Bienvenido Marañón

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Bienvenido Morejón Marañón[a] ([bjem.beˈni.ðo maɾaˈɲon]; born May 15, 1986), also known as Bienve, is a professional footballer who last played as a forward or a winger for Thai League 2 club Chanthaburi. Born in Spain, he represents the Philippines national team.

Full name Bienvenido Morejón Marañón[1]
Date of birth (1986-05-15) May 15, 1986 (age 40)
Place of birth El Puerto de Santa María, Spain
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
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Bienvenido Marañón
Marañón playing for Philippines in 2023
Personal information
Full name Bienvenido Morejón Marañón[1]
Date of birth (1986-05-15) May 15, 1986 (age 40)
Place of birth El Puerto de Santa María, Spain
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Positions
Team information
Current team
 Chanthaburi
Number 10
Youth career
La Salle
–2005 Betis
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 Rayo Sanluqueño
2007–2010 Cádiz B 86 (28)
2007–2008 Cádiz 3 (0)
2010–2011 Villarrubia 37 (21)
2011–2012 Móstoles 14 (1)
2012 Villarrubia 14 (11)
2012–2013 La Hoya Lorca 27 (14)
2013–2015 Socuéllamos 65 (15)
2015–2022 Ceres–Negros / United City 59 (74)
2022 Johor Darul Ta'zim II 9 (3)
2022–2023 Villarrubia 20 (3)
2023–2025 Chanthaburi 61 (8)
International career‡
2021– Philippines 15 (4)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 5 June 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 23 November 2023
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Early life

Bienve was born in El Puerto de Santa María, Province of Cádiz, Andalusia, and grew up in neighbouring Cádiz. He spent his childhood playing football in the streets, as his parents could not afford to send him to an academy.[2]

Club career

Spain

Bienve made his senior debut when he was in Spain with local club CD Rayo Sanluqueño in the 2005–06 season. In the third quarter of 2007 he signed with Cádiz CF, being assigned to the reserves in Tercera División.

On December 2, 2007, Bienve appeared in his first game as a professional, coming on as a late substitute in a 3–1 home win against Racing de Ferrol in the Segunda División.[3] He totalled 58 minutes for the first team, who were eventually relegated.

On April 7, 2010, Bienve was released by Cádiz due to indiscipline.[4] He joined fourth-level club Villarrubia CF 14 days later,[5] and scored a career-best 21 goals during the campaign.

Bienve moved to fellow league team CD Móstoles in the 2011 off-season, returning to Villarrubia the following transfer window[6] and subsequently resuming his career in the fourth tier, where he represented La Hoya Lorca CF and UD Socuéllamos.[7] With the latter, he achieved promotion to Segunda División B in 2014.[8][9]

Ceres–Negros / United City

On May 14, 2015, Bienve moved abroad for the first time in his career, after agreeing a deal with Filipino United Football League side Ceres FC.[10] He was encouraged by former Cádiz teammate Carli de Murga to play for them as early as 2012.[11] After one month at the club, he was not satisfied with his performance and decided to study Chieffy Caligdong's style of play in a bid to improve himself.[12]

Bienve considered retiring in 2016 due to the death of his father but was encouraged by coach Risto Vidaković to continue playing football.[2] He became the all-time top scorer in the AFC Cup on 11 March 2020, when he scored his 35th goal in the renamed Ceres–Negros's 4–0 win against Bali United FC.[11]

Ceres–Negros was taken over by a new management in July 2020, being renamed United City FC. Bienve was among the players retained.[13] He would leave the club by January 5, 2022.[14]

Johor Darul Ta'zim

Marañon joined Johor Darul Ta'zim of the Malaysia Super League by January 20, 2022.[15]

International career

Marañón originally was not eligible to play for the Philippine national team prior to receiving Filipino citizenship in 2020 via naturalization. On March 3, 2020, Philippine Senator Migz Zubiri sponsored a Senate bill proposing to grant Filipino citizenship to Marañón, which would make him eligible for the Philippines national team.[16] In September, bills were filed in the House of Representatives proposing the same.[17] Those were approved on February 16, 2021,[18] while the corresponding Senate bill was approved on March 15.[19] On July 2, Marañón became a Filipino citizen when the bill was signed into law as Republic Act No. 11570 by President Rodrigo Duterte.[20][21]

Marañón was first called up to play for the Philippine national team for the 2020 AFF Championship, which was postponed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[22] He debuted for the Philippines in a 1–2 loss against hosts Singapore during the tournament's first matchday on December 8, 2021.[23] During the second matchday against Timor-Leste on December 11, Marañón scored his first international goal by scoring the sixth goal of a 7–0 win for the Philippines.[24]

Personal life

Marañón is of Basque ethnicity. His Basque grandfather also had links to the Philippines, having fled from Spain to settle in the Western Visayas due to his opposition to Spanish dictator Francisco Franco.[25]

Career statistics

Club

As of 7 August 2022
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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Ceres–Negros 2017 Philippines Football League 2522–128103830
2018 1115201112–2427
2019 203020910–3140
2020 57–66–1113
2021 ––51–51
Johor Darul Ta'zim 2022 Malaysia Super League 931010–113
Career total 707750443710120114
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International

Scores and results list the Philippines' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Marañón goal.
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List of international goals scored by Bienvenido Marañón
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
111 December 2021National Stadium, Kallang, Singapore Timor-Leste6–07–02020 AFF Championship
218 December 2021Bishan Stadium, Bishan, Singapore Myanmar1–03–22020 AFF Championship
32–0
43–0
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Ceres Negros/United City

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No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.12 April 2016Bacolod, PhilippinesSingapore Tampines Rovers1–02–12016 AFC Cup
2.10 May 2016Bangladesh Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi1–05–0
3.21 February 2017Hanoi, VietnamVietnam Hà Nội1–01–12017 AFC Cup
4.7 March 2017Bacolod, PhilippinesSingapore Tampines Rovers2–05–0
5.4–0
6.19 April 2017Vietnam Hà Nội1–06–2
7.6–2
8.3 May 2017Jalan Besar, SingaporeSingapore Tampines Rovers1–04–2
9.2–0
10.17 May 2017Johor Bahru, MalaysiaMalaysia Johor Darul Ta'zim2–12–3
11.23 January 2018Brisbane, AustraliaAustralia Brisbane Roar1–13–22018 AFC Champions League preliminary round 2
12.2–1
13.13 February 2018Bacolod, PhilippinesCambodia Boeung Ket Angkor2–09–02018 AFC Cup
14.4–0
15.6 March 2018Myanmar Shan United2–02–0
16.14 March 2018Yangon, MyanmarMyanmar Shan United1–01–0
17.11 April 2018Phnom Penh, CambodiaCambodia Boeung Ket Angkor1–04–0
18.2–0
19.3–0
20.9 May 2018Bacolod, PhilippinesMyanmar Yangon United1–04–2
21.3–0
22.16 May 2018Yangon, MyanmarMyanmar Yangon United2–12–3
23.26 February 2019Bacolod, PhilippinesMyanmar Shan United2–03–22019 AFC Cup
24.12 March 2019Thủ Dầu Một, VietnamVietnam Becamex Bình Dương1–03–1
25.2–1
26.3–1
27.3 April 2019Bacolod, PhilippinesIndonesia Persija Jakarta1–01–0
28.23 April 2019Jakarta, IndonesiaIndonesia Persija Jakarta2–23–2
29.1 May 2019Yangon, MyanmarMyanmar Shan United1–05–0
30.2–0
31.3–0
32.18 June 2019Bacolod, PhilippinesVietnam Hà Nội1–01–1
33.14 January 2020Manila, PhilippinesMyanmar Shan United2–03–22020 AFC Champions League preliminary round 1
34.11 February 2020Cambodia Svay Rieng3–04–02020 AFC Cup
35.4–0
36.25 February 2020Vietnam Than Quảng Ninh1–12–2
37.11 March 2020Indonesia Bali United2–04–0
38.3–0
39.8 July 2021Tashkent, UzbekistanChina Beijing Guoan2–22–32021 AFC Champions League
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Honours

Ceres–Negros/United City

Individual

Notes

  1. [a]
    Can also be arranged in the Spanish naming order as "Bienvenido Marañón Morejón". The first or paternal surname is Marañón and the second or maternal family name is Morejón.

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