Oliver Colina

Oliver "Bingbing" Donaire Colina[1][2] (born May 7, 1982[3]) is a Filipino football coac. He was the assistant coach of Philippines Football League (PFL) club ADT and the Philippines national U23 team.

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Donaire and the surname or paternal family name is Colina.
Oliver Colina
Personal information
Full name Oliver Donaire Colina
Date of birth (1982-05-07) May 7, 1982
Managerial career
Years Team
2012 Philippines U14
–2019 SHS-AdC Magis Eagles (secondary)
2012–2019 Leylam
2020 Kaya–Iloilo
2021–2022 Cebu
2022 Philippines U23 (assistant)
2022 ADT (assistant)

Coaching career

Philippines U14

Colina has coached the Philippine national under-14 team leading the national youth side to a third-place finish at the 2012 Japan-East Asean Football Exchange Programme U-14 Youth Football Festival in Osaka.[2]

Sacred Heart and Leylam

Colina has concurrently coached the secondary football team of the Sacred Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu (SHS-AdC) and Leylam F.C.. He had led the former to secondary titles of the CESAFI, Mandaue City Meet and the Central Visayas Regional Athletic Association[4] and the latter to at least three Men's Open titles in the Aboitiz Cup. He has been head coach of Leylam since its formation in 2012.[5]

With the endorsement from the Cebu Football Association, he took the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) ‘A’ Coaching Certificate Course which was handled by the Philippine Football Federation and was conducted in two phases in 2017 and 2018. Colina became the second football coach from Cebu to earn an AFC "A" license in 2019, with the first being Mari Aberasturi.[2] With the coaching license, Colina became eligible to coach a Philippines Football League side.[6]

Kaya-Iloilo

Colina was appointed by Philippines Football League (PFL) club, Kaya–Iloilo to guide the team in their 2020 AFC Cup stint.[4] Colina temporarily left his coaching position from both SHS-AdC and Leylam after he was granted a leave of absence by both teams.[5] Colina led Kaya to a 2–0 win in their AFC Cup tie with Myanmar club Shan United which was also Colina's first competitive match with Kaya.[7]

Dynamic Herb Cebu

In 2021, Colina returned to Cebu and was appointed head coach of PFL club Dynamic Herb Cebu for their debut season.[8]

Philippines U23 and ADT

After a season with Cebu, Colina was appointed as assistant coach for Philippines U23 and ADT, assisting Norman Fegidero at the 2021 Southeast Asian Games.[9]

References
  1. "Kaya FC's Casas hails coaching staff after battling draw with Tampines". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation (AFC). February 27, 2020. Archived from the original on October 22, 2020. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
  2. Alison, Mars (2 July 2019). "Cebu's Oliver 'Bingbing' Colina now an 'A'-licensed football coach". Cebu Daily News. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  3. "Oliver Colina". Kaya FC–Iloilo.
  4. Alison, Mars (5 February 2020). "Cebuano Colina is coach of Kaya FC". Cebu Daily News. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  5. Alison, Mars (6 February 2020). "Coach Colina's appointment as Kaya FC coach a boost to Cebu football". Cebu Daily News. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  6. "Colina finishes AFC A course". Sun Star Cebu. 17 July 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  7. Alison, Mars (14 February 2020). "Successful AFC debut for Cebuano coach Oliver Colina". Cebu Daily News. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  8. "UP trio to lead Cebu FC in PFL". Tiebreaker Times. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  9. "Fegidero named Azkals U23 coach for SEAG". Cebu Daily News. 16 March 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
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