Marlon Manalo

Marlon Manalo, also known as the Marvelous Captain, is a former Filipino professional pool player born on November 27, 1975. He previously served as barangay chairman of Barangay Malamig in Mandaluyong and became press relations officer of the League of Barangays of the Philippines. He began as a snooker player and represented the Philippines several times at the Asian Games and Southeast Asian Games, winning the silver medal in snooker at the 2001 World Games behind Bjorn Haneveer of Belgium. His professional pool debut was the Tirador Nine-ball Tournament in Manila in 2003, where he reached the final and lost to Warren Kiamco, and weeks later he lost the Tirador Ten-ball final to Ramil Gallego.