Marnelli Dimzon

Marnelli Dimzon
Personal information
Date of birth (1979-11-22) 22 November 1979
Place of birth Valenzuela, Metro Manila, Philippines[1]
Playing position Midfielder
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
c. 1998–2002 FEU Lady Booters
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
c. 2003–2007 Philippines
c. 2009 Philippines (futsal)
Teams managed
Years Team
2010– FEU Lady Booters
c. 2014– Philippines U14 (women's)
† Appearances (goals)

Marnelli Salvador Dimzon (born November 22, 1979 in Valenzuela, Metro Manila, Philippines[1]) also known as Let Dimzon is a former Philippine international footballer. Dimzon is the current head coach of the FEU Lady Booters and the Philippine girl's under-14 national team.

Career

Dimzon first played for the FEU Lady Booters when she was a second year college student at the Far Eastern University.[2] She helped FEU defeat De La Salle Lady Booters in the final of the football tournament of UAAP Season 64.[3] In 2002, Dimzon decided to stop her collegiate studies after failing to pass a pre-requisite subject in a previous semester.[2]

International

Dimzon was part of the Philippines women's national football team and played as early as 2003.[2]She was participated at the 2003 AFC Women's Championship.[4] She was part of the squad that played at the Southeast Asian Games in 2005[2] and 2007.[5]

Dimzon was also part of the national futsal team under head coach Emmanuel Batungbacal.[6]

Coaching

Sometime after putting her collegiate studies on hold in 2002, then women's national team head coach Marlon Maro offered her coaching assignments in the grassroots level.[2]

FEU Lady Tamaraws

Dimzon later served as assistant coach for the FEU Lady Booters under Malou Rubio from 2005-2009 and Kim Chul-soo in 2009. She was appointed as head coach of the FEU women's team in 2010. Under her watch FEU won three consecutive titles (UAAP Seasons 75, 76, and 77)[2] They also won in UAAP Season 73.

Philippines girls U14

Dimzon led the girl's under-14 national team to the finals of the AFC U-14 Girls ASEAN Regional Championship. The ended up as runner-ups of the tournament with Thailand beating them in the finals. The feat was the best performance of their age group.[7][8]

Honors

As player

FEU Lady Booters

As Coach

FEU Lady Booters
Philippines U14

(*) Also Champions of the 2014 PFF Women's Cup, but the edition followed a 9-a-side format.

Personal life

Marnelli is married to Jimmy Dimzon in 2004 with whom she have a daughter. She resumed her collegiate studies in 2013 to finish her studies for a degree on financial management.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Women's Full National Team". Philfootballinfo.com. Philippine Football Federation. Archived from the original on June 30, 2007. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Quintos, Bea (6 February 2016). "Marnelli Dimzon is in a league of her own". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  3. Atencio, Peter (19 February 2002). "Golden goal earns FEU XI women's title". Manila Standard. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  4. "Women's football is hot". Manila Standard. 1 June 2003. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  5. Beltran, Nelson (30 November 2007). "Lady booters favored over Laos in SEAG opener". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  6. Olivares, Rick (9 February 2009). "Unfair Play". Bleacher's Brew (Business Mirror). Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  7. "AFC U-14 GIRLS REGIONAL C'SHIP (ASEAN): SINGAPORE 0-6 PHILIPPINES". Asian Football Confederation. 11 July 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  8. "Despite second-place finish for U14 girls, future bright for PHL women’s football". GMA News. 18 June 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
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