Bongbong Roxy Vestidas Dorlas (born 2 September 1987) is a Filipino

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and former player. He is currently coaching Loyola. He was the first coach of Philippines Football League (PFL) club Maharlika Manila.

Personal life

Dorlas grew up in The Hague, Netherlands. Every two years he and his parents would go to the Philippines, the home country of his mother, for a vacation. At age 17, Dorlas and his family moved to the Philippines.

Playing career

Collegiate

Dorlas was invited by the high school coach of the girls' football varsity team of San Beda College to join the school's men's varsity team after he was seen kicking a ball. Dorlas' sister was a player of the school's football team. Dorlas joined a training session with the men's varsity team and decided to study at San Beda and suit for the school's team. He led San Beda in winning the football title at NCAA Season 86 in 2011.

Club

Dorlas played for

Mendiola FC 1991 The Mendiola Football Club 1991 is a Philippines, Filipino professional association football, football club. The club is named after Mendiola Street, a short thoroughfare in the San Miguel, Manila, San Miguel district of Manila. It is one of the ...

. He joined the

Loyola Meralco Sparks Loyola Football Club is a Filipino association football club based in Metro Manila. The club has won one UFL Cup and one PFF National Men's Club Championship. Founded as Loyola Agila Football Club in 2006, the club changed its name to Loyola M ...

in 2011 and with the club won the

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and

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 Filipino association football competition organized by the Phil ...

. He left Loyola in 2015 to join

Global F.C. Global Football Club was a professional association football, football club that last played in the Philippines Football League (PFL), the top flight of Philippines' club football. The club has won four league titles, two UFL Cups, one UFL FA Cu ...

International

Dorlas was part of the Philippines national football team from 2008 to 2010. He was part of the Philippines squad that participated at the

2010 AFF Futsal Championship The 2010 AFF Futsal Championship was held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam from 5 to 11 April 2010. Defending champions Thailand did not take part at this tournament as they opted to play in the Thai 5s which was being held around the same time in Ud ...

Coaching career

Loyola

In 2015, Dorlas was coaching the under-15 team of Loyola. In January 2017, after a brief playing stint with Global FC, Dorlas returns to Loyola as part of head coach

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's staff which marked the end of his playing career.

Philippines U16

He became head coach of the Philippine boy's under-16 team and will mentor the team in the

2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification The 2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification was an international men's under-16 football competition which decides the participating teams of the 2018 AFC U-16 Championship. A total of 16 teams qualified to play in the final tournament, includi ...

in September 2017.

Philippines U19

In 2018, Dorlas was appointed as assistant coach of the Philippines U19.

Philippines U16

In 2019, Dorlas once again coached the Philippines under-16 team in the

2019 AFF U-16 Youth Championship The 2019 AFF U-15 Championship was the fourteenth edition of the AFF U-16 Championship (second edition of the under-15 era), the annual international youth association football championship organised by the ASEAN Football Federation for men's un ...

Maharlika

On 24 August 2020 he was appointed as the first ever head coach of newly organized Maharlika Football Club.

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* 1987 births Living people Dutch people of Filipino descent Filipino people of Dutch descent Footballers from The Hague Men's association football fullbacks Dutch men's footballers Filipino men's footballers Philippines men's international footballers Filipino men's futsal players Filipino football managers Loyola F.C. players Global F.C. players San Beda University alumni Philippines Football League managers {{Netherlands-footy-defender-stub