Neil Etheridge and Gerrit Holtmann bannered the 24-player pool of the Philippine Azkals who have been referred to as up for his or her upcoming pleasant matches towards Chinese Taipei and Afghanistan in September.
Aside from Etheridge, who has been with Birmingham City FC since 2020, and Holtmann, who made his debut for the Philippines in 2022, amongst those that have been included within the pool launched by the Philippine Football Federation on Wednesday have been Patrick Deyto, Sandro Reyes, Santi Rublico, and Jens Rasmussen.
Bienve Marañon, who was naturalized in 2021, was additionally named within the squad.
The full checklist included the next names:
- ETHERIDGE, Neil Leonard – Birmingham City FC (England)
- DEYTO, Patrick Phillip – Chonburi FC (Thailand)
- HANSEN, Kevin Ray – Kuala Lumpur City FC (Malaysia)
- CURRAN, Jesse Thomas – Ratchaburi FC (Thailand)
- SATO, Daisuke – Persib Bandung (Indonesia)
- KEMPTER, Michael – Grasshopper Club Zurich (Switzerland)
- STRAUSS, John Patrick – FC Hansa Rostock (Germany)
- INGRESO, Kevin – Sri Pahang FC (Malaysia)
- DE BRUYCKER, Dylan Alain Lucienne – Bhayangkara FC (Indonesia)
- HOLTMANN, Gerrit Stephan – Antalyaspor (Turkey)
- RUBLICO, Santiago – Atletico de Madrid (Spain)
- RONTINI, Christian – Persita Tanjerang (Indonesia)
- PORTERIA, Jose Elmer – Kelantan United (Malaysia)
- OTT, Manuel – Kedah Darul Aman (Malaysia)
- OTT, Mike Rigoberto – PS Barito Putera (Indonesia)
- REYES, Sandro Miguel – SpVgg Greuther Furth II (Germany)
- AGUINALDO, Amani – Trat FC (Thailand)
- REICHELT, Patrick – Kuala Lumpur City FC (Malaysia)
- MARAÑON, Bienvenido – Chanthaburi FC (Thailand)
- RASMUSSEN, Jens Sebastian – Hobro IK (Denmark)
- MARTINEZ DE MURGA, Carlos Alberto – PS Barito Putera (Indonesia)
- GROMMEN, Joshua Jake – Khon Kaen United (Thailand)
- LINARES, Enrique – PSM Makasaar (Indonesia)
- KEKKONEN, Oskari – Lamphun Warriors FC (Thailand)
The nationwide males’s soccer crew will see motion first towards Chinese Taipei on September 8 on the National Stadium in Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei, earlier than they return house and play Afghanistan on September 12 on the Rizal Memorial Stadium.
Back in June, the Azkals confronted Chinese Taipei and misplaced, 3-2.
Prior to that, in the identical June window of the friendlies, the Philippine squad received towards Nepal, 1-0.
The upcoming September friendlies can be Michael Weiss’ second FIFA pleasant window since returning to the nationwide crew since June.
The friendlies will function a part of the crew’s preparation for the upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifiers the place the nation is grouped with Iraq, Vietnam, and the winner of the Indonesia vs. Brunei Darussalam qualifiers within the group stage of the stated event.
—JKC, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
