7]

He is currently playing with Kaya–Iloilo this 2020 and playing as a defender for the team.

International career

Philippines youth

In 2011, Casambre is among the players that composed the Philippine national under-13 team that participated in the AFC U13 Festival of Football in Malaysia.[8] 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 the said tournament.[9] 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.[1]

Casambre was part of the Philippines U-22 squad that competed in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games held in Philippines.[10]

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 qualifier matches.[11]

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 his "good in the air". This led to the Philippine mentor to select him as one of the starting players in the Philippines match against 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.[12]

References
  1. "Final Registration of Players and Officials" (PDF). ASEAN Football Federation. 2015. p. 19. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  2. Guerrero, Bob (26 November 2016). "Azkals-Thailand: dissecting a gloomy night in Bulacan". Rappler. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  3. Atencio, Peter (9 November 2016). "Azkals clash with Kyrgystan". The Standard. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  4. "42 Marco Casambre". Ceres Football Club. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  5. Tupas, Cedelf (29 May 2016). "Global barges into Singapore Cup quarterfinals". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  6. "Davao Aguilas unveil new players in transfer window". 9 July 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  7. "Azkals star Marco Casambre signs for Thai League 1 club". Fox Sports Asia. 23 January 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  8. Alison, Mars (25 February 2012). "Little Azkals: Up close and personal". Cebu Daily News. Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  9. Bravo, Neil (25 June 2012). "Little Azkals finish 3rd in Japan". Edge Davao. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  10. "Young Azkals take shape for SEA Games as 23-man squad finalized". Huddle PH. 20 November 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  11. Estrada, Kevin (14 March 2016). "PFF calls up 35 for WCQ homestretch". Dugout Philippines. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  12. Leongson, Randolph (26 November 2016). "Dooley pleased with young Casambre's performance". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
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