Chito Loyzaga
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| National University | ||||||||||||||
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| Position | Athletic Director | |||||||||||||
| League | University Athletics Association of the Philippines | |||||||||||||
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| Born | (1958-08-28) 28 August 1958 Manila, Philippines | |||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||
| 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" C. Loyzaga (born August 29, 1958) is a Filipino former basketball player and basketball commissioner. He is currently the Athletics Director of the National University.
Player Profile
He played for San Beda College in the NCAA before going on to play professional basketball in the PBA.
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. He was a seven-time recipient of the Philippine Basketball Association All-Defensive Team award from 1985 to 1992. He retired from basketball after the 1993 PBA season. [1]
Loyzaga also played for the Philippine 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.
In 2002, Loyzaga became the fourth commissioner of the Metropolitan Basketball Association. [2] 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. [3]
Recently, in April 9, 2015, he was appointed as the Athletics Director of the National University for their Bulldogs sports program, replacing Junel Baculi.
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. [4]
References
^ "Making a difference: Chito Loyzaga is named to the PBA's 40 greatest players". pba.inquirer.net.
^ "Chito Loyzaga's 'last hurah'". Philippine Headline News Online.
^ "Loyzaga new UAAP commish". Philstar.com.
^ "The son of 'the Big Difference' makes a difference".