Arnold Van Opstal
| No. 7 – San Miguel Beermen | |
|---|---|
| Position | Center |
| League | PBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
December 15, 1991 Germany |
| Nationality | Filipino / German |
| Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
| Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | De La Salle Zobel |
| College | De La Salle University |
| PBA draft | 2016 / Special draft |
| Selected by the San Miguel Beermen | |
| Playing career | 2016–present |
| Career history | |
| 2016–present | San Miguel Beermen |
| Career highlights and awards | |
Arnold Van Opstal is a Filipino-German professional basketball player who currently plays for the San Miguel Beermen of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He has also played as part of the Philippine national basketball team in international competitions. Van Opstal played for the De La Salle University in the collegiate-level.
Arnold Van Opstal was born in December 15, 1991 Germany. He was born to Heinz, a German who was the former PAL general manager of Europe and Luzviminda Llantero who works at the Department of Foreign Affairs as head of the Machine Readable Passport Personalization Center of the Office of Consular Affairs. Van Opstal also has a brother named Christopher who is a lawyer by the age of 23 and a graduate of the University of Technology Sydney.
Arnold Van Opstal studied at De La Salle Zobel from kindergarten to Grade 1 before relocating abroad with his family. His family resided in various places abroad such as in Bonn in Germany, the Hague in the Netherlands, Berlin, and then to Sydney, Australia due to his mother's foreign postings. In 2007, a year after Van Opstal's father died, his family moved backed to Manila after his mother received a Philippine-based assignment.
He re-enroll at De La Salle Zobel as a high school student and later enrolled at De La Salle University for his collegiate studies to pursue a degree in International Studies.
Van Optal was scouted by Jack Rodriguez who was a former La Salle varsity who encouraged him to re-enroll at De La Salle Zobel. Van Opstal managed to earn a place for the school's junior varsity team for the 2008-09 season and was supposed to be named Rookie of the Year but was disqualified after he was ejected for retaliating during a game against the University of Santo Tomas. He spent a year-off from basketball to finish his studies at Zobel due to the non-honoring of his Australian credits.
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