Jerald Aquino

Jerald Aquino (born 25 October 2004) is a Northern Mariana Islands international footballer who currently plays for Philippines Football League club Tuloy and the Northern Mariana Islands national team.

Club career As a youth, Aquino played for Tan Holdings in the island's various junior divisions, including the under-18 league in 2019. By 2021, he was competing in the Marianas Soccer League 1 with the NMI U18 national team, known as Teen Ayuyus. That season, he was named as a member of the league All-Star team that would compete against the senior national team in the All-Star match. The following season, he returned to Tan Holdings in the top division as the team went on to become champions of the Fall Season. By 2023, Aquino had moved to Eleven Tiger FC. With the club, he won his second consecutive league championship and qualified for the inaugural Marianas Club Championship. In the match, Eleven Tiger defeated Wings FC of Guam 2–1 to win the first-ever title.

In 2023, Aquino joined Tuloy F.C. of the Philippines Football League. He had previously played against the club in a friendly match as a member of the under-18 national team as the squad trained in the Philippines in 2019 and trained jointly with the club in 2022. He was joined at the club by international teammate Dev Bachani. However, when the 2024 Philippines Football League kicked off in April 2024, neither play was part of the matchday squad.

International career As a youth, Aquino represented the Northern Mariana Islands in 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification. In preparation for the qualifying campaign, the team held a training camp in the Philippines. He made his senior debut in the competition on 18 November 2023 in the team's opening match against Fiji.

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