Ian Araneta

Ian Araneta
Araneta playing a match against Loyola Agila FC
Personal information
Full name Ian Bayona Araneta
Date of birth (1982-03-02) March 2, 1982 (age 44)
Place of birth Barotac Nuevo, Philippines
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2014 Philippine Air Force 98 (50)
2015 →Stallion (loan) 0 (0)
International career
2002–2013 Philippines 47 (9)
2005 Philippines U-23
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ian Bayona Araneta (born March 2, 1982) is a Filipino former professional footballer who played as a forward.

He played for the Philippines national team from 2002 to 2013, scoring nine goals.

Club career

While still in his home town of Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo, he was scouted by both the Army and the Air Force teams but eventually chose the Philippine Air Force where he would train and be on duty while also getting the chance to continue playing football.

As a player of the Air Force football club, he is also enlisted in the Philippine Air Force.

International career

Araneta made his international debut on December 11, 2002, in a friendly match against Singapore prior to the Tiger Cup.

He scored his first international goal six years after making his debut in a 2008 AFF Suzuki Cup qualification match against Laos. He scored the opening goal but the Philippines failed to win, losing 1–2.

On October 12, 2010, Araneta scored his first international hat trick against Macau in the 2010 Long Teng Cup, which the Philippines eventually won 5–0. He ended up as the tournament's top scorer with four goals.

International goals

Scores and results list the Philippines' goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.October 21, 2008Phnom Penh National Olympic Stadium, Cambodia Laos
1–0
1–2
2008 AFF Suzuki Cup qualifier
2.October 10, 2010Kaohsiung National Stadium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan Chinese Taipei
1–1
1–1
2010 Long Teng Cup
3.October 12, 2010 Kaohsiung National Stadium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan Macau
2–0
5–0
2010 Long Teng Cup
4.
4–0
5–0
5.
5–0
5–0
6.October 22, 2010New Laos National Stadium, Vientiane, Laos Timor-Leste
1–0
5–0
2010 AFF Championship qualification
7.
4–0
5–0
8.
5–0
5–0
9.March 25, 2011Bogyoke Aung San Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar Bangladesh
1–0
3–0
2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualification

Honours

Club

Philippine Air Force FC

National team

Individual

2010

References

  1. ↑ "Philippines roster - 2008 AFC Challenge Cup". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved February 25, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. ↑ Pascual, Heidi; Payo, Jasmine; Tupas, Cedelf (June 1, 2006). "Football Paradise". FHM Philippines. Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved October 13, 2010.
  3. ↑ Courtney, Barrie. "2002 International matches - Asia". RSSSF. Retrieved February 25, 2010.
  4. ↑ Valuable lifeline for Laos, "AseanFootball.org", ASEAN Football Federation, 2008-10-21. Retrieved 2010-10-13 Archived December 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  5. 1 2 Tupas, Cedelf P. (October 13, 2010). "Araneta hat trick fuels RP XI". Inquirer.net. Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on October 17, 2010. Retrieved October 13, 2010.