Franco de la Torre

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Franco de la Torre
Personal information
Full name Rey Franco Miguel Bautro de la Torre [1]
Date of birth (1996-11-20) November 20, 1996 (age 26)
Place of birth Cagayan de Oro, Philippines
Position(s) Full-back / Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Mendiola 1991
Number 12
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
0000–2016 San Beda University
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017 Davao Aguilas 2 (0)
2017–2018 Meralco Manila 4 (0)
2018–2019 JPV Marikina 1 (1)
2019– Mendiola 1991 27 (1)
International career
2017 Philippines U23 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:53, October 5, 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:53, October 5, 2023 (UTC)

Rey Franco Miguel Bautro de la Torre (born 20 November 1996) is a Filipino professional footballer who plays as a full-back or midfielder for Mendiola 1991 of the Philippines Football League. [1]

Contents

Youth and college career

De La Torre was born in Cagayan de Oro, in the province of Misamis Oriental. He played his college football for the Red Lions of San Beda University. [2] [3] [4] [5]

Club career

First professional contract

He signed his first professional contract with Davao Aguilas, a newly formed club of the Philippines Football League, and was part of the team along with several other San Beda teammates due to the owner, Jefferson Cheng's proximity with the U22 national team. [6] [7] He played half the season before transferring to league leaders Meralco Manila, where he would end up finishing third overall. [8] [9]

Mendiola 1991

After playing the 2018 season with JPV Marikina, [10] he returned to his roots by playing football for another newly formed club, Mendiola 1991, which was a largely San Beda-based club with Red Lions alumni. [2] In 2022, he was made 2nd captain of the club behind Jim Ashley Flores. [11]

International career

Philippines U23

In March 2017, after graduating from San Beda, he was named as part of the Philippines' U23 team, first participating in a training camp in Bahrain. [12] [13] He was named in the initial lineup for the 2017 SEA Games, but was cut from the roster.

He would go on to make his first and only appearance for the U22 team in the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship Qualifiers, coming off the bench for Troy Limbo in a 2–0 loss to China. [14] [15] [16]

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