Buda Bautista

Buda Bautista
Personal information
Full name Leticia Callejas Bautista
Date of birth (1973-08-15) 15 August 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth San Juan, Rizal, Philippines[1]
Position(s) Defender[1]
International career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980s–2000s Philippines
Managerial career
2012 Philippines U19 (women's)
2015–2017 Philippines (women's)
2018 Philippines (women's)

Leticia Callejas Bautista more known as Buda Bautista is a former Philippine international footballer and is the head coach of the Philippine women's national football team.

Playing career

Bautista along with Miriam Merlin and Let Dimzon played with the Philippine women's national football team of the 1980s coached by Orlando Plagata.[2] Bautista was part of the national squad that participated at the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifiers[3]

Coaching career

Philippines U-19

Bautista was named as head coach of the Philippines U19 (women's) for the 2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification.[4]

Philippines

Bautista was appointed as the head coach of the Philippine women's national football team in April 2015 becoming the first woman to lead the women's senior national team of the Philippines.[5][6]

Bautista mentored the national squad which secured qualification for the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup.[7] She was succeeded by Marnelli Dimzon who took over her position by July 2017.[8]

She was shortlisted for the 2017 AFC Women's Coach Of The Year Award[9] along with Gao Hong of China and Asako Takakura of Japan.[10]

Bautista returns as the head coach of the Philippine women's national team by June 2018 and guided the team in the 2018 AFF Women's Championship.[11] Like in her first national team stint, she was again succeeded by Marnelli Dimzon in August 2018.[12]

Statistics

Managerial

As of 16 May 2017.
Nat Team from to Record
Games Wins Draws Losses Win %
Philippines Philippines April 2015 2017 11 5 1 5 045.45
Total 11 5 1 5 045.45

References

  1. ^ a b "Women's Full National Team". Philfootballinfo.com. Philippine Football Federation. Archived from the original on 30 June 2007. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Women's Football pioneer endures 23-hour flight to back Filipinas". Tiebreaker Times. 20 July 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  3. ^ "FIFA Player Statistics: Leticia Bautista". FIFA. Archived from the original on 1 July 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  4. ^ "Philippines vs Hong Kong Match Report". Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  5. ^ REYES, Jaelle Nevin. "Pinays set to compete in AFF".
  6. ^ De Guzman, Icko (29 April 2015). "A Fresh Start: The Philippine Women's Team to Play in the AFF Women's Championship". Football.com.ph. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  7. ^ Cane, Primy (14 April 2017). "Women's football: Asian Cup breakthrough hasn't sunk in, PH coach says". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  8. ^ Montayre, Mia (17 July 2017). "Let Dimzon takes over as Women's Football Team head coach". Tiebreaker Times. Tiebreaker Times, Inc. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  9. ^ "Buda Bautista Shortlisted For AFC Women's Coach Of The Year Plum". Philippine Football Federation. 17 November 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  10. ^ "AFC Annual Awards 2017: Full List of Nominees Announced". Asian Football Confederation. 18 November 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  11. ^ "Philippines WNT In Group B For The AFF Women's Championship 2018". 8 June 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  12. ^ Estrada, Kevin (23 August 2018). "Let Dimzon back as Malditas gaffer for the Olympic qualifiers". Dugout Philippines. Retrieved 25 August 2018.


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