Ervin Sotto
| No. 21 – Byaheng SCTEX | ||||||||||
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| Position | Center | |||||||||
| League | Pilipinas Commercial Basketball League | |||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||
| Born |
July 30, 1981 Las Piñas City, Philippines |
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| Nationality | Filipino | |||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | |||||||||
| Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) | |||||||||
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| College | Saint Francis of Assisi College System | |||||||||
| PBA draft | 2004 Round: 1 / Pick: 7th overall | |||||||||
| Selected by the Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs | ||||||||||
| Playing career | 2004–present | |||||||||
| Career history | ||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs | |||||||||
| 2005 | Shell Turbo Chargers | |||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Barangay Ginebra Kings | |||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Air21 Express | |||||||||
| 2008–2012 | Alaska Aces | |||||||||
| 2012 | Petron Blaze Boosters | |||||||||
| 2016–present | Byaheng SCTEX (PCBL) | |||||||||
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Ervin Sotto (born July 30, 1981 in Las Piñas City, Philippines) is a Filipino professional basketball player for Byaheng SCTEX of the Pilipinas Commercial Basketball League (PCBL). He was the seventh overall pick in the 2004 PBA Draft by the Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs. He also played for the Shell Turbo Chargers, Barangay Ginebra Kings and the Air21 Express, Alaska Aces before joining NLEX Road Warriors camp. Sotto was one of the promising big man and is known for his good shooting from the outside. He was included in one of the most controversial trades in the PBA involving Rudy Hatfield, Billy Mamaril, Rafi Reavis, and Aries Dimaunahan.
His eldest son Kai Sotto is currently playing for the Ateneo Blue Eaglets.
Before the 2004 PBA draft, Sotto played for Saint Francis of Assisi College System along with his twin tower center-forward Ranidel De Ocampo to which they grab championships in a collegiate league NCRAA. He was a highly heralded prospect mainly because of his size and was projected by some to be the first pick of that year's draft. Eventually, he was picked seventh overall by Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants. Coming out of the Philippine Basketball League he was once acquired the Most Improved Player and Mythical Five selection from a well known team Welcoat Housepaint.
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