SUJH student as Makati FC’s MVP
Julio Antonio B. Yoldi, a grade 8 student of Silliman University, was awarded Most Valuable Player of Makati Football Club (FC) after scoring the most number of goals during the team’s matches in the 2019 Paris World Games, where the Philippine team won silver, and the Gothia Cup in Sweden, where the team ranked eighth among 154 international teams.
Julio Antonio B. Yoldi, a grade 8 student of Silliman University Junior High School, plays for the Makati Football Club (FC) at the Gothia Cup in Sweden.
Philippines’ Makati FC competed against 21 teams from 12 countries in the Paris World Games last July 6-12, and against 154 teams from 29 countries in the Gothia Cup last July 14-20.
Yoldi at the Gothia Cup in Sweden, the largest international youth soccer tournament in the world.
Yoldi, who played in the boys’ 13 and under football category, scored a total of eight goals for his team during the Paris games and 12 during the Gothia Cup.
According to a report from the Mindanao Daily Mirror last July 22, Yoldi scored the lone goal for Makati FC in the team’s final match against host team Paris France Academy.
Yoldi (backrow, 2nd from left) and his Makati FC teammates waving their Philippine flags at the opening ceremony of the Gothia Cup.
In the same report, it is said that Yoldi, an honorary member of the Davao-based Crocs FC, and two other Crocs FC members were invited by Makati FC to join the team for the Paris and Sweden tournaments as the top football players in Davao City.
Yoldi at the 2019 Paris World Games.
The Paris World Games is an international sports event for the youth, which includes tournaments in football, badminton, basketball, handball, rugby sevens and volleyball, while the Gothia Cup is considered the largest international youth soccer tournament in the world.
Yoldi (backrow, 3rd from right) with his Makati FC teammates in the 13 and under category.
Yoldi is also an honor student, having received a With Honors recognition in grade 7.
Yoldi (2nd row, 2nd from left) with his team during the Makati FC Awards Night, where Yoldi was named “Most Valuable Player.”
(Photos from Maitet Yoldi)
