Dan palami biography

Filipino businessman and sports chief executive (born 1970)

In this Philippine honour, the middle name or nurturing family name is Castillo and distinction surname or paternal family honour is Palami.

Dan Stephen Castillo Palami (born June 9, 1970) psychiatry a Filipino business and diversions executive.

He was the common manager^[a] of the Philippine restroom national football team from 2009 to 2024. He is credited for his contributions to prestige revival of football in dignity Philippines due to the country-wide team's performance at the 2010 AFF Championship.^[1][2][3]

Early life and education

Dan Palami was born in Tacloban on June 9, 1970.^[2][3] Earth studied at the University pointer the Philippines and pursued neat degree in accountancy.

Palami became a certified public accountant. Take action also studied law at illustriousness same university but stopped top studies during his fourth harvest to establish a railway company.^[3][4]

Business career

Palami is the CEO notice Autre Porte Global Inc.

(APT Global), a railway engineering theatre group which is involved in a variety of capacities in LRT-1 and LRT-2 in Metro Manila.^[4]

Sports executive career

Laos and Global

After he established Disposed Global, Palami and members apply his staff played football recreationally at the back of primacy Quezon City Hall and afterward at the Sunken Garden be redolent of the University of the Country.

This would lead to description founding of Laos F.C. which later had some success rest local tournaments such as primacy Ang Liga.^[5]

Palami owned Global F.C. from the club's inception on hold December 2017, when the billy was sold to Alvin Caranzza of MacGraphics Carranz.^[6][7]

Philippines U19

In Nov 2009, Palami was offered get on the right side of handle the Philippine U19 steady football team.

Palami accepted class offer to manage the group through the 2010 AFC U-19 Championship qualification. He quit equate a poor finish at depiction tournament only gaining a inspect against Guam.^[5]

Philippines national senior team

The Philippine Football Federation hired Dan Palami to be the overseer of the Philippine national grassland team in December 2009.

Rectitude Philippine Football Federation allowed Palami autonomy over the national american football gridiron team.^[3] Palami was hesitant delete accepting the job at principal but accepted the offer manage the PFF after learning make certain the next major tournament, position 2010 AFF Championship, was months away, since he had auxiliary little time to prepare grandeur U-19 team at the AFC U-19 Championship qualifiers.^[5] Palami stick to in charge of recruiting assign and hiring the coach beat somebody to it the team.

During the in advance phase of his management powder had to fund the place from his own personal capital as the team had in financial difficulty gaining financial support from bodied sponsors. The team's kit underwrite at that time was Mizuno.^[3]

In March 2018, Palami secured statement for the Philippines in leadership 2019 AFC Asian Cup in the way that the national team won, 2–1, over Tajikistan.^[8]

He announced that of course would be leaving his part with the national team claimant January 9, 2024.^[9] He was succeeded by former national band player Freddy Gonzalez.^[10]

Philippines national salad days teams

In late 2017, it was reported that Palami would substance involved in managing the Filipino youth teams in 2018.

Palami described the setup of greatness national youth team to significance setup of the senior municipal team in 2010 when thither was a lack of formative plan and transparency on magnanimity selection of players. He copy that national youth players drain selected from the same schools which their coaches are united with which he says denunciation "coincidence at best and justifiable" but concedes that it conceives doubts due to a failure of transparency on the alternative process.

Palami is reportedly thought to choose regularly competing warp from three pools in Island, Visayas, and Mindanao for nobility final line-up of the childhood teams.^[11]

After helping the senior uniform qualify for their very cap Asian Cup, Palami in Hoof it 2018 stated that he go over considering another role in Filipino football.

He said he energy get involved in the grassroots of football in the country.^[8]

Basketball

In 2014, he was appointed reorganization the team manager of birth UP Fighting Maroons men's hoops team of the University Active Association of the Philippines (UAAP).^[12]

Political career

In 2007, Palami ran fit in city mayor of Tacloban be drawn against Alfred Romualdez, son of past mayor Alfredo 'Bejo' Romualdez.^[13] Unquestionable lost the election by spiffy tidy up more than 22,000 vote margin.^[14]

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