Malea Cesar

Malea Louise Engesser Cesar (born December 9, 2003) is an American-born Filipino footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Philippines women's national team.[2]

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Engesser and the surname or paternal family name is Cesar.
Malea Cesar
Personal information
Full name Malea Louise Engesser Cesar[1]
Date of birth (2003-12-09) December 9, 2003
Place of birth Newport Beach, California, U.S.
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Sunset HS Apollos
Youth career
Team
Sunset HS Apollos
National team‡
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022– Philippines 8 (1)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10:40; April 30, 2022 (UTC)

International career

Cesar was part of the Philippines team for the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualifiers but never appeared in a game.[3] Cesar was also part of the squad which participated in the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup in India.[4] She made her senior national team debut in the Philippines' 1–0 win against Thailand.[5] She scored her first international goal during stoppage time in the Philippines' 6–0 win against Indonesia.[6]

International goals
Scores and results list the Philippines' goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1January 27, 2022Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune, India Indonesia
6–0
6–0
2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup

References
  1. "Malea Cesar". Sports Reference. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  2. Malea Cesar at Soccerway. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  3. "Malditas keep core of SEA Games team for AFC Women's Asian Cup Qualifiers". Dugout Philippines. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  4. "Katrina Guillou, three others set for PWNFT debut in Asian Cup". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  5. "PH women feel 'big weight off the shoulders' after upset of Thailand". Rappler. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  6. "Women's Asian Cup: Philippines moves on to quarterfinals, blanks Indonesia". Sports.inquirer.net. Retrieved January 28, 2022.


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