Playing position Apps (Gls) Position Midfielder | Years Team Team coached FEU Lady Tamaraw Booters | |
Full name Marnelli Salvador Dimzon Date of birth (1979-11-22) 22 November 1979 (age 37) Place of birth Valenzuela, Metro Manila, Philippines | ||
Marnelli Salvador Dimzon (born November 22, 1979 in Valenzuela, Metro Manila, Philippines) also known as Let Dimzon is a former Philippine international footballer. Dimzon is the current head coach of the FEU Lady Booters and the Philippine girl's under-14 national team.
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Career
Dimzon first played for the FEU Lady Booters when she was a second year college student at the Far Eastern University. She helped FEU defeat De La Salle Lady Booters in the final of the football tournament of UAAP Season 64. In 2002, Dimzon decided to stop her collegiate studies after failing to pass a pre-requisite subject in a previous semester.
International
Dimzon was part of the Philippines women's national football team and played as early as 2003.She was participated at the 2003 AFC Women's Championship. She was part of the squad that played at the Southeast Asian Games in 2005 and 2007. She was part of the national team until 2008.
Dimzon was also part of the national futsal team under head coach Emmanuel Batungbacal.
Coaching
Her coaching career began when she was still a college student. She needed a part-time job due to her parent's having difficulties to provide her financial needs during college.
Sometime after putting her collegiate studies on hold in 2002, then women's national team head coach Marlon Maro offered her coaching assignments in the grassroots level. After her five year stint with the national team, Dimzon decided to fully pursue her coaching career.
In 2016, Dimzon accomplished and bested an international coaching course by the German Football Federation which was attended by 16 participants.
FEU Lady Tamaraws
Dimzon later served as assistant coach for the FEU Lady Booters under Malou Rubio from 2005-2009 and Kim Chul-soo in 2009. She was appointed as head coach of the FEU women's team in 2010. Under her watch FEU won three consecutive titles (UAAP Seasons 75, 76, and 77) They also won in UAAP Season 73.
Philippines girls U14
Dimzon led the girl's under-14 national team to the finals of the AFC U-14 Girls ASEAN Regional Championship. The ended up as runner-ups of the tournament with Thailand beating them in the finals. The feat was the best performance of their age group.
As player
As Coach
(*) Also Champions of the 2014 PFF Women's Cup, but the edition followed a 9-a-side format.
Personal life
Marnelli is married to Jimmy Dimzon in 2004 with whom she have a daughter. She resumed her collegiate studies in 2013 to finish her studies for a degree on financial management.