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24 | THE MESSAGE. BRINGING INTO FOCUS FILIPINO PRESENCE IN AUSTRALIA. www.kalatas.com.au | Ang Kalatas Australia | Vol. 3 No. 11 | August 2013 SPORTS SUITED FOR THE GOALIE JOB FRESH from a victorious though bruising campaign in the Under-18 Kanga Cup in Canberra, FilipinoAustralian Enzo Cheng is setting his sights to play again for the Philippines next month. Cup was a good experience for the team, allowing us an opportunity to face foreign play styles. We were relatively comfortable and well-adjusted in most games except the games against Canberra Capital Football NTC,” he says. The Pinoys won a tight 1-0 game against the Capital in the finals. The Carranz FC that campaigned in Canberra included 18 players from the Philippines Under-19 football pool which now has more than 30 players Born in Mandaluyong City on August 28, 1995, Enzo was ten when their family settled in NSW, Australia. His parents Jeff and Aileen are both from Quezon City. It was in Australia that he discovered soccer. “I started playing when I was 12. A year later I began training with Jim Fraser at the International Goalkeeper’s Academy.” He first played for the young Philippine youth team, also called the ‘Teen Azkals’, in April in a friendly against the Green Archers last April. He counts Brazilian defender David Luiz, Spanish Pepe Reina and the great Argentinian footballer Lionel Messi as his favourites. The Philippine team is expected to see action in September at the AFF U19 youth championship in Surabaya, Indonesia and Enzo hopes to be on board. Currently a Year 12 student at St. Andrew’s, the goalkeeper hopes to have a career soon in physiotherapy and sports medicine. Aside from soccer, he’s also interested in Rugby and motor sports. But for now, he’ll be busy to play the role as the last line of defense in the Philippines quest for more glory in youth football. He loves being the goalkeeper. “It was the position I was best at when I first played. I got stuck ?????????????????e?????????????????t??????()?????????????????????????????????A?????????????????? ???????????? ????????????????????????-????? ?????????????!??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????q$????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????$?????????????????????????????????????t???????,????????????????q$?????????-????((0