Free agent | |
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Position | Point guard |
Personal information | |
Born |
Poro, Cebu, Philippines |
November 29, 1987
Nationality | Filipino |
Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
Career information | |
College | Southwestern University |
PBA draft | 2013 Round: 3 / Pick: 27th overall |
Selected by the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | |
Playing career | 2013–present |
Career history | |
2013–2014 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters |
2014 | Air21 Express |
2014–2015 | NLEX Road Warriors |
2015 | Kia Carnival |
2015 | Cafe France Bakers |
2016–present | Euro-Med (PCBL) |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Eliud Poligrates is a Filipino professional basketball player. He last played for Euro-Med of the Pilipinas Commercial Basketball League (PCBL).
He was drafted 27th overall in the 2013 PBA draft by Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters.
Eliud was brought in by Southwestern University scouts after he was discovered playing in small leagues in his hometown of Camotes Island – a group of islands that form part of the province of Cebu. But his flourishing three-year career at Southwestern came to an abrupt end in 2009 when he was caught – ironically – moonlighting in a small league in the province or larong labas. The offense led to a lifetime ban from the Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation Inc. (CESAFI).
The CESAFI ban led Poligrates to bounce from one Cebu commercial team to another, suiting up for M. Lhuillier, Mandaue Landmasters, and MisOr Meteors in Liga Pilipinas. Then came the chance to play in Manila and join Cagayan Valley in the PBA D-League after Rising Suns officials spotted him playing - to no one's surprise - in another larong-labas.
Poligrates scored 13 points in his PBA debut against the Meralco Bolts in his home province in Cebu.
Shortly before the end of 2013–14 PBA Philippine Cup eliminations, he was traded along with Sean Anthony a 2010 first-round pick to Air21 Express in exchange for Niño Canaleta, who went to Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters.