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Danny Ildefonso

Danny Ildefonso
Personal information
Born (1976-12-09) December 9, 1976 (age 40)
Urdaneta, Pangasinan, Philippines
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
  • 8x PBA champion (1999 Commissioner's & Governor's, 2000 Commissioner's & Governor's, 2001 All Filipino, 2004–2005 Fiesta, 2009 Fiesta, 2011 Governors)
  • 8x PBA All-Star (1999–2001, 2003–2005, 2007, 2009)
  • PBA Rookie of the Year (1998)
  • 2x PBA Mythical First Team (2000–2001)
  • 3x PBA Mythical Second Team (1998–1999, 2007)
  • PBA Governor's Cup Finals Most Valuable Player (1999)
  • 2x PBA Most Valuable Player (2000–2001)
  • 2x PBA Commissioner's Cup Best Player of the Conference (2000–2001)
  • 2x PBA Governor's Cup Best Player of the Conference (2000–2001)
  • PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals Most Valuable Player (2000)
  • PBA All-Filipino Cup Best Player of the Conference (2001)
  • PBA All-Star Most Valuable Player (2001)
  • PBA Fiesta Conference Finals Most Valuable Player (2005)
  • PBA Comeback Player of the Year (2011)
  • PBA's 40 Greatest Players

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.


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