Personal information | |
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Born |
Urdaneta, Pangasinan, Philippines |
December 9, 1976
Nationality | Filipino |
Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
Listed weight | 230 lb (104 kg) |
Career information | |
College | National University |
PBA draft | 1998 Round: 1 / Pick: 1st overall |
Selected by the Formula Shell | |
Playing career | 1998–2015 |
Position | Forward / Center |
Number | 10 |
Career history | |
1998–2013 | San Miguel Beermen / Petron Blaze Boosters |
2013–2015 | Meralco Bolts |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Danilo Ildefonso (born December 9, 1976 in Urdaneta, Pangasinan) is a Filipino former professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association. Nicknamed Danny I, The Demolition Man and Lakay, Ildefonso is a two-time PBA Most Valuable Player in 2000 and 2001 and is one of the four players to win the said award on back-to-back seasons, along with Bogs Adornado, Alvin Patrimonio, and June Mar Fajardo. He also one of the few PBA players to have won all three major MVP awards in the league: regular season, finals, and all-star game MVP. He was picked 1st overall in the 1998 PBA draft and the 2014 PBA Expansion Draft, becoming the only player in the PBA to be drafted first-overall two times and being drafted first-overall in the draft and the expansion draft. He is also one of few players in the PBA to win the MVP award in two or more instances.
Ildefonso played amateur basketball for the National University Bulldogs in the UAAP and for AGFA in the Philippine Basketball League and a member of the Philippine national basketball team on several occasions. He started his PBA career in 1998, when he was drafted by San Miguel Beermen. In 2013, after 15 years with San Miguel, he was waived by the team and then joined the Meralco Bolts in the same year. He spent one season with Meralco before being released to the 2014 Expansion Draft. However, Blackwater Elite who drafted him, did not sign him because of contract problems, stating that Ildefonso is expecting too much salary on the team. Ildefonso defended himself stating that his wage with the team is very low. In late 2014, Ildefonso returned to Meralco.