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12 Facts About Johnny Romualdez

1.

Juan Miguel "Johnny" del Gallego Romualdez was a former Philippine international footballer and former President of the Philippine Football Federation.

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

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Johnny Romualdez's father was Alberto Zialcita Romualdez, former Secretary General of the World Medical Association and whose brother was Daniel Z Romualdez, the 10th Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines.

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Johnny Romualdez's mother was Covadonga Ubante del Gallego, a former chairman of the Pathology Department of the University of Santo Tomas Hospital.

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Johnny Romualdez's siblings include former Secretary of Health Alberto Romualdez and Ambassador Jose Manuel Romualdez.

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Johnny Romualdez had to repeat one whole school year of 2nd year high school education after he failed to meet his requirements.

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Johnny Romualdez played football for the Ateneo Blue Eagles where he served as co-captain of the high school varsity team and captain of the college varsity team.

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Johnny Romualdez was inducted into the Ateneo Hall of Fame in 1997.

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Johnny Romualdez joined the national team in 1958 and was part of the squad that participated at the 1962 Asian Games.

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Johnny Romualdez was appointed as manager of the U-20 national football team which was organized under the Kasibulan grassroot program in the 1970s.

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Johnny Romualdez worked at the Philippine Football Federation and served as Executive Vice President.

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Johnny Romualdez was elected President of the football association in 2004.