Alvin Patrimonio
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Alvin Vergara Patrimonio (born November 17, 1966), nicknamed "The Captain" and "Captain Lionheart" is a retired Filipino
Filipino people
The Filipino people or Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the islands of the Philippines. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines, and about 11 million living outside the Philippines ....

 professional basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 player from the Philippine Basketball Association
Philippine Basketball Association
The Philippine Basketball Association , is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of 10 company-branded franchised teams. It is the first and oldest professional basketball league in Asia and the second oldest in the world after the NBA...

 and is the current team manager of his former team, the Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants.

Patrimonio holds several PBA
Philippine Basketball Association
The Philippine Basketball Association , is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of 10 company-branded franchised teams. It is the first and oldest professional basketball league in Asia and the second oldest in the world after the NBA...

 records including most consecutive games played (596) and most PBA Most Valuable Player
Most Valuable Player
In sports, a Most Valuable Player award is an honor typically bestowed upon the best performing player or players on a specific team, in an entire league, or for a particular contest or series of contests...

 awards (4, tied with Ramon Fernandez
Ramón Fernández
Ramon S. Fernandez is generally regarded as the greatest basketball player produced by the Philippine Basketball Association. Fernandez won four Most Valuable Player awards and a record of 19 PBA championships bagged...

). He is also the second player after Bogs Adornado
Bogs Adornado
William "Bogs" Adornado is a former Filipino athlete who played basketball in both the amateur and professional ranks. He made his mark playing in the Philippine Basketball Association from 1975 to 1987...

 to win back-to-back MVP awards in 1993 and 1994, and also the second player to win three Best Player of the Conference award after Vergel Meneses
Vergel Meneses
Vergel Meneses - nicknamed "The Aerial Voyager" - is a retired Filipino professional basketball player who last played for the Talk 'N Text Phone Pals in the Philippine Basketball Association. He was also a former PBA Most Valuable Player and a many-time member of the Philippine National team...

. He also shares the distinction of having played the most Asian Games (4) with 1990 PBA MVP Allan Caidic
Allan Caidic
Alan Vito Flores Caidic is a retired professional basketball player from the Philippines and is currently an assistant coach of the Barangay Ginebra Kings in the PBA...

.

He played his entire career with the Purefoods TJ Hotdogs and won several championships, mostly in the All-Filipino Cup. He also played for the Philippine national team
Philippines national basketball team
The men's national basketball team of the Philippines represents the Philippines in international basketball competitions. It is managed by its national basketball federation, the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas...

 many times including the 1998 Philippine Centennial Team
Philippine Centennial Team
The Philippine Centennial Team was the nickname of the Philippine Basketball Association -backed national basketball team in 1998. The team consists of professional players in the country that includes national team veterans Allan Caidic and Alvin Patrimonio, both sharing the distinction of being...

.

Amateur career

A 1983 graduate of the Manila Science High School
Manila Science High School
Manila Science High School is the Pilot Science High School in the Philippines. It is located on Taft Avenue at the corner of Padre Faura Street in Ermita, Manila, and was established on October 1, 1963.- History :...

, he then enrolled and played for the Mapúa Institute of Technology
Mapúa Institute of Technology
Mapúa Institute of Technology is a private, non-sectarian, Filipino tertiary institute located in Intramuros, Manila and in Makati....

 Cardinals
Mapúa Cardinals
The Mapúa Cardinals is the National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball team of the Mapúa Institute of Technology.The Mapúa Cardinals holds the NCAA record for the most number of General Championships in the seniors division with a total of 20—the last of these championships was won in 1993...

 in the NCAA from 1983 to 1986.

He first played for Hope in the PABL (now known as the PBL
Philippine Basketball League
The Philippine Basketball League is a commercial semi-professional basketball league in the Philippines. The league is composed of several commercial teams with several collegiate and provincial stars.-History:...

). Then he transferred to YCO and after that to Swift wherein he gave the franchise a championship before going to the pros. His pro debut though was delayed because of some conflicts with Swift, it was since then fixed.

PBA career

He entered the PBA in 1988 alongside 1988 Rookie of the Year
Philippine Basketball Association Rookie of the Year award
-List of awardees:...

 Jojo Lastimosa
Jojo Lastimosa
Isabelo Lastimosa, Jr. , better known as Jojo Lastimosa and by his nickname "Jolas", is a former Filipino professional basketball player from Cagayan de Oro City who played in the Philippine Basketball Association for the Purefoods TJ Hotdogs, the Alaska Aces and the Pop Cola Panthers from 1988-2003...

, many-time Mythical Team and Best Defensive Team member Jerry Codiñera
Jerry Codiñera
Jerry Codiñera is a retired professional basketball player of the Philippine Basketball Association. He is nicknamed the "Defense Minister" for his prowess at the defensive end. He is also a member of the 25 Best Players of all Time of PBA and Philippine men's national basketball team of the 1994...

 and perennial Best Defensive Team member Glenn Capacio.

In 2004, 16 years after playing in the pro league, Patrimonio announced his retirement to concentrate more on his duties as the current team manager of the Purefoods franchise in the PBA. Arguably one of the best power forwards in the history of the PBA, he was as a prolific scorer ending his career as the league’s third highest point scorer with 15,091, behind all-time greats Ramon Fernandez
Ramón Fernández
Ramon S. Fernandez is generally regarded as the greatest basketball player produced by the Philippine Basketball Association. Fernandez won four Most Valuable Player awards and a record of 19 PBA championships bagged...

 and Abet Guidaben
Abet Guidaben
Alberto "Abet" Guidaben is a former Philippine Basketball Association basketball player. He was part of the fabled Crispa Redmanizers ballclub that won two Grand Slams, in 1976 and 1983...

 with 18,996 and 15,775 points respectively.

On November 26, 2005, he played in the Legends 3-Point Shootout during the PBA All-Star in Laoag City
Laoag City
The City of Laoag is a 1st class city in the province of Ilocos Norte, Philippines. It is the capital city of Ilocos Norte, and the province's political, commercial, and industrial hub. It is the location of the Ilocos region's only commercial airport...

, Ilocos Norte
Ilocos Norte
Ilocos Norte is a province of the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region in Luzon. Its capital is Laoag City and is located at the northwest corner of Luzon Island, bordering Cagayan and Apayao to the east, and Abra and Ilocos Sur to the south...

. The game saw Patrimonio sink the very last money ball to prop the Legends, also composed of Ronnie Magsanoc
Ronnie Magsanoc
Ronald "Ronnie" Magsanoc is a former Filipino professional basketball point guard. He was the former assistant coach of the Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants and a color commentator for the television coverage of the Philippine Basketball Association...

 and Frankie Lim, to a 41-39 win over the young Turks of Jimmy Alapag
Jimmy Alapag
Jim Olmedo Alapag , better known as Jimmy Alapag, is a Filipino-American professional basketball player for the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters in the Philippine Basketball Association...

, Ren-Ren Ritualo
Ren-Ren Ritualo
Florendo Ritualo, Jr. better known as Renren Ritualo is a Filipino professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association who currently plays for the Shopinas.com Clickers...

, and Dondon Hontiveros
Dondon Hontiveros
Donaldo "Dondon" Hontiveros is a Filipino professional basketball player actively playing for the Petron Blaze Boosters in the Philippine Basketball Association. He has a son named Isaiah with singer and fellow Cebu native Gail Blanco.A devout Christian, Hontiveros studied and honed his basketball...

.

Player Profile

Alvin stands at 6'3" and primarily played at the "4" or power forward position in the professional league. He also played the center position in his collegiate and amateur days. His style of play was said to be comparable to Karl Malone
Karl Malone
Karl Anthony Malone , nicknamed "The Mailman", is a retired American professional basketball power forward who spent the majority of his career with the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association . Malone spent his first 18 seasons with the Jazz and formed a formidable duo with his teammate...

, characterized by rugged physical play punctuated by finesse maneuvers. His known trademark was the spin move to the low post which he utilized to great effect due to his exceptional pivoting skills.

In 1991, he signed a 5-year 25 million peso offer sheet from cellar-dwelling PBA ballclub the Pepsi Hotshots which was matched by his mother ballclub the Purefoods TJ Hotdogs. Patrimonio's new contract ushered the era of the multi-millionaire players. He justified this contract by winning the 1991, 1993 and 1994 Most Valuable Player awards of the PBA.

Over time, his dominance in the post meant that he was accorded an automatic double- or triple-team whenever he had possession in the low block. This led to the gradual adjustment of his game as he advanced in his career, showing superior playmaking abilities from passing out of multiple defenders at the post. In 1997, he was awarded his fourth MVP award, thus tying the all-time record.

At the latter stage of his lengthy career, he also developed an accurate 3 point shot, and in 1998 he even led the league in 3 point FG percentage. With these added skills, he rounded out his playing days manning the "3" or small forward position.

He has a reputation for being one of the most beloved players in Philippine basketball, and is arguably the second most popular player of all time, just behind "Living Legend" Robert Jaworski
Robert Jaworski
Robert Salazar Jaworski , also known as Sonny Jaworski, Bobby Jaworski, Robert Jaworski, Sr. or simply Jawo, is a former Philippine senator, basketball coach and Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association and PBA basketball player.Known as The Big J and called The Living Legend...

.

PBA career statistics

|-
| align="left" | 1988
| align="left" | Purefoods
| 33 || 33.1 || .592 || .000 || .860 || 8.8 || 1.6 || .2 || 1.0 || 17.2
|-
| align="left" | 1989
| align="left" | Purefoods
| 65 || 34.9 || .593 || .000 || .855 || 10.7 || 2.3 || .3 || 1.2 || 19.9
|-
| align="left" | 1990
| align="left" | Purefoods
| 54 || 34.1 || .622 || .273 || .849 || 7.6 || 2.2 || .2 || .9 || 19.4
|-
| align="left" | 1991
| align="left" | Purefoods
| 56 || 38.9 || .609 || .667 || .833 || 9.0 || 2.8 || .3 || 1.3 || 21.8
|-
| align="left" | 1992
| align="left" | Purefoods
| 56 || 42.0 || .589 || .250 || .871 || 10.0 || 3.3 || .2 || 1.1 || 25.2
|-
| align="left" | 1993
| align="left" | Purefoods
| 67 || 38.0 || .566 || .390 || .833 || 8.9 || 2.9 || .4 || .7 || 21.6
|-
| align="left" | 1994
| align="left" | Purefoods
| 63 || 38.4 || .522 || .317 || .867 || 8.3 || 2.5 || .4 || 1.1 || 19.8
|-
| align="left" | 1995
| align="left" | Purefoods
| 61 || 39.0 || .556 || .370 || .871 || 7.9 || 2.3 || .3 || .7 || 20.9
|-
| align="left" | 1996
| align="left" | Purefoods
| 60 || 37.1 || .490 || .289 || .860 || 7.3 || 2.7 || .5 || .5 || 17.6
|-
| align="left" | 1997
| align="left" | Pure foods
| 63 || 40.2 || .513 || .513 || .837 || 7.5 || 2.7 || .4 || .5 || 20.3
|-
| align="left" | 1998
| align="left" | Purefoods
| 34 || 40.1 || .451 || .333 || .878 || 6.2 || 2.7 || .6 || .7 || 19.1
|-
| align="left" | 1999
| align="left" | Purefoods
| 41 || 40.1 || .446 || .381 || .867 || 6.0 || 3.0 || .6 || .3 || 16.7
|-
| align="left" | 2000
| align="left" | Purefoods
| 55 || 36.8 || .439 || .323 || .857 || 5.3 || 2.1 || .5 || .3 || 12.8
|-
| align="left" | 2001
| align="left" | Purefoods
| 45 || 38.3 || .443 || .376 || .908 || 4.4 || 2.0 || .3 || .1 || 12.9
|-
| align="left" | 2002
| align="left" | Purefoods
| 43 || 21.9 || .446 || .412 || .868 || 2.6 || 1.2 || .1 || .1 || 8.0
|-
| align="left" | 2003
| align="left" | Purefoods
| 36 || 18.2 || .373 || .328 || .909 || 2.3 || 1.0 || .1 || .1 || 4.9
|-
| align="left" | 2004–05
| align="left" | Purefoods
| 25 || 12.4 || .452 || .553 || 1.000 || 1.8 || .6 || .1 || .1 || 4.2
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" |
| 857 || 35.6 || .531 || .375 || .858 || 7.2 || 2.4 || .3 || .7 || 17.6

Career PBA highlights

  • Most Valuable Player in 1991, 1993, 1994, and 1997
  • Mythical First Team Selection in 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, and 2000
  • Mythical Second Team Selection in 1995
  • Best Player of the Conference in 1994 Commissioner's Cup, 1996 All-Filipino Cup, and 1997 Governor's Cup
  • PBA Press Corps Newsmaker of the Year in 1993
  • Ten time PBA All-Star
  • Most Valuable Player of the 1991 PBA All-Star Game
  • 25 PBA Greatest Players Member
  • PBA 5,000 Points Club Member
  • PBA 10,000 Points Club Member
  • PBA 15,000 Points Club Member
  • PBA Third Conference champions (1990)
  • PBA All-Filipino Cup champions (1991, 1993, 1997)
  • PBA Commissioner's Cup champions (1994)
  • PBA Governor's Cup champions (2002)

International career highlights

  • 1986 Asian Games bronze medalist
  • 1990 Asian Games silver medalist
  • 1994 Asian Games, fourth place
  • 1998 William Jones Cup (Champions)
  • 1998 Asian Games bronze medalist
  • 2000 PBA All-Stars
    Philippines national basketball team
    The men's national basketball team of the Philippines represents the Philippines in international basketball competitions. It is managed by its national basketball federation, the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas...

     versus the Asia Basketball Select Team

PBA records

  • Most MVP awards (4, tied with Ramon Fernandez
    Ramón Fernández
    Ramon S. Fernandez is generally regarded as the greatest basketball player produced by the Philippine Basketball Association. Fernandez won four Most Valuable Player awards and a record of 19 PBA championships bagged...

    )
  • Most consecutive games played (596)
  • One of eight players to play at least 800 games

Acting career

During his playing years in the PBA, Alvin found time to do movies. He first appeared as guest in the Mars Ravelo
Mars Ravelo
Mars Ravelo was a Filipino graphic novelist who created the characters Darna, Dyesebel, Captain Barbell, Lastikman, Bondying, Varga, Wanted: Perfect Mother, Hiwaga, Maruja, Mariposa, Roberta, Rita, Buhay Pilipino, Jack and Jill, Flash Bomba, Tiny Tony, and Dragonna among others.-Biography:Mars...

 classic Bondying
Bondying
-Bondying in Popular Culture:In the Philippines there is a comic book character called Bondying. Bondying was created by Mars Ravelo . Bondying is a popular character in the Philippines. In 1988, there was a movie about Bondying produced by Viva Films entitled The Little Big Boy and was based after...

 which starred retired PBA player Jimmy Santos. Then he was launched together with Jerry Codiñera
Jerry Codiñera
Jerry Codiñera is a retired professional basketball player of the Philippine Basketball Association. He is nicknamed the "Defense Minister" for his prowess at the defensive end. He is also a member of the 25 Best Players of all Time of PBA and Philippine men's national basketball team of the 1994...

 and Bong Alvarez in the film Last Two Minutes in 1990. The movie was a top-grosser at the box-office and spawned a sitcom of the same title aired over PTV-4. The Captain was also paired with Maricel Soriano
Maricel Soriano
Maricel Soriano , is a critically acclaimed Filipina film and television actress.-Biography:...

 in the remake of the Robert Jaworski
Robert Jaworski
Robert Salazar Jaworski , also known as Sonny Jaworski, Bobby Jaworski, Robert Jaworski, Sr. or simply Jawo, is a former Philippine senator, basketball coach and Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association and PBA basketball player.Known as The Big J and called The Living Legend...

/Nora Aunor
Nora Aunor
Nora "Guy" Aunor is a multi-awarded Filipino actress, singer and producer. Aunor has also topbilled several stage plays, television shows, and concerts. She is regarded as the "Superstar in Philippine Entertainment Industry"...

 film Dobol Dribol in 1992 and did Tasya Fantasya
Tasya Fantasya
Tasya Fantasya is an fantasy-romance Philippine drama produced by GMA Network starring Yasmien Kurdi . Yasmien reprises Kris Aquino's role in 1994 "Tasya Fantasya" film...

 opposite Kris Aquino
Kris Aquino
Kristina Bernadette Cojuangco Aquino , commonly known as Kris Aquino, is a Filipino television and movie personality who gained prominence from her talk shows, game shows, and numerous endorsements. Known as the Queen of All Media and Philippines' Queen of Talk, she is the youngest daughter of...

 in 1994. In 2009, Alvin once more tried the showbiz waters when he guest starred in the indie film "Dalaw" opposite controversial sexy actress Katrina Halili
Katrina Halili
Katrina Halili is a Filipina actress, commercial model and music producer. She made her screen debut via StarStruck, but did not gain popularity until playing the antagonist roles in Darna, Majika and MariMar and becoming the protagonist in One Night Only, Gagambino and Magdusa...

.

Personal life

Alvin currently lives in Cainta, Rizal, together with his wife, Cindy , a makeup artist and their four children Angelo, 21, Christine,19, Clarice,17 and Asher,5. Angelo is embarking on a career in local showbiz, but as of the moment he puts it on hold to be able to finish college at College of Saint Benilde taking up Culinary Arts. Christine is making her name in the local women's tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

 circuit and is also looking into having a showbiz career & is one of the current housemate of Pinoy Big Brother: Unlimited
Pinoy Big Brother: Unlimited
Pinoy Big Brother: Unlimited is the fourth season of Pinoy Big Brother that aired on ABS-CBN from October 29, 2011. Toni Gonzaga and Bianca Gonzales reprised their hosting stints for the show, together with PBB Teen Edition Plus ex-housemate Robi Domingo...

. She is a commercial model and her Creamsilk TVC was shown in April 2011. Clarice on the other hand has 2 international championships tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

. She is currently ranked 130th in the world of Juniors Tennis and is looking into turning pro next year. Alvin was at one time linked to Kris Aquino
Kris Aquino
Kristina Bernadette Cojuangco Aquino , commonly known as Kris Aquino, is a Filipino television and movie personality who gained prominence from her talk shows, game shows, and numerous endorsements. Known as the Queen of All Media and Philippines' Queen of Talk, she is the youngest daughter of...

, the daughter of the late president Corazon Aquino
Corazon Aquino
Maria Corazon Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino was the 11th President of the Philippines and the first woman to hold that office in Philippine history. She is best remembered for leading the 1986 People Power Revolution, which toppled Ferdinand Marcos and restored democracy in the Philippines...

 and sister of the current president.

Endorsements

He is also an endorser of many products such as Purefoods
San Miguel Corporation
Established in 1890 as a brewery, San Miguel Corporation is Southeast Asia's largest publicly listed food, beverage and packaging company with over 17,000 employees in over 100 major facilities throughout the Asia-Pacific....

, Swatch
Swatch
Swatch is a brand name for a line of wrist watches from the Swatch Group, a Swiss conglomerate with vertical control of the production of Swiss watches and related products...

, Lipovitan
Lipovitan
, marketed in English-speaking countries under the name Libogen and Livita, is an energy drink manufactured by Taisho Pharmaceutical and its licensees . Widely available in East Asia, it retails in brown 100ml bottles. The drink has a distinctive bright yellow coloring and is marketed to alleviate...

, Kaypee Shoes (during his first few years as a pro player), Nike
Nike, Inc.
Nike, Inc. is a major publicly traded sportswear and equipment supplier based in the United States. The company is headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, which is part of the Portland metropolitan area...

, etc. He appeared in a political ad campaign for Senator Manny Villar
Manny Villar
Manuel "Manny" Bamba Villar, Jr. is a Filipino businessman and politician. He is currently a Philippine Senator, president of the Nacionalista Party...

. Alvin and his daughters are also endorsers for New San Jose Builders Inc.

External links

  • http://www.pba.ph
  • http://www.tjhotdogs.com/patrimonio.html
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