Chico Lañete

Chico A. Lañete (born August 1, 1979), from Ormoc City, Philippines, is a Filipino professional basketball player who plays for the Phoenix Fuel Masters in the Philippine Basketball Association.^[1] He grew up in Isabela, Basilan and then played for Southern City Colleges in Zamboanga City during college before moving to Lyceum of the Philippines University.

College career

Him and his brother Bon Bon both played for Southern City Colleges in Zamboanga City before the former moved to Cebu and played for the University of the Visayas Green Lancers under coach Boy Cabahug, and the latter to the San Beda Red Lions under coach Frankie Lim.

Professional career

Lañete was an undrafted player in the 2007 PBA draft but was later signed by the Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants before moving to the Barangay Ginebra Kings.

In 2009, he was sigend by the Burger King Whoppers.

On January 5, 2010, he and Gary David were traded to the Coca-Cola Tigers for Alex Cabagnot and Wesley Gonzales.^[2]

In late 2011, Lañete was signed by the Meralco Bolts.

On January 25, 2012, Lañete was traded by Meralco to the Barako Bull Energy in exchange for Paul Artadi.

On March 20, 2012, Lañete was traded to the Petron Blaze Boosters in exchange for forward Marc Agustin.^[3]

On August 24, 2014, in the day of the 2014 PBA draft, Lañete returned to the Energy after being traded along with Jojo Duncil, San Miguel's 2014 second round pick (who turned out to be Gab Banal) and their 2016 first round pick in exchange of Barako Bull's 2014 third overall pick (which San Miguel used to pick Ronald Pascual).^[4]

PBA career statistics

Correct as of October 15, 2015^[5]

Season-by-season averages

Personal life

Lañete's father was a college basketball player while his brothers Von Harry (Bon Bon) and Garvo are into basketball too, with the latter also playing in the PBA with the NLEX Road Warriors.

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