Ian Araneta
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Ian Bayona Araneta is a Filipino
Filipino people
The Filipino people or Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the islands of the Philippines. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines, and about 11 million living outside the Philippines ....

 footballer who plays as a forward for Philippine Air Force F.C. and the Philippines national team
Philippines national football team
The Philippines national football team is the national football team of the Philippines and represents the country in international football. The team is controlled by the Philippine Football Federation , the governing body of football in the Philippines....

.

As a player of the Air Force football club, he is also an enlisted member in the Philippine Air Force
Philippine Air Force
The Philippine Air Force is the air force of the Republic of the Philippines, and one of the three main services of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Its official name in Filipino is Hukbong Himpapawid ng Pilipinas....

. This was after he was scouted by both the and the Air Force teams while still in Iloilo. He eventually chose the Philippine Air Force where he would train and be on duty while also getting the chance to continue playing football.

International career

Araneta made his international debut on 11 December 2002 in a friendly match against Singapore
Singapore national football team
The Singapore national football team is the national association football team of Singapore. The team comes under the organization of the Football Association of Singapore...

 prior to the Tiger Cup
2002 Tiger Cup
The 2002 Tiger Cup was co-hosted by Indonesia and Singapore from 15 December to 29 December 2002 and participated by all national teams of the member associations of the ASEAN Football Federation entered except for...

. He scored his first international goal six years after making his debut in a 2008 AFF Suzuki Cup qualification match against Laos. He scored the opening goal but the Philippines failed to win, losing 1–2. On 12 October 2010, Araneta scored his first international hat trick against in the 2010 Long Teng Cup
2010 Long Teng Cup
The 2010 Long Teng Cup is an international football competition held in Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei from 8 October 2010 to 12 October 2010.The edition featured three senior national teams and Hong Kong national under-23 football team which was preparing for the 2010 Asian Games.- Round robin...

, which the Philippines eventually won 5–0. He ended up as the tournament's top scorer with four goals.

International goals

Scores and results list the Philippines' goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 21 October 2008 Phnom Penh National Olympic Stadium, Cambodia
Cambodia
Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...

 
1–0
1–2
2008 AFF Suzuki Cup qualification
2. 10 October 2010 Kaohsiung National Stadium, Kaohsiung
Kaohsiung
Kaohsiung is a city located in southwestern Taiwan, facing the Taiwan Strait on the west. Kaohsiung, officially named Kaohsiung City, is divided into thirty-eight districts. The city is one of five special municipalities of the Republic of China...

, Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

 
1–1
1–1
2010 Long Teng Cup
2010 Long Teng Cup
The 2010 Long Teng Cup is an international football competition held in Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei from 8 October 2010 to 12 October 2010.The edition featured three senior national teams and Hong Kong national under-23 football team which was preparing for the 2010 Asian Games.- Round robin...

3. 12 October 2010 Kaohsiung National Stadium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2–0
5–0
2010 Long Teng Cup
4. 12 October 2010 Kaohsiung National Stadium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
4–0
5–0
2010 Long Teng Cup
5. 12 October 2010 Kaohsiung National Stadium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
5–0
5–0
2010 Long Teng Cup
6. 22 October 2010 New Laos National Stadium
New Laos National Stadium
New Laos National Stadium is a new multi-use state-of-the-art stadium in Vientiane, Laos, that is newly built. It was used mostly for football matches as well as athletics events and will be used to host the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2009 Southeast Asian Games. The stadium will have a...

, Vientiane
Vientiane
-Geography:Vientiane is situated on a bend of the Mekong river, which forms the border with Thailand at this point.-Climate:Vientiane features a tropical wet and dry climate with a distinct monsoon season and a dry season. Vientiane’s dry season spans from November through March. April marks the...

, Laos
Laos
Laos Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south and Thailand to the west...

 
1–0
5–0
2010 AFF Suzuki Cup qualification
2010 AFF Suzuki Cup qualification
The 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup qualification was held in Vientiane, Laos from October 22, 2010 to October 26, 2010 for the five lower-ranked teams in Southeast Asia. All teams played in a round-robin tournament format with the winner and runner-up qualifying for the final tournament...

7. 22 October 2010 New Laos National Stadium, Vientiane, Laos
4–0
5–0
2010 AFF Suzuki Cup qualification
8. 22 October 2010 New Laos National Stadium, Vientiane, Laos
5–0
5–0
2010 AFF Suzuki Cup qualification
9. 25 March 2011 Bogyoke Aung San Stadium
Bogyoke Aung San Stadium
Bogyoke Aung San Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium, located in downtown Yangon, Myanmar. Named after Gen. Aung San, the 40,000 seat stadium is still the largest stadium in Myanmar and was the national stadium until mid-1980s. The stadium was the main venue for 1961 and 1969 South East Asian...

, Yangon
Yangon
Yangon is a former capital of Burma and the capital of Yangon Region . Although the military government has officially relocated the capital to Naypyidaw since March 2006, Yangon, with a population of over four million, continues to be the country's largest city and the most important commercial...

, Myanmar
Myanmar
Burma , officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar , is a country in Southeast Asia. Burma is bordered by China on the northeast, Laos on the east, Thailand on the southeast, Bangladesh on the west, India on the northwest, the Bay of Bengal to the southwest, and the Andaman Sea on the south....

 
1–0
3–0
2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualification
2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualification
The 2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualification phase saw eight teams advance to the final tournament in Nepal. The qualification draw was held on 20 October 2010, in AFC House.-Seeding:...


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