New Philippines Football League team United City Football Club (UCFC) capped its full roster announcement, ahead of the FIFA transfer window deadline this week, with the signing of 22-year-old Fil-Swiss goalkeeper Anthony Pinthus from the Azkals Development Team (ADT).
Pinthus also served as a goalkeeper for the Philippine Under-23 National Men's Football Team during the 30th Southeast Asian Games. Prior to his ADT stint, Pinthus was also affiliated with clubs such as FC Kosova, FC Wohlen, and GC Zurich U21.
According to UCFC co-founder Eric Gottschalk, "True to our mission of developing young players, we have signed Antony Pinthus, on loan from ADT. This was also agreed on by both clubs and supported by Philippine National Head Coach Scott Cooper, to expose Pinthus to the AFC Cup competition. "
"He is the most promising goalkeeper of the Philippines after Neil (Etheridge) and Roland (Muller) and we are happy that he decided to join us for this season, as we believe that UCFC is the right platform to expose him to top Asian football, while learning from our veterans such as Stephan Schrock and Bienve Marañon."
Gottschalk continues, "The signing of Pinthus marks the completion of the roster ahead of the transfer window deadline this week. As for the position of Head Coach, we have prepared a shortlist of a number of highly qualified individuals and we will make an announcement in due time."
Pinthus joins a loaded roster that includes Shrock, Marañon, OJ Porteria, Sean Patrick Kane, Ron Bayan, Jun Badelic, Angelo Marasigan, Robert Mendy, Arnie Pasinabo, Tristan Robles, Dennis Villanueva, Joshua Dutosme, Takashi Odawara, Hikaru Minegishi, Mike Ott, Manuel Ott, Pocholo Bugas, Jordan Jarvis, Jorrel Aristorenas, and Jose Miguel Clarino.