Martin Markus Pineda Steuble (; born 9 June 1988) is a professional

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who plays as a

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. He is currently a free agent. Born in Switzerland, he plays for the Philippines national team.

Personal life

Steuble was born in

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, Switzerland. His mother is Filipino from

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, Philippines.

Club career

Sporting Kansas City

As a

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, Steuble joined

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side

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on 16 July 2014, after going through trials at the club.

Ceres-Negros FC

In January 2015, newly-promoted Ceres F.C. of United Football League signed Steuble as addition to the line-up for the

2014–15 PFF National Men's Club Championship The 2014–15 PFF National Men's Club Championship (also known as 2014–15 PFF–Smart National Club Championship) was the 4th season of the PFF National Men's Club Championship, a Football in the Philippines, Filipino association football compet ...

. He continued to play for Ceres when the club joined the

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International career

In October 2013, Steuble confirmed he would join the Philippines national team and traveled to

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to settle his eligibility requirements. He made his international debut on 1 March 2014 when he started in a friendly match against

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that ended in a 0–0 draw. In his third cap, he scored his first international goal in a 3–0 win over

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on 11 April 2014.

International goals

:''Scores and results list the Philippines' goal tally first.''

Honours

Club

Lausanne-Sport *

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Ceres-Negros *

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2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

* United Football League (1):

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 (2):

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 ...

Port *

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(1):

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

Notes

References

External links

Official Website of Martin Steuble
* * * 1988 births Living people People from Schlieren, Switzerland Swiss people of Filipino descent Sportspeople of Filipino descent Filipino people of Swiss descent Swiss men's footballers Filipino men's footballers Swiss expatriate men's footballers Filipino expatriate men's footballers Philippines men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Grasshopper Club Zurich players Neuchâtel Xamax FCS players FC Lausanne-Sport players FC Wohlen players FC Wil players Sporting Kansas City players Martin Steuble Martin Steuble Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Thailand Filipino expatriate sportspeople in Thailand Expatriate men's footballers in Thailand Major League Soccer players United City F.C. players Swiss Super League players Swiss Challenge League players Footballers from the canton of Zürich Philippines Football League players 21st-century Swiss sportsmen 21st-century Filipino sportsmen {{Philippines-footy-bio-stub