Santino Rosales
Santino Gabriel Palomares Rosales is a Filipino professional football player and model. He currently plays as a centre-back for Maharlika of the Philippines Football League.
Personal life
Rosales was born in Makati to actor Jericho Rosales and model Kai Palomares. He spent his high school years in Colegio San Agustin – Makati, where he also played football.In his teenage years, Rosales also took up modeling, In 2020, he signed for Viva Artists Agency.
Career
Youth career
Rosales played youth football for a number of clubs, first playing with the youth team of Kaya in 2014 as well as for his high school. He would also play for Global and UMak-based Davao Aguilas, as well as Pilipinas Dragons. From 2019 to 2023, he also played college football for the De La Salle Archers.Davao Aguilas
In 2023, Rosales made the jump from Davao's youth team to their senior team, first playing for the club in the 2023 Copa Paulino Alcantara. There, the club upset Dynamic Herb Cebu to reach the finals, where they lost to Kaya–Iloilo on penalties.In 2024, Rosales was retained by Davao for the shortened 2024 PFL season, the club's first in the top flight since 2018. He made 2 appearances in 14 games.