Danilo Ildefonso (born December 9, 1976 in Urdaneta, Pangasinan) is a retired Filipino professional basketball player. He is currently an assistant coach for the Alaska Aces of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Nicknamed Danny I, The Demolition Man and Lakáy, Ildefonso is a two-time PBA Most Valuable Player in 2000 and 2001 and is one of the four players to win the said award on back-to-back seasons, along with Bogs Adornado, Alvin Patrimonio, and June Mar Fajardo. He also one of the few PBA players to have won all three major MVP awards in the league: regular season, finals, and all-star game MVP. He was picked 1st overall in the 1998 PBA draft and the 2014 PBA Expansion Draft, becoming the only player in the PBA to be drafted first-overall two times and being drafted first-overall in the draft and the expansion draft. He is also one of few players in the PBA to win the MVP award in two or more b him, did not sign him because of contract problems, stating that Ildefonso is expecting too much salary on the team. Ildefonso defended himself stating that his wage with the team is very low. In late 2014, Ildefonso returned to Meralco.
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9 December 1976 (age 48) Urdaneta, Pangasinan, Philippines
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Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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