Johnny Romualdez

Juan Miguel "Johnny" del Gallego Romualdez
Personal information
Full name Juan Miguel del Gallego Romualdez
Date of birth September 15, 1941
Youth career
Years Team
? Ateneo Blue Eagles
National team
Years Team Apps
1962–1967 Philippines

Juan Miguel "Johnny" del Gallego Romualdez was a former Philippine international footballer and former President of the Philippine Football Federation (PFF).

Early life and education

Johnny Romualdez was born in Manila, Philippines. His father was Dr. Alberto Zialcita Romualdez (1913-1986), former Secretary General of the World Medical Association (1965-1973) and whose brother was Daniel Z. Romualdez, the 10th Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines (1958-1962). His mother was Dr. Covadonga Ubante del Gallego (1915-2004), a former chairman of the Pathology Department of the University of Santo Tomas Hospital. He is the second of seven brothers and sisters. His older brother, Dr. Alberto "Quasi" Romualdez Jr. (1940-2013), was regarded by many as the “Pioneer of Universal Health Care” and was the former Secretary of Health (1998-2001) of the Department of Health (Philippines) and a fellow on Tumor Immunology at the University of Connecticut and Membrane Biophysics at the Harvard Medical School. His grandfather, Miguel Lopez Romualdez (1882-1950) served as mayor of Manila (1924-1927) during the American colonial period and Assemblyman of Leyte during the Commonwealth Era.

Romualdez attended Ateneo de Manila University (GS '53 HS '58 BA '62 MBA '66) a private Jesuit school founded in 1859 and the third oldest University in the Philippines. He started playing football at age 11. During his college years he received a scholarship from the YCO Athletic Club.[1]

Football career

Romualdez played football for the Ateneo Blue Eagles where he served as co-captain of the high school varsity team (1957–1958) and captain of the college varsity team (1961-1962). He was inducted into the Ateneo Hall of Fame in 1997.[1]

He joined the national team in 1958 and was part of the squad that participated at the 1962 Asian Games. His last appearance was in 1967 at the 1968 Olympics qualifiers when he served as captain of the national team. The team suffered its worst defeat in a 0–15 match against Japan.[1] He and a group of friends established the Blue Guards F.C. in the 1960s.[1]

Playing Experience

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Jakarta, Indonesia

Taipei, China

Tokyo, Japan

Experience as Officials

Manila, Philippines

Tokyo, Japan

1996 – 2007 Member, Executive Council, Philippine Football Federation Co-author, 5-Year Development Program, Philippine Football Federation

Co-author, Grassroots Development Program, Philippine Football Federation Co-author, Youth Development Program, Philippine Football Federation

Member of All Congresses, Asian Football Confederation

Member of Executive Committee, Asean Football Federation

Vice-President, Asean Football Federation

Awards


Post-retirement

Romualdez was appointed as manager of the Philippines national under-21 football team which was organized under the Kasibulan grassroot program in the 1970s. He also ran several businesses in the mid 1970s. Romualdez also worked at the Philippine Football Federation and served as Executive Vice President.[1] He was elected President of the football association in 2004.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Rivere, Katrina (28 September 2003). "All in the Game : Putting his best foot forward". Sunday Inquirer Magazine. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  2. ↑ Henson, Joaquin (3 April 2003). "PFF sets tone for soccer revival". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
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