Manny Ott

Born in Munich, Ott had his youth career at SV Ilmmünster, FSV Pfaffenhofen, and TSV 1860 Munich before joining FC Ingolstadt II in 2009. In July 2014, Ott was signed by Ceres of the United Football League (UFL), the de facto top level in the Philippines. Ceres finished as runners-up of the 2015 UFL Cup, although Ott missed the final due to suspension after accumulating two yellow cards. That year, Ceres also won UFL Division 1. In the 2016 UFL Cup, he played in the final where they lost 3–1 to Global. Ceres finished second in that year's UFL. In their last match of the season, against JP Voltes, Ott received a red card for disrespecting the referee. In the 2017 AFC Cup group stage, Ott contributed a goal in Ceres' 5–0 home thrashing of Tampines Rovers. In the ASEAN zonal final, he sealed their 3–2 aggregate win over Home United by scoring the winning goal in the second leg which ended 2–0. He featured in the Inter-zone play-off semifinal, where they were eliminated by Istiklol. In the domestic level, the UFL was replaced by the Philippines Football League (PFL) as the official top tier division. Ceres–Negros won the league's inaugural title. In the 2018 preseason, his brother Mike was signed by Ceres–Negros. In the AFC Cup group stage, Ott contributed a goal in their 9–0 thrashing of Boeung Ket, one of the biggest wins in the tournament's history. He later scored against Yangon United in the second leg of the ASEAN zonal semifinal. Despite losing the match, Ceres won the…

In 2010, a scout tasked to find eligible players in Europe for the Philippine national team invited Ott for a trial training camp in Taiwan. At that time, Ott was unaware that the Philippines had a national football team. He made his international debut for the Philippines on 16 January 2010 against Chinese Taipei. He played 60 minutes in a goalless draw. In June to July 2011, he featured in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers where they beat Sri Lanka but were eliminated by Kuwait. In December that year, he played in the 6–1 friendly defeat to LA Galaxy which featured David Beckham. He was a late addition in the Philippines U23 squad for the 2011 Southeast Asian Games after initially backing out due to other commitments. In their opening match, he scored Philippines' only goal in the 3–1 defeat to Vietnam. He then scored the opening goal in their 3–2 win over Laos, the Philippines' only win in the campaign. Ott scored his first senior international goal in a 3–0 friendly win over Cambodia on 14 November 2014. Two weeks later, in the 2014 AFF Championship, he contributed a goal in Philippines' first-ever win over Indonesia. Philippines reached the semi-finals of the tournament. In 2015 and 2016, he played in the qualifying matches for the 2018 FIFA World Cup and 2019 AFC Asian Cup. In one such match, on 29 March 2016, he scored against North Korea in a 3–2 win. On 7 October, Ott and his brother Mike played their first international match together as the latter scored on his…

Ott was born to a German father and a Filipina mother from Boracay. He has two younger brothers, twins Mike and Marco. The Ott brothers grew up in Pfaffenhofen, Germany though they visited their mother's homeland almost annually. Manuel settled in the Philippines in 2014 and Mike followed in 2017. Ott is also known as "Manny".

Ceres–Negros / United City

Philippines Football League: 2017, 2018, 2020 United Football League: 2015 United Football League Cup runner-up: 2015, 2016