Marnelli Dimzon

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 currently the assistant coach of Philippines women's national football team.

Marnelli Dimzon
Personal information
Full name Marnelli Salvador Dimzon
Date of birth (1979-11-22) 22 November 1979
Place of birth Valenzuela, Metro Manila, Philippines[1]
Height 5'4
Position(s) Midfielder
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
c. 1996–2002 FEU Lady Booters
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2008 Philippines
c. 2009 Philippines (futsal)
Teams managed
Years Team
2010– FEU Lady Booters
c. 2014 Philippines U14 (women's)
2016 Philippines U16 (women's)
2017 Philippines (women's)
2018–2019 Philippines (women's)
In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Salvador and the surname or paternal family name is Dimzon.

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. After nine years she decided to continue her financial management course in 2011 and graduated in 2013.[2]

International

Dimzon was part of the Philippines women's national football team and played as early as 1999.[2] She took part in the 2003 AFC Women's Championship.[4] She was part of the squad that played 4 times at the Southeast Asian Games in 2001, 2003, 2005[2] and 2007.[5] She was part of the national team until 2008.[6]

Dimzon was also part of the Irok Women's futsal team under head coach Emmanuel Batungbacal.[7] In 2017, she attended a coaching seminar dedicated for women coaches in China.[8]

Coaching

Her coaching career began when she was still a college student. She needed a part-time job due to her parents' having difficulties to provide her financial needs during college.[6]

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] After her five-year stint with the national team, Dimzon decided to fully pursue her coaching career.[6]

In 2014, Dimzon accomplished and bested an international coaching course by the German Football Federation which was attended by 29 participants.[6]

FEU Lady Booters

Dimzon later served as assistant coach for the FEU Lady Booters under Malou Rubio from 2005 to 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 youth

Dimzon led the girl's under-14 national team to the finals of the AFC U-14 Girls ASEAN Regional Championship. They ended up as runners-up of the tournament with Thailand beating them in the finals. The feat was the best performance of their age group.[9][10]

She coached the under-16 team which participated at the 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualifiers.[8]

Philippines senior women

In July 2017 it was reported that Dimzon was appointed as head coach of the Philippines women's senior team and is tasked to mentor the team at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games which is to take place the next month.[8] She was formally succeeded by English coach, Richard Boon in November 2017.[11] Dimzon was appointed back into the post on August 23, 2018, standing in for Buda Bautista who declined from resuming her post due to scheduling conflict. Dimzon was appointed with the condition that the Rizal Memorial Stadium made available for training use by the national team to help her deal with her commitments with the Far Easter University and other clubs. For her second senior national team stint, Dimzon will lead the Philippines in the 2020 Summer Olympics qualifiers.[12]

In 2022, she was appointed as assistant coach.[13]

Honors

As player
FEU Lady Booters

As Coach
FEU Lady Booters
Philippines U14
  • AFC U-14 Girls ASEAN Regional Championship: Runner-up 2014

(*) 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 has a daughter, Jin Kyle Lian Dimzon. She resumed her collegiate studies in 2013 to finish her studies for a degree on financial management.[2]

References
  1. "Women's Full National Team". Philfootballinfo.com. Philippine Football Federation. Archived from the original on June 30, 2007. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  2. Quintos, Bea (February 6, 2016). "Marnelli Dimzon is in a league of her own". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
  3. Atencio, Peter (February 19, 2002). "Golden goal earns FEU XI women's title". Manila Standard. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
  4. "Women's football is hot". Manila Standard. June 1, 2003. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
  5. Beltran, Nelson (November 30, 2007). "Lady booters favored over Laos in SEAG opener". The Philippine Star. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
  6. Reyes, Jaelle Nevin (December 16, 2016). "From collegiate football star to topnotch coach". The Manila Times. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
  7. Olivares, Rick (February 9, 2009). "Unfair Play". Bleacher's Brew. Business Mirror. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
  8. Montayre, Mia (July 17, 2017). "Let Dimzon takes over as Women's Football Team head coach". Tiebreaker Times. Tiebreaker Times, Inc. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
  9. "AFC U-14 GIRLS REGIONAL C'SHIP (ASEAN): SINGAPORE 0-6 PHILIPPINES". Asian Football Confederation. July 11, 2014. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
  10. "Despite second-place finish for U14 girls, future bright for PHL women's football". GMA News. June 18, 2014. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
  11. Estrada, Kevin (November 27, 2017). "PFF formally taps Richard Boon to take charge of the Malditas for the Women's Asian Cup". Dugout Philippines. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
  12. Estrada, Kevin (August 23, 2018). "Let Dimzon back as Malditas gaffer for the Olympic qualifiers". Dugout Philippines. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
  13. "Filipinas Head To Australia For SEA Games Preparations". Philippine Football Federation. March 31, 2022. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
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