Manuel Gelito Ott (born 6 May 1992) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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. Born in Germany, he represents the

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at international level. Born and raised in Germany, he started his professional career with the

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. He then had two spells with Filipino club Ceres/United City where he won four league titles. At international level, he represents the Philippines, for whom he is eligible through his mother. He has taken part in the

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, and

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. His younger brother

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is also a footballer and has been his teammate for both club and country.

Club career

Born in

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, Ott had his youth career at SV Ilmmünster, FSV Pfaffenhofen, and

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before joining FC Ingolstadt II in 2009. In July 2014, Ott was signed by

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of the United Football League (UFL), the de facto top level in the Philippines. Ceres finished as runners-up of the

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, although Ott missed the final due to suspension after accumulating two yellow cards. That year, Ceres also won UFL Division 1. In the

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, he played in the final where they lost 3–1 to

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. Ceres finished second in that year's UFL. In their last match of the season, against JP Voltes, Ott received a red card for disrespecting the referee. In the

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, Ott contributed a goal in Ceres' 5–0 home thrashing of

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. In the ASEAN zonal final, he sealed their 3–2 aggregate win over

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by scoring the winning goal in the second leg which ended 2–0. He featured in the Inter-zone play-off semifinal, where they were eliminated by

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. In the domestic level, the UFL was replaced by the

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(PFL) as the official top tier division. Ceres–Negros won the league's inaugural title. In the 2018 preseason, his brother

was signed by Ceres–Negros. In the AFC Cup group stage, Ott contributed a goal in their 9–0 thrashing of Boeung Ket, one of the biggest wins in the tournament's history. He later scored against

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in the second leg of the ASEAN zonal semifinal. Despite losing the match, Ceres won the tie 6–5 on aggregate. The Ott brothers did not feature in the second leg of the ASEAN zonal final due to yellow cards from previous games. In a rematch with Home United, Ceres lost 3–1 on aggregate. For their PFL opening match, the Ott brothers scored a goal each as Ceres defeated Kaya–Iloilo 2–1. Ceres–Negros went on to defend their league title. In January 2019, Ott joined Ratchaburi Mitr Phol in the

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. However, in February, he sustained a shin injury during preseason training and was expected to be sidelined for three months. As of August, he remained sidelined. On 2 October, Ott made his Thai League 1 debut entering as a second-half substitute for compatriot

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in a 2–2 draw with Sukhothai. On 20 October, he started in Ratchaburi's home match against

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which also ended in a 2–2 draw. Ott re-joined Ceres–Negros on 6 February 2020. On 11 February, he started in Ceres' first AFC Cup match of the season against Cambodian champions Svay Rieng. As Ott was dribbling towards the goal, his teammate Bienve Marañón stole the ball and scored the third goal in their 4–0 win. He was credited with an assist for the play. When Ceres–Negros became United City after an ownership change in mid-2020, the Ott brothers were re-signed by the new owners. In their last PFL match of the season, he scored the consolation goal in their 2–1 loss to Kaya–Iloilo, the club's first domestic defeat in two years. Nonetheless, United City won the 2020 PFL. In December 2020, United City announced that Ott transferred to a Malaysian club.

club

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announced the signing of Ott in January 2021. He signed with

for the 2022 season, and

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for the 2023 season. He rejoined

for the 2024 season.

International career

In 2010, a scout tasked to find eligible players in Europe for the Philippine national team invited Ott for a trial training camp in Taiwan. At that time, Ott was unaware that the Philippines had a national football team. He made his international debut for the Philippines on 16 January 2010 against

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. He played 60 minutes in a goalless draw. In June to July 2011, he featured in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers where they beat

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but were eliminated by

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. In December that year, he played in the 6–1 friendly defeat to

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which featured

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. He was a late addition in the Philippines U23 squad for the

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after initially backing out due to other commitments. In their opening match, he scored Philippines' only goal in the 3–1 defeat to

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. He then scored the opening goal in their 3–2 win over

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, the Philippines' only win in the campaign. Ott scored his first senior international goal in a 3–0 friendly win over

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on 14 November 2014. Two weeks later, in the

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, he contributed a goal in Philippines' first-ever win over

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. Philippines reached the semi-finals of the tournament. In 2015 and 2016, he played in the qualifying matches for the 2018 FIFA World Cup and 2019 AFC Asian Cup. In one such match, on 29 March 2016, he scored against

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in a 3–2 win. On 7 October, Ott and his brother Mike played their first international match together as the latter scored on his debut in a 3–1 friendly loss to

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. In November, the Ott brothers featured in the

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but the team failed to clear the group stage. In 2017 and 2018, Ott featured in the third round of qualifiers for the 2019 Asian Cup. Their 2–1 win over

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on 27 March 2018 sealed their qualification for their first-ever Asian Cup campaign. Ott also played in the

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. However, due to injury, he missed the second leg of the semi-finals in which

eliminated the Philippines. The

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was Philippines' first-ever appearance in the tournament. Ott played in all three matches of their winless campaign.

International goals

:''Scores and results list the Philippines' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ott goal''.

Personal life

Ott was born to a German father and a Filipina mother from

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. He has two younger brothers, twins

and Marco. The Ott brothers grew up in Pfaffenhofen, Germany though they visited their mother's homeland almost annually. Manuel settled in the Philippines in 2014 and Mike followed in 2017. Ott is also known as "Manny".

Honours

Ceres–Negros / United City *

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* United Football League:

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

* United Football League Cup runner-up:

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

Notes

References

External links

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