Norman Fegidero

Norman Fegidero

Personal information
Full name	Norman Salo Fegidero Jr.
Date of birth	(1970-01-28) January 28, 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth	Bacolod, Philippines
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Philippines (Assistant coach)
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	West Negros University
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
–	Philippine Air Force
International career
1989–2001	Philippines		(~4)
Managerial career
2008	Philippines
2011–2012	Pachanga
–	La Salle
2022	Philippines U23
2022	ADT
2024–	Philippines U23
2024	Philippines (interim)
2024–	Philippines (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Norman Salo Fegidero Jr. (born January 28, 1970) is a Filipino football coach and former player. He is the current head coach of the Philippines national under-23 football team and the current assistant coach for the senior team. A midfielder, he represented the Philippines national team from 1989 to 2001 and later became their coach in 2008.

College career

Fegidero played for the football team of West Negros University.^[1]

Club career

In the club level, Fegidero played for Philippine Air Force.^[1]

International career

For twelve years, 1989 until 2001, Norman Fegidero played for the Philippines national team.^[2] The highlight of his career is when he was instrumental to the 1–0 upset against Malaysia at the 1991 Southeast Asian Games.^[3] He secured the winning goal at the 84th minute.^[4]

Coaching career

Philippines

Fegidero was a head coach of the Philippines national team in 2008.^[5] He led the team in the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup qualifiers hosted in Iloilo. The Philippines won games against Bhutan and Brunei but failed to qualify for the competition proper after drawing Tajikistan in their final game.^[1]

Pachanga

From 2011 until 2012 Fegidero coached Pachanga.^[6] Under his watch, the United Football League Division 2 club would be undefeated in the 2012 season and earn promotion to the first division for the 2013 season.^[1]

University of St. La Salle

In December 2016, it was reported that Fegidero was serving as head coach of the under-21 team of La Salle.^[7]

Philippines U23 and ADT

In 2022, Fegidero was appointed head coach of the Philippines national U23 team which will compete at the 2021 Southeast Asian Games and the Azkals Development Team.^[8][9]

Philippines (interim)

Fegidero was brought in as an interim coach after Tom Saintfiet resigned shortly prior to the 2024 Merdeka Tournament.^[10]

Career statistics

Scores and results list the Philippines' goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	November 28, 1991	Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila, Philippines	Malaysia	1–0	1–0	1991 Southeast Asian Games
2.	October 9, 1997	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia	Laos	1–?	1–4	1997 Southeast Asian Games
3.	August 3, 1999	Berakas Sports Complex, Bandar Seri Begawan	Laos	1–0	2–3	1999 Southeast Asian Games
4.	January 29, 2000	Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City	Guam	1–0	2–0	2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification

References

1. Guerrero, Bob (August 30, 2024). "Coach Nonoy Fegidero's Moment Is Now - The Game". The Game. One Mega Group, Inc. Retrieved August 31, 2024.
2. Norman Fegidero at National-Football-Teams.com
3. Tupas, Cedelf (February 13, 2008). "Fegidero appointed national team coach". The Visayas Daily Star. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
4. "Miracles Malaysia can do without". New Straits Times. November 29, 1991. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
5. "Fegidero appointed nat'l football team mentor - INQUIRER.net". Archived from the original on February 14, 2008. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
6. "Ex-Pachanga FC head coach saddenedby club's dissolution". Watchmen Daily Journal. Archived from the original on January 22, 2015. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
7. "La Salle FC to represent NegOcc in nat'l finals". Sun Star Bacolod. December 5, 2016. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
8. del Carmen, Lorenzo (March 11, 2022). "PFF names Fegidero as head coach of Azkals SEAG team, Hall as director". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
9. Saldajeno, Ivan (March 11, 2022). "Norman Fegidero named Azkals U23 coach for SEA Games as Stewart Hall becomes PFF director". Dugout PH. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
10. Leyba, Olmin (August 29, 2024). "Fegidero named interim Philippine men's football team coach". The Philippine Star. Retrieved August 29, 2024.

External links

• Norman Fegidero coach profile at Soccerway
• Profile at Soccerpunter.com