Danny Moran
{{Short description|Filipino businessman and philanthropist}}
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Daniel M. Moran{{cite web |title=Moran, Daniel M. |url=https://www.dlsaa.com/honors-and-awards/awardees/moran-daniel-m |website=www.dlsaa.com |publisher=De La Salle Alumni Association |access-date=29 December 2024 |language=en |date=24 September 2015}} is a Filipino retired footballer, businessman and philanthropist.
Early life and education
Danny Moran was born to Henry V. Moran and Edita Moran. He is the second eldest of seven children.{{cite news |title=Oh Henry! |url=https://www.philstar.com/lifestyle/sunday-life/2010/03/14/557301/oh-henry |access-date=29 December 2024 |work=The Philippine Star |date=14 March 2010}} He
studied at the De La Salle University system from primary school. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in mathematics from De La Salle in 1977.{{cite news |last1=Henson |first1=Joaquin |title=Moran gives back to football |url=https://www.philstar.com/sports/2017/02/12/1671280/moran-gives-back-football |access-date=29 December 2024 |work=The Philippine Star |date=12 February 2017}}
Football
=Playing career=
A product of the Kasibulan grassroots program of the Philippine Football Association (PFA) along with his brother Mike,{{cite book|title=Philippine Football: Its Past, Its Future|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EGsNtAEACAAJ|year=2016|publisher=University of Asia and the Pacific|isbn=978-621-8002-29-6}}{{rp|56, 106}} Danny Moran was a player for the Philippines national football team in the 1970s.{{cite news |last1=Concepcion |first1=Francis |title=Three's the charm in Futsal |url=https://www.philstar.com/lifestyle/health-and-family/2020/12/15/2063752/threes-charm-futsal |access-date=29 December 2024 |work=The Philippine Star |date=15 December 2020}}
He also played for the De La Salle football team helping them clinch three National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) titles (1974–75, 1976–77, 1977–78) and a University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) title (1975).{{cite news |last1=Suing |first1=Ivan |title=Danny's Song: Moran uses futsal to lend a helping hand |url=https://tribune.net.ph/2024/11/10/dannys-song-moran-uses-futsal-to-lend-a-helping-hand |access-date=29 December 2024 |work=Daily Tribune |date=11 November 2024 |language=en}} Likewise, he also played with his brother Mike with La Salle.{{rp|109}}
At a club level, Moran played for U/Tex from 1977 to 1978 and the San Miguel Corporation team from 1978 to 1980. With San Miguel, Moran won the 1978–79 National League Championship.{{rp|120}}
=Post-retirement=
After his retirement, Moran became a patron of football, including futsal.{{cite news |last1=Henson |first1=Joaquin |title=PFF rebuts doomsday theory |url=https://www.philstar.com/sports/2003/05/29/207969/pff-rebuts-doomsday-theory |access-date=29 December 2024 |work=The Philippine Star |date=29 May 2003}}
He established The Henry V. Moran Foundation (THVMF) which was named after his father to cater to indigent children. It also promoted football to its beneficiaries. THVMF trained teams which represented the Philippines at the 2008 and 2009 Homeless World Cups and the 2010 Street Child World Cup.
He helped develop the football programs of Gawad Kalinga and Tuloy sa Don Bosco.
He began promoting futsal in 2015 via Tuloy. This led to the establishment of the Liga Eskwela Futsal program in 2016 in coordination with the Department of Education and the Philippine Football Federation.{{cite news |last1=Olivares |first1=Rick |title=Futsal: A rapidly growing sport |url=https://www.philstar.com/sports/2020/08/07/2033584/futsal-rapidly-growing-sport |access-date=29 December 2024 |work=The Philippine Star |date=7 August 2020}}
Moran's foundation and the PFF under president Mariano Araneta brought in Vic Hermans to help run the PFF's futsal program and helped re-established a Philippines women's national futsal team in 2022.{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Kathy |title=Let the girls play |url=https://qa.philstar.com/lifestyle/health-and-family/2022/12/06/2228723/let-girls-play |access-date=9 January 2025 |work=Philstar.com |date=6 December 2022}} However by January 2025, Hermans was removed from his position as women's national team coach and Moran from his role as team manager by the PFF administration under John Gutierrez.{{cite news |last1=Suing |first1=Ivan |title=May the Best Team Win: Pinay5 'open' to face PFF-assembled national squad in friendly |url=https://tribune.net.ph/2025/01/08/may-the-best-team-win-pinay5-open-to-face-pff-assembled-national-squad-in-friendly |access-date=9 January 2025 |work=Daily Tribune |date=9 January 2025 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Henson |first1=Joaquin |title=Futsal issue still unresolved |url=https://www.philstar.com/sports/2025/01/06/2412183/futsal-issue-still-unresolved |access-date=9 January 2025 |work=The Philippine Star |date=6 January 2024}}
The Pinay5 Futsal Club was then formed by Moran and is billed as the first professional women's futsal club in the Philippines.{{cite news |title=Danny Moran remains committed to growing PH Futsal with High5 |url=https://tiebreakertimes.com.ph/tbt/danny-moran-remains-committed-to-growing-ph-futsal-with-high5/331445 |access-date=20 March 2025 |work=Tiebreaker Times |date=19 March 2025}}{{cite news |title=High5 Futsal Men’s and Women’s Leagues eyeing to expand nationwide |url=https://www.bworldonline.com/sports/2025/03/19/660426/high5-futsal-mens-and-womens-leagues-eyeing-to-expand-nationwide/ |access-date=20 March 2025 |work=BusinessWorld |date=19 March 2025}}
Business career
Moran helped his wife Tessie manage a desert and pastry business set up in 1979 which eventually grew to be the Red Ribbon Bakeshop chain.{{cite news |last1=Calero |first1=JJ |title=Danny Moran kicks into sweet success |url=https://www.pressreader.com/philippines/business-world/20150702/281689728469940?srsltid=AfmBOoo6kMA5R0FzmTFUM51pxAkkL1JyApZY3g4iveLK0GnakHkbFPJM |access-date=29 December 2024 |work=BusinessWorld |date=2 July 2015}} Red Ribbon which had grown to a network 146 stores, including 20 in the United States, was sold to Jollibee Foods Corporation in 2005.
In 2007 he acquired the Amici restaurant chain through a former coworker at IBM networking him with the Tuloy sa Don Bosco. The brand which is also known for its gelato was established by Gianluigi Colombo, an Italian Salesian priest in 1994. Moran also now owns the associated Cara Mia bakeshop.{{cite news |last1=Reyes |first1=Lai S. |title=Christmas is yummier with a Cara Mia gelato cake |url=https://www.philstar.com/lifestyle/food-and-leisure/2010/12/23/641437/christmas-yummier-cara-mia-gelato-cake |access-date=29 December 2024 |work=The Philippine Star |date=23 December 2010}}
Personal life
References
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Category:De La Salle University alumni
Category:Philippines men's international footballers
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Category:Filipino philanthropists
Category:University Athletic Association of the Philippines men's footballers