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In the PBA, Loyzaga played one game for [[Tanduay Rhum Masters|YCO-Tanduay]], then migrated to Australia for two years. He came back to play for |
In the PBA, Loyzaga played one game for [[Tanduay Rhum Masters|YCO-Tanduay]], then migrated to Australia for two years. He came back to play for |
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[[Toyota Super Corollas|Toyota]] in 1983. When the Super Corollas disbanded, Chito moved to [[Great Taste Coffee Makers|Great Taste]], where he became part of the team's dynasty of four straight championships. In 1986, he was shipped to [[Barangay Ginebra Kings|Ginebra San Miguel]], where he spent all of his last eight seasons in the PBA, winning three titles with Ginebra. A seven-time recipient of the [[Philippine Basketball Association All-Defensive Team award]] from 1985 to 1992, Loyzaga made a name for himself as a straight-up defensive stopper, using his heft and quick hands to guard the league's best big men, including the great [[Ramon Fernandez]], and later, [[Alvin Patrimonio]]. He retired from basketball after the [[1993 PBA season]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://pba.inquirer.net/51676/making-a-difference-chito-loyzaga-is-named-to-the-pbas-40-greatest-players|title=Making a difference: Chito Loyzaga is named to the PBA's 40 greatest players|work=pba.inquirer.net}}</ref> |
[[Toyota Super Corollas|Toyota]] in 1983. When the Super Corollas disbanded, Chito moved to [[Great Taste Coffee Makers|Great Taste]], where he became part of the team's dynasty of four straight championships. In 1986, he was shipped to [[Barangay Ginebra Kings|Ginebra San Miguel]], where he spent all of his last eight seasons in the PBA, winning three titles with Ginebra. A seven-time recipient of the [[Philippine Basketball Association All-Defensive Team award]] from 1985 to 1992, Loyzaga made a name for himself as a straight-up defensive stopper, using his heft and quick hands to guard the league's best big men, including the great [[Ramon Fernandez]], and later, [[Alvin Patrimonio]]. |
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He retired from basketball after the [[1993 PBA season]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://pba.inquirer.net/51676/making-a-difference-chito-loyzaga-is-named-to-the-pbas-40-greatest-players|title=Making a difference: Chito Loyzaga is named to the PBA's 40 greatest players|work=pba.inquirer.net}}</ref> |
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==National team career== |
==National team career== |
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Position | Athletic director | ||||||||||||||
League | University Athletic Association of the Philippines | ||||||||||||||
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Born | Manila, Philippines | 28 August 1958||||||||||||||
Nationality | Filipino | ||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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High school | San Beda College | ||||||||||||||
College | San Beda College | ||||||||||||||
Playing career | 1981–1993 | ||||||||||||||
Position | Power forward / Small forward | ||||||||||||||
Number | 4, 14, 41 | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
1981 | YCO-Tanduay | ||||||||||||||
1983 | Toyota | ||||||||||||||
1984–1985 | Great Taste | ||||||||||||||
1986–1993 | Ginebra San Miguel | ||||||||||||||
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Joaquin "Chito" Cuerva Loyzaga (born August 29, 1958) is a Filipino former professional basketball player and basketball commissioner. He is currently the Athletics Director of the NU Bulldogs in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. He played for the San Beda College in the NCAA before going on to play in the Philippine Basketball Association.
PBA career
In the PBA, Loyzaga played one game for YCO-Tanduay, then migrated to Australia for two years. He came back to play for Toyota in 1983. When the Super Corollas disbanded, Chito moved to Great Taste, where he became part of the team's dynasty of four straight championships. In 1986, he was shipped to Ginebra San Miguel, where he spent all of his last eight seasons in the PBA, winning three titles with Ginebra. A seven-time recipient of the Philippine Basketball Association All-Defensive Team award from 1985 to 1992, Loyzaga made a name for himself as a straight-up defensive stopper, using his heft and quick hands to guard the league's best big men, including the great Ramon Fernandez, and later, Alvin Patrimonio.
He retired from basketball after the 1993 PBA season.[1]
National team career
Loyzaga also played for the Philippines men's national basketball team in the 1990 Asian Games where he distinguished himself by helping limit North Korean center Ri Myung Hun despite a height discrepancy of over a foot and a half between them.
Personal life
Loyzaga is the son of Philippine basketball great Carlos Loyzaga and Vicky Cuerva. He and brother Joey Loyzaga became one of the few siblings to have played in the PBA, eventually playing together with Ginebra San Miguel. Loyzaga is married to Maritoni Yulo, with whom he has three children, namely: Celina, Jose Joaquin, and Cecilia.[2]
In 2002, Loyzaga became the fourth commissioner of the Metropolitan Basketball Association.[3] He was also a commissioner and executive director of the Philippine Sports Commission from 2010 to 2012.
In 2013, he served as a basketball commissioner in the 76th Season of the UAAP.[4]
Recently, on April 9, 2015, he was appointed the Athletics Director of the National University for their Bulldogs sports program, replacing Junel Baculi.
References
- ^ "Making a difference: Chito Loyzaga is named to the PBA's 40 greatest players". pba.inquirer.net.
- ^ "The son of 'the Big Difference' makes a difference". Archived from the original on 2009-03-06. Retrieved 2008-12-19.
- ^ "Chito Loyzaga's 'last hurah'". Philippine Headline News Online.
- ^ "Loyzaga new UAAP commish". Philstar.com.
- Living people
- 1958 births
- Barangay Ginebra San Miguel players
- Filipino people of Basque descent
- Filipino people of Spanish descent
- Metropolitan Basketball Association executives
- Philippines men's national basketball team players
- Filipino men's basketball players
- San Beda Red Lions men's basketball players
- Power forwards (basketball)
- Small forwards
- Asian Games medalists in basketball
- Basketball players at the 1990 Asian Games
- Basketball players from Metro Manila
- Basketball players from Manila
- Toyota Super Corollas players
- Tanduay Rhum Masters players
- Great Taste Coffee Makers players
- San Beda University alumni
- Asian Games silver medalists for the Philippines
- Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games