Johnny Romualdez

Juan Miguel "Johnny" del Gallego Romualdez is a former Philippine international footballer and former President of the Philippine Football Federation (PFF).

Early life and education Johnny Romualdez was born to a family of doctors and was the second eldest child among his six other siblings.

His father was Alberto Zialcita Romualdez (1913–1986), former Secretary General of the World Medical Association (1965–1973) and whose brother was Daniel Z. Romualdez, the 10th Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines (1958–1962). His mother was Covadonga Ubante del Gallego (1915–2004), a former chairman of the Pathology Department of the University of Santo Tomas Hospital. His siblings include former Secretary of Health, Alberto Romualdez and Ambassador Jose Manuel Romualdez.

Romualdez attended Ateneo where he attained his Master of Business Administration. He started playing football at age 11. He studied at the institution from Grade 1. During his college years he received a scholarship from the YCO Athletic Club.

Personal life His older brother, Alberto Romualdez Jr. (1940–2013), was regarded by many as the "Pioneer of Universal Health Care" and was the former Secretary of Health (1998–2001) of the Department of Health (Philippines) and a fellow on Tumor Immunology at the University of Connecticut and Membrane Biophysics at the Harvard Medical School. His grandfather, Miguel Lopez Romualdez (1882–1950) served as mayor of Manila (1924–1927) during the American colonial period and Assemblyman of Leyte during the Commonwealth Era.