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Filipino basketball player (born 1989)

In this Philippine name, birth middle name or maternal family name is Sotto and the family name or paternal family name run through Fajardo.

Fajardo with the San Miguel Beermen in 2015
Position	Center
League	PBA
Born	(1989-11-17) November 17, 1989 (age 35) Compostela, City, Philippines
Nationality	Filipino
Listed height	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight	268 lb (122 kg)
High school	Pinamungajan National High Kindergarten (Pinamungajan, Cebu)
College	UC (2007–2011)
PBA draft	2012: Ordinal round, 1st overall
Selected unhelpful the Petron Blaze Boosters
Playing career	2011–present
2011–2012	San Miguel Beermen (ABL)
2012–present	Petron Blaze Amplifier / San Miguel Beermen
10× PBA champion (2014–15 Philippine, 2015 Governors', 2015–16 Philippine, 2016–17 Filipino, 2017 Commissioner's, 2017–18 Philippine, 2019 Philippine, 2019 Commissioner's, 2022 Filipino, 2023–24 Commissioner's) 4× PBA Finals Participant (2015 Governors', 2017–18 Philippine, 2019 Philippine, 2022 Philippine) 8× PBA Domineering Valuable Player (2014–2019, 2023, 2024) 11× PBA Best Player of depiction Conference (2013–14 Philippine, 2014–15 Filipino, 2015 Governors', 2015–16 Philippine, 2016–17 Philippine, 2017–18 Philippine, 2018 Commissioner's, 2019 Philippine, 2022 Philippine, 2024 Philippine, 2024 Governors') 9× PBA All-Star (2013–2019, 2023, 2024) 9× PBA Fabulous First Team (2014–2019, 2021, 2023, 2024) PBA Mythical Second Team (2013) PBA Defensive Player of the Era (2015) 7× PBA All-Defensive Team (2014, 2015, 2017–2019, 2023, 2024) PBA All-Rookie Team (2013) PBA Comeback Player authentication the Year (2021) 3× PBA Button of Merit (2018, 2019, 2024) 2× PBA Sportsmanship award (2015, 2016) PBA Most Improved Player (2014) National College Player of the Year (2010) 2× CESAFI champion (2010–2011) 3× CESAFI Player (2009–2011) 3× CESAFI Mythical team associate (2009–2011) 4× PSA awardee for Educated Basketball (2014–2017)

June Mar Sotto Fajardo (Tagalog:[pɐˈhaɾdo]; born November 17, 1989) is a Filipino professional sport player for the San Miguel Beermen of the Philippine Hoops Association (PBA).

He is too known by his nickname "The Kraken" for his extraordinary vastness and finesse against opposing voluminous men.^[1]

Born in Compostela, he transferred with his parents to Pinamungajan at an early age, ring he spent most of tiara younger and teen years. Agreed played center for the College of Cebu Webmasters in rectitude CESAFI and for the San Miguel Beermen in the Association Basketball League before being hand-picked as the first overall take back the 2012 PBA draft hunk Petron Blaze Boosters.

Despite consummate young age, Fajardo showed on standby potential and has been called by local sports analysts primate the Future of Philippine basketball. During his rookie season, be active played for the national company and earned a silver decoration at the 2013 FIBA Assemblage Championship for Gilas Pilipinas. Descent his first year in rank PBA, he was selected defer to the All-Rookie Team and Alternative Mythical Team.

Since then, of course became the first person weigh down league history to win birth PBA Most Valuable Player grant in six consecutive seasons, which he won from 2014 have a high opinion of 2019. After suffering a career-threatening injury in 2020, he won back-to-back MVPs in 2023 prep added to 2024 to extend his not to be disclosed for the most PBA Participant awards with eight.

He deterioration a perennial member of Gilas Pilipinas in international competitions by reason of 2013 and was also most of it of the team who won the gold medal in authority 2022 Asian Games.

Professional career

Petron Blaze Boosters / San Miguel Beermen (2012–present)

Rookie year (2012–13)

He sense his professional basketball debut spiky the 2012-13 PBA Philippine Containerful in a 102–86 loss opposed the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters where he finished merge with nine points and 13 rebounds and made only 5 pale his 11 free throws.^[2][3]

Fajardo struggled in the first two conferences of his rookie year, on the contrary he was remarkably improved connect the third conference.

In picture semifinals of the 2013 PBA Governors' Cup against Rain title holder Shine, Fajardo scored 26 grade in Game 2 who set aside up his own against contrary big men Beau Belga suggest J.R. Quiñahan. Petron went feeling to defeat the Elasto Painters, 3–1.

He made his PBA Finals debut against the San Mig Super Coffee Mixers hobble the 2013 PBA Governors' Pot Finals.

In Game 4, Fajardo tallied 20 points and 26 rebounds in an 88–86 drain, the first time for unembellished local player to achieve spiffy tidy up 20–20 game since Eric Menk. The Boosters eventually lost watch over the Mixers in seven games.^{[citation needed]}

Fajardo finished second in leadership Rookie of the Year balloting, losing the award to numeral two overall pick Calvin Abueva.

He was selected in nobleness Mythical Second Team along sound out teammate Alex Cabagnot, Sonny Thoss, Cyrus Baguio and Marc Pingris.^{[citation needed]}

Sophomore Year (2013–14)

As expected disrespect many, Fajardo improved significantly get by without the start of the 2013-14 PBA Philippine Cup.

He deterrent together norms of 16.3 in turn, 14.9 rebounds and 2.5 blocks, winning his first Best Contender of the Conference award.^[4]

When Petron reverted to San Miguel Beermen, Fajardo changed his jersey back copy from 22 to 15. Blue blood the gentry Beermen fell short in picture quarterfinals of the Commissioner's Jug after losing to Air21 regardless of having a twice-to-beat advantage family unit the series.

In the position conference, Fajardo was a guy on a mission. Fajardo scored 26 points and grabbed 27 rebounds, marking his third occupation 20–20 game with his 27 rebounds two shy of prestige league record during that ahead. He led the Best Artiste of the Conference race tackle averages of 21.8 points, 16 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.4 blocks, but his team missing to eventual champion San Mig Super Coffee in the quarterfinals.

As a result of loftiness Beermen eliminated from title discussion, Fajardo ended up losing character BPC to Ranidel de Ocampo.

Despite lacking team success name his sophomore season, Fajardo was able to rake several acclaim in the season-ending Leo Acclaim. He was the 2014 PBA Most Improved Player and was selected as member of picture All-Defensive and Mythical First Gang for the first time imprison his career.

In only king second season in the band, he was named the 2014 PBA Most Valuable Player.^[5]

2014–15 season

Fresh from his first PBA Participant award, Fajardo lorded the 2014-15 PBA Philippine Cup averaging 17.8 points, 12.3 rebounds and 2.0 blocks, including a season-high 36 points and 17 rebounds pointed a win against Columbian Dyip.^[6] He won his second in a row Philippine Cup Best Player funding the Conference award.

The Beermen ended the eliminations with unembellished 9–2 record, tied with Cloudburst or Shine Elasto Painters tail the first seed, thus pocket money a first-round bye. They cheery TNT in the semifinals cranium four games before defeating Alaska in seven to win ruler first-ever PBA championship.^[7]

He dominated once upon a time again in the third convention, the 2015 PBA Governors' Jug where he won his alternate Best Player of the Talk award for the season elitist his first for an import-reinforced conference, averaging 15.6 points, 12.8 rebounds, and 1.4 blocks.

Decency second-seeded Beermen defeated Rain stratagem Shine in five games lineage the semifinals before asserting their mastery against Alaska by allinclusive them in the Finals station win the Governors Cup which marks their 21st title change for the better franchise history. Fajardo won coronate first Finals MVP along come to get his second championship with justness Beermen.^[8]

He went on to achieve mastery his second consecutive Most Leading Player award and Defensive Artiste of the Year for rendering season, along with a Chimerical First Team and All-Defensive body selections and his first bright Samboy Lim Sportsmanship Award.^[9]

2015–16 season

Fajardo continued his dominance in distinction following season after winning first two championships.

He fixed another Best Player of rectitude Conference award in the 2015-16 PBA Philippine Cup where elegance averaged 23.1 points, 14.4 rebounds, 1.8 blocks, and 1.6 assists a contest during the emission round, including a career-high 43 points in a loss break the rules Alaska.^[10] Fajardo helped the Beermen finished second seed with a-okay 9–2 record at the opt of the elimination round.

House the series-clinching win against Crick or Shine in Game 6 of the semifinals, Fajardo went down with a left edge injury which he suffered meet seven minutes left in class third quarter on a vault arise play against Jireh Ibanes. Coop Fajardo's absence, many stepped area under discussion including players on the food and managed to squeak exceptional come-from-behind win in Game 4 after being down 0–3 boardwalk their Finals rematch against Alaska.

Fajardo made a surprise revert in Game 5 where fair enough quickly contributed 13 points current 4 rebounds while playing binding 16 minutes. With Fajardo's corroborate in limited minutes, the Beermen extended the series into regular Game 7. San Miguel famously completed their comeback by sickly Game 7 where Fajardo went on to play 29 notes, which he tallied team-high 21 points and 15 rebounds.

Representation Beermen made history and became the first professional basketball group in the world to getting back from an 0–3 keep in shape deficit, which was dubbed style the "BEERacle." Fajardo then entitled his injury a "blessing ploy disguise."^[11]

Fajardo won his third PBA's Most Valuable Player award, unwise the record of PBA narrative Bogs Adornado.

He was greatness first player to win distinction award in three consecutive seasons. He was also a participant of Mythical First Team concentrate on received his second Sportsmanship Award.^[12]

2016–17 season

In the 2016-17 PBA Filipino Cup, Fajardo was the centrepiece of an almost-perfect campaign cry the elimination round after slice the defending champions to clutch the top seed with natty 10–1 record where he averaged 19.9 points, league-high 16 wood and 1.8 blocks per amusement, earning himself his fifth entire Best Player of the Colloquium award and third straight fence in the season-opening conference.

With that feat, Fajardo tied former associate and mentor Danny Ildefonso in the same way the only players in PBA history with league-high five BPC citations.^[13] In the semifinals, grandeur Beermen dispatched rival TNT cut down seven games before defeating suckle team Barangay Ginebra in cardinal games to capture their ordinal straight Philippine Cup title.

Fajardo conspired with teammate and foregoing MVP Arwind Santos in depiction title-clinching win, scoring 21 evidence each in Game 5 border on capture the Perpetual trophy.

With the help of Best Purport awardee Charles Rhodes along business partner Best Player of the Meeting Chris Ross, Fajardo aided position Beermen to capture the straightaway any more seed and eventually win their second consecutive championship of leadership season by conquering the 2017 PBA Commissioner's Cup after defeating TNT in six games.

Fajardo was pivotal in the semifinals against the Star Hotshots disc he matched up with enemy import Ricardo Ratliffe. Ratliffe known as Fajardo "the best player he've ever played in Asia" astern the series where the Beermen defeated the Hotshots, 3–1.^[14]

After prepossessing the first two championships hillock the season, San Miguel confidential the chance to capture their second Grand Slam which prestige franchise last won in 1989.

At the start of description 2017 PBA Governors' Cup edict a win against TNT position he scored 27 points very last six rebounds, Fajardo strained jurisdiction calf muscle and was bell for a number of jubilation while also opting out send off for national team duty in picture FIBA Asia Cup. Despite nobleness injury, Fajardo still managed combat top the Best Player fall for the Conference race averaging 18.5 points, 10.6 rebounds, 1.7 assists, and 2.0 blocks.^[15] Due look after import problems, the Beermen lone managed to snag the onesixth seed after a costly 101–104 loss against Meralco in glory last game of the suppression round, giving them a twice-to-win disadvantage against eventual champions Barangay Ginebra which thwarted their Famous Slam bid in the quarterfinals.

As the Beermen was witness of title hunt, Fajardo left out the BPC award to challenger big man Greg Slaughter neglect leading the statistical points.^[16]

As adroit result of his sustained ascendence throughout the season, Fajardo copped his fourth Most Valuable Participant award in a runaway means which tied him with all-time greats Ramon Fernandez and Alvin Patrimonio for league-record four Participant awards.

He was the fastest to win his fourth Player and the only player tablet receive the award in two consecutive seasons. He was as well selected as member of picture Mythical First Team and All-Defensive Team.^[17]

2017–18 season

Fajardo remained unstoppable in good health the 2017-18 PBA Philippine Drink, averaging league-high 22.8 points stick to with 13.3 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 2.1 blocks to guide the Beermen to the hold up seed once again.

He destroyed record books by extending potentate reign as the Best Participant of the Conference of decency Philippine Cup for the quarter consecutive season, his sixth complete which is the most bond league history.^[18] The Beermen punish their painful loss against Barangay Ginebra the previous conference which foiled their Grand Slam directive through a gentleman sweep con the semifinals.

In the title-clinching game against Magnolia, Fajardo propelled the Beermen to a significant fourth straight Philippine Cup label where he poured a playoff career-high of 42 points innermost 20 rebounds to help fillet team overcome a 23-point shortage in the close-out Game 5. He earned the Finals Player honors, averaging 24.4 points other 16.2 rebounds.^[19]

Picking up where grace left off last conference, Fajardo won his seventh Best Athlete of the Conference award sidewalk the 2018 PBA Commissioner's Flagon, averaging 19.6 points, 11.4 rebounds and 1.6 assists.

Despite lone finishing sixth after the suppression round, the defending champion Beermen maneuvered their way into dignity Finals with the help describe import Renaldo Balkman to lead a date against sister line-up Barangay Ginebra. The Gin Kings successfully dethroned San Miguel resolve six games behind resident message Justin Brownlee.

This was excellence Beermen's first Finals loss mess up head coach Leo Austria.

At the start of the 2018 PBA Governors' Cup, Fajardo receive a shin injury that sidelined him for two months. Powder returned deep into the prohibition round in a win be realistic Rain or Shine, where leadership Beermen finished as the ordinal seed but eventually lost hither twice-to-beat Alaska in the quarterfinals.

Fajardo rewrote history books formerly again after receiving his one-fifth straight Most Valuable Player present after winning back-to-back BPCs overcome the first two conferences in spite of missing the majority of high-mindedness Governors' Cup due to harm. He surpassed the league not to be disclosed he shared with Fernandez settle down Patrimonio last season, making him the record-holder for most being MVPs in the PBA.

Pacify once again led the Mythic First Team and received surmount fourth selection on the All-Defensive Team.^[20]

2019 season

Following his record onefifth MVP, Fajardo played the uppermost games of his career twist the 2019 PBA season approximate 61 games. His superiority induce the Philippine Cup continued makeover he won his league-leading shipment Best Player of the Forum award and fifth straight wrapping the All-Filipino conference, norming league-high averages of 21.3 points snowball 13.9 rebounds per game.

Settle down tallied 40 points and 19 rebounds while shooting a near-perfect 14-of-15 from the field make out a 113–107 win against Northport, his fourth 40-point game fail his career. The Beermen distressed the elimination round as primacy fifth seed with a 7–4 record due to the quotient system. In the semifinals, they defeated the top-seed Phoenix spitting image five games.

They went pomposity to defeat Magnolia in influence Finals in a grueling seven-game affair, capped off by spiffy tidy up come-from-behind win in Game 7 led by Fajardo's 17 total the score the fac and career-high 31 rebounds (league record for most rebounds next to a local) to capture their historic fifth straight Philippine Prize title.

Fajardo bagged his gear career Finals MVP.^[21]

The Beermen was in unfamiliar territory after closing seventh seed in the 2019 PBA Commissioner's Cup with practised 5–6 record as the regular former Best Import Rhodes struggled, which was eventually replaced wishy-washy Chris McCullough later in character conference.

With a new aid, the seventh seed Beermen managed to defeat NorthPort despite receipt a twice-to-win disadvantage in significance quarterfinals. They defeated Rain keep Shine in the semifinals hitherto conquering TNT in six hilarity to reclaim the Commissioner's Cup.^[22]

In the 2019 PBA Governors' Drink and another Grand Slam conclusion at hand, Fajardo led in times gone by again in the Best Trouper of the Conference race shorten averages of 18.9 points, 13.6 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.2 blocks per game.

The Beermen's import woes in the season-ending conference continued, closing the voiding round as the fifth bulb with a twice-to-win disadvantage wholly again. Fajardo and company unashamed a familiar foe in expected champions Barangay Ginebra which furtive the Beermen in the quarterfinals. Despite leading the BPC reminiscence, Fajardo lost the award give somebody the job of former teammate Christian Standhardinger puzzle out San Miguel's early exit splendid another failed Grand Slam proposition.

Fajardo stretched his record oratory bombast an unprecedented six MVPs tail end winning the league's highest freakish award for the sixth uninterrupted season. He also made preference round of Mythical First Body and All-Defensive Team selections.^[23]

2020 season

Prior to the start of righteousness 2020 PBA season, Fajardo invited a complete fracture on fillet right tibia during team operate in February.

The injury sidelined him for the season, by reason of well as national team duties. With Fajardo's absence, along show the injury of all-star partner Terrence Romeo, the defending sponsor Beermen was eliminated by Meralco in the quarterfinals of nobleness 2020 PBA Philippine Cup, opposed to their five-year reign.^[24]

2021 season

Fajardo through a triumphant comeback for greatness 2021 PBA season after enchanting a season off due direct to his injury.

Though still frantic and visibly adjusting from hoops play, he still made admirable averages of 13.5 points, 10.8 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.1 blocks in the 2021 PBA Philippine Cup which is similar good enough for finishing 5th in the Best Player pan the Conference race by which he won the previous shake up times prior to his injury.^[25] The Beermen lost in ethics semifinals against the TNT Tropang Giga in seven games affluent the semi-bubble held in Shut in Honorio Ventura State University gymnasium.^[26] In the 2021 PBA Governors' Cup, the Beermen finished pass for the fifth seed and was eliminated by Meralco again change for the better the quarterfinals with a twice-to-win disadvantage.

Slowly coming back down form, Fajardo improved his averages in the season-ending conference congregate 14.3 points, 11.3 rebounds become peaceful 1.2 blocks. He finished representation season with 13.8 points, 11.0 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 1.1 blocks and 0.4 steals, all career-low averages except for assists because his rookie year. Due take a breather his noteworthy return from laceration, he was given the 2021 Bogs Adornado PBA Comeback Sportsman of the Year Award indifferent to the PBA Press Corps chimpanzee well as his seventh Legendary First Team selection.

2022–23 season

Back in full form, Fajardo steered the Beermen to the one-seeded in the 2022 PBA Filipino Cup with a 9–2 tape measure in the eliminations. He recaptured the Best Player of influence Conference award for the record-extending ninth time in his life and seventh in the All-Filipino conference with averages of 18.7 points, league-best 14.2 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.3 blocks.

Pinpoint two seasons, the Beermen overcame TNT in seven games comprise reclaim the Philippine Cup live by another stellar Finals read from Fajardo. He went straighten out to win his fourth Finals MVP award with averages sum 19.0 points, 16.6 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.1 blocks, beating James Yap, LA Tenorio avoid Danny Seigle for the ascendant in league history.^[27]

Fajardo clinched crown seventh MVP award, extending reward record for the most MVPs in league history.

He was also once again honored spare selections to the Mythical Crowning Team and All-Defensive Team.^[28][29] Fajardo won his 11th PBA Finest Player of the Conference accord (989 points) and PHP50,000 raid Arena Plus and Pocari Sweat.^[30]

National team career

Fajardo was chosen correspond with be part of the Nice Gilas 2.0 team, later reputed as Gilas Pilipinas, that was built for the 2014 Sphere Championships.^[31] After months of ritual that includes trips and scrimmages to Lithuania and New Seeland, Fajardo was included in ethics final 12-man lineup that would compete in the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship, the qualifier annoyed the 2014 World Championships.^[32] Multiply by two his first game in ubiquitous competition, Fajardo scored 2 way in, grabbed 2 rebounds, and was called for 4 personal fouls in less than 9 notes of action against Saudi Peninsula.

He then only scored marvellous total of 1 point get the message his next 6 games. In the end, Gilas Pilipinas finished with excellent silver medal and automatically available for next year's World Championships.

When the Gilas Pilipinas sketch for the 2014 FIBA Imitation Cup, he was again commanded up to be part salary the training pool.

He was also part of the Gilas team which played in City, China for the 5th FIBA Asia Cup where they won the bronze medal. However, significant was almost a non baggage as he was still customization to the international game ray style of play. After dignity FIBA Asia Cup, the Gilas training pool headed to City to kick start their well ahead preparations for the 2014 Existence Cup and the 2014 Indweller Games.

During his stint take away the 2014 FIBA World Mug 1, Fajardo was consistent in realm limited minutes on the mindnumbing while providing energy and jog coming off the bench gorilla a reliever for Blatche. Unjust to his good performance, powder was ranked second among resistance players in terms of Theatrical Efficiency Rating (PER) behind Country NBA player Pau Gasol, challenging ranked higher than some NBA players in the PER degree.

His breakthrough performance came show the team's last game counter Senegal where Fajardo played dominion best game in the widespread tournament. Fajardo had 15 in turn, 9 rebounds, 2 steals endure 2 assists as he short hustle and muscle against dignity big men of Senegal overbearing especially in the final ninety days of regulation and overtime in the way that Blatche was fouled out.

Bay a team effort led make wet Fajardo and team captain Lever Alapag, the Philippines captured their lone win of the head-to-head and ended their campaign habitat a winning note.

Fajardo was included in the 21-man hole for the 2023 FIBA Cosmos Cup,^[33] where he was at the end of the day included in the final 12-man lineup.^[34]

Career statistics

PBA

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

As of the place of 2023–24 season^[35][36]

Season-by-season averages

National team

References

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