Malea Cesar
Appearance
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Full name | Malea Louise Engesser Cesar[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | December 9, 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Newport Beach, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Sunset HS Apollos | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Sunset HS Apollos | |||||||||||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2022– | Philippines | 22 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:05; November 16, 2022 (UTC) |
Malea Louise Engesser Cesar (born December 9, 2003) is a footballer who plays as a defender. Born in the United States, she represents the Philippines women's national team.[2]
International career
Cesar was born in the United States to a Filipino father and American mother.[3] She was part of the Philippines team for the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualifiers but never appeared in a game.[4] Cesar was also part of the squad which participated in the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup in India.[5] She made her senior national team debut in the Philippines' 1–0 win against Thailand.[6] She scored her first international goal during stoppage time in the Philippines' 6–0 win against Indonesia.[7]
International goals
- Scores and results list the Philippines' goal tally first.
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | January 27, 2022 | Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune, India | Indonesia | 6–0 |
6–0 |
2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup |
Honours
International
Philippines
- Southeast Asian Games third place: 2021
- AFF Women's Championship: 2022
References
- ^ "Malea Cesar". Sports Reference. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
- ^ Malea Cesar at Soccerway. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
- ^ Calvert., Violi (May 20, 2022). "Focus: Filipinas' and one of their Young Players, Malea Cesar". Australian Filipina. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
- ^ "Malditas keep core of SEA Games team for AFC Women's Asian Cup Qualifiers". Dugout Philippines. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
- ^ "Katrina Guillou, three others set for PWNFT debut in Asian Cup". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
- ^ "PH women feel 'big weight off the shoulders' after upset of Thailand". Rappler. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
- ^ "Women's Asian Cup: Philippines moves on to quarterfinals, blanks Indonesia". Sports.inquirer.net. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
External links
Categories:
- 2003 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Newport Beach, California
- Soccer players from California
- Filipino women's footballers
- Philippines women's international footballers
- American women's soccer players
- American sportspeople of Filipino descent
- Citizens of the Philippines through descent
- Women's association football defenders
- Southeast Asian Games bronze medalists for the Philippines
- Southeast Asian Games medalists in football
- Competitors at the 2021 Southeast Asian Games
- Southeast Asian women's football biography stubs
- Filipino football biography stubs