Alvin Patrimonio
| Star Hotshots | |
|---|---|
| Position | Team manager |
| League | PBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
November 17, 1966 Quezon City, Philippines |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Listed weight | 215 lb (98 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College | Mapúa Institute of Technology |
| PBA draft | 1988 / Undrafted |
| Selected by the Purefoods TJ Hotdogs | |
| Playing career | 1988–2004 |
| Career history | |
| 1988–2004 | Purefoods |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Alvin Vergara Patrimonio (born November 17, 1966) is a Filipino retired professional basketball player from the Philippine Basketball Association and is the current team manager for the Purefoods Star Hotshots.
Patrimonio holds several PBA records including most consecutive games played (596); third most points scored in history (15,091); fourth most rebounds grabbed in history (more than 6,000) and most PBA Most Valuable Player awards (4, tied with Ramon Fernandez). He is also the second player after Bogs Adornado to win back-to-back MVP awards in 1993 and 1994, and also the second player to win three Best Player of the Conference award after Vergel Meneses. He also shares the distinction of having played the most Asian Games (4) with 1990 PBA MVP Allan Caidic.
He played his entire career with the Purefoods franchise and won five championships, mostly in the All-Filipino Conference championships with three.
He also was a part of the 1998 Philippine Centennial Team.
Patrimonio, looking for an opportunity to play basketball, transferred to the Intramuros-based Mapúa Institute of Technology. There, he pursued a degree in Civil Engineering and saw action for the Mapúa Cardinals in the NCAA playing as the team's center from 1983 to 1986. He won the NCAA Most Valuable Player award back-to-back in 1985 and 1986 despite not leading the school to a championship.
Patrimonio first played for YCO Shine Masters in the Philippine Basketball League, now the PBA D-League). He moved to RFM-Swifts when the Elizalde ballclub disbanded after winning two championships in three conferences from 1986-87. Patrimonio had a two-conference stint with the Swift Hotdogs and won a title before joining the PBA in the middle of the 1988 season.
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