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Aby Maraño during one of his assignments with the national team.
MANILA, Philippines—Aby Maraño is hanging up the jersey of the Philippine women’s volleyball team after seven years of service to the country.
The former captain of the national team on Sunday made the announcement on Instagram.
“Service to people is over, here, only here, always here. Thank you very much. Love, Captain. Tyang,” wrote Marano.
(Service to the country ends here. Thank you. Love, Captain Tyang.)
Marano insists that he has stopped to make way for a new generation.
“Retirement means time and space for other passions. I think it’s time for new blood,” he told the media. “Nasa NT man or wala, Tyang is Tyang. No one else can take it from me. I work hard to be the Tyang Aby of Philippine Volleyball. Talk to the sport and my heart to the nation. For seven years, I gave it up to commit to the national team.
“I am grateful to all my friends, coaches and the National Sports Association who have worked with me during the years I have played for the country, and especially to those who believed in me and believed in my talent. But I will not be here forever- it’s old, so it’s time for a new leader,” he said.
The 30-year-old middle blocker represented the country in the Asian Games for the fourth time starting in Singapore in 2015, Kuala Lumpur in 2017, and as part of the fourth back-to-back in the 2019 and 2021 editions.
Marano started as the team captain in the women’s volleyball squad’s participation in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta.
The former La Salle star last wore the national colors at the Vietnam Olympics last year.
He was not part of the national training pool that Inquirer Sports obtained last January.
The Philippine National Volleyball Federation will announce the SEA Games lineup in the coming days for the country’s assignment in Cambodia in May.
Marano recently helped F2 Logistics earn its first semifinal appearance in the All-Filipino Premier Volleyball League Conference.
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