Florentino Broce

{{Short description|Filipino footballer (died 2015)}}

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| birth_date = c. 1943

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| death_place = Bacolod, Philippines

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| position = Winger

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| manageryears1 = 1973–1974

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Florentino L. Broce, nicknamed Ponti Broce, (c. 1943 – 18 December 2015) was a Filipino football player and coach. A winger, played for the Philippines national team. He was head coach of the national team from 1973 to 1974.{{cite web|title=History of Football in the Philippines |url=http://www.philfootball.info/history.html |website=philfootball.info |publisher=Philippine Football Federation |accessdate=19 June 2015 |archivedate=4 February 2006 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060204181351/http://www.philfootball.info/history.html }}

Broce graduated grade school from the University of Saint La Salle (Bacolod City) and then attended De La Salle University for his high school and college studies. He graduated from high school in 1962 and attained (LIA-COM) Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in 1967. Broce went to pursue further studies in Universidad Central de Madrid from 1969 to 1972. He was inducted to the Sports Hall of Fame by De La Salle in 1997.{{cite web|title=Sports Hall of Fame|url=http://www.dlsaa.com/dlsaa/honors/sports_hall_02.php|publisher=De La Salle Alumni Association|accessdate=19 June 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150619044508/http://www.dlsaa.com/dlsaa/honors/sports_hall_02.php|archivedate=19 June 2015}} He was also awarded at the first Negros Occidental Football Night held on 6 June 2006 along with other Negrense players.{{cite news|title=Football glory, Pacquiao victories top 2006 stories|url=http://www.visayandailystar.com/archives.visayandailystar.com/2007/January/04/sportnews1.htm|accessdate=19 June 2015|publisher=The Visayan Daily Star|date=4 January 2007|location=Bacolod}}

Broce died on 18 December 2015 at the age of 72.{{cite news |last1=Dee |first1=Ignacio |title=Former national football coach Florentino Broce dies at age 72 |url=https://www.rappler.com/sports/football/116610-florentino-broce-dies/ |access-date=24 April 2024 |work=Rappler |date=20 December 2015}}