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Riego Gamalinda

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In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Villa and the surname or paternal family name is Gamalinda.
Riego Gamalinda
No. 22 – Rizal Golden Coolers
PositionSmall forward
LeagueMPBL
Personal information
Born (1986-05-25) May 25, 1986 (age 38)
Iligan City, Philippines
NationalityFilipino
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight184 lb (83 kg)
Career information
High schoolIligan City National
CollegeSan Beda
PBA draft2010: 2nd round, 11th overall pick
Selected by the Meralco Bolts
Playing career2010–present
Career history
2010–2011Meralco Bolts
2011–2013Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters
2014–2017Blackwater Elite
2017–2019Star / Magnolia Hotshots
2020–2021San Miguel Beermen
2023–2024Davao Occidental Tigers
2024–presentRizal Golden Coolers
Career highlights and awards

Riego Meinardo Villa Gamalinda (born May 25, 1986) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Rizal Golden Coolers of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL). He was drafted 11th overall in 2010 by the Bolts. He was one of the key players of the San Beda Red Lions during its three peat run from 2006 to 2008.

Professional career

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In the 2010 PBA draft, he was drafted 11th overall by the Bolts. He played primarily as a backup guard/forward to Mark Cardona and had limited minutes.

At the off-season, he and Shawn Weinstein were traded to the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters. He was traded along with Rabeh Al-Hussaini and Pamboy Raymundo in a three-way trade involving Air21 Express and Meralco Bolts. He was waived after.

After being waived by TNT, he was picked up by Blackwater Elite in the 2014 PBA Expansion Draft. He had his best year of his career so far, posting career highs in minutes (24 MPG), points (8.2 PPG) and rebounds (4.1 RPG) while playing 33 games during the 2014–15 season. In the following season (2015–16), he had his most efficient year shooting the ball, with career-highs in percentages in both FGs (.433) and 3-point FGs (.319) while playing for 34 games.

On September 10, 2017, Gamalinda, along with Kyle Pascual, was traded to the Star Hotshots for Allein Maliksi and Chris Javier.[1]

On February 7, 2020, Gamalinda signed with the San Miguel Beermen.[2]

PBA career statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

As of the end of 2021 season[3][4]

Season-by-season averages

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Year Team GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2010–11 Meralco 17 10.0 .340 .000 .600 1.5 .7 .1 .1 2.5
2011–12 Talk 'N Text 41 8.4 .383 .250 .550 .9 .4 .0 .1 2.2
2012–13 Talk 'N Text 24 5.2 .382 .250 .000 .5 .3 .0 .1 1.2
2014–15 Blackwater 33 24.0 .376 .293 .744 4.1 1.3 .3 .2 8.2
2015–16 Blackwater 34 19.1 .433 .319 .712 2.9 .8 .4 .3 7.0
2016–17 Blackwater 32 14.2 .435 .393 .655 2.3 .7 .3 .1 3.9
Star
2017–18 Magnolia 24 7.5 .459 .200 .611 1.3 .3 .2 .0 2.9
2019 Magnolia 11 5.0 .556 .000 .000 .4 .5 .1 .1 1.8
2020 San Miguel 13 13.0 .409 .667 .579 3.0 .4 .4 .2 3.8
2021 San Miguel 16 5.8 .208 — .667 1.0 .3 .1 .1 .8
Career 245 12.4 .401 .295 .652 2.0 .6 .2 .1 3.8

References

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  1. ^ Leongson, Randolph B. (September 10, 2017). "Hotshots send Maliksi to Elite in 4-player trade". INQUIRER.net.
  2. ^ "SMB re-signs Pessumal and Mamaril, picks up free-agent Gamalinda". Spin.ph.
  3. ^ [1] PBA-Online.net
  4. ^ [2] Real GM


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