Dominic del Rosario

Dominic Liam del Rosario (born 14 November 1996) is a footballer who currently plays for Green Archers United of the Philippines Football League. He has also played as part of the Philippines national football team debuting for the senior side against Uzbekistan in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier match.

Early life Dominic Liam del Rosario was born in Sydney, Australia on 14 November 1996. and spent his childhood in Australia visiting the Philippines almost every year to spend time with relatives based in San Pedro, Laguna. He was born to a Filipino mother and Irish-French-Latvian father.

Club career

Youth Austral Football Club was the first club that del Rosario entered where he played for 8 years. He switched to Liverpool Olympic where he played for two years. He was coached by his best friend's father in both Austral and Liverpool. At age 14, he decided to pursue a football career. At age 15, del Rosario played for Southwest Wanderers F.C. for a year. He also became part of the varsity football team of the John Edmondson High School as a goalkeeper as a second year student.

He entered Sydney-based World Football Club, a football academy at age 15. He went two times to Europe with the academy. He had six games against teams. He received inquiries from six coaches after a match against Sheffield United in England, but only three of which extended invitation for a trial. However, in the 2016 season, Division 2 was merged into Division 1. Del Rosario returned to Kaya.

After a stint with Kaya, del Rosario joined newly formed side Ilocos United F.C. of the Philippines Football League, a league considered to be the successor of the UFL.

In August 2020, del Rosario joined NWSF Super League club Macquarie Dragons.

International career Philippines U21 Del Rosario represented the Philippines at the youth level. He debuted for the Philippine U21 national team at the 2014 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy where he also made his first assist.

Philippines U23 Del Rosario was called up to the Philippines U23 national team for the 2015 Southeast Asian Games. He made his debut in a 1–5 defeat against Myanmar U23.

Philippines He debuted for the senior side in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier match against Uzbekistan on 25 March 2016 in Tashkent. He came in as a substitute at that match into 2 minutes of extra time in the second half for Luke Woodland.