Emmerson Serrano Oreta (born March 28, 1980) is a Filipino former professional basketball player. Oreta currently serves as the Head of Operations for the

Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League The Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines. History Manny Pacquiao launched the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League on August 29, 2017, starting off as a semi-professional lea ...

(MPBL). He was undrafted in the

2005 PBA draft The 2005 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) rookie draft was an event at which teams drafted players from the amateur ranks. It was the first PBA Draft to feature only two rounds of drafting and the first draft held in August due to the league ...

Collegiate career

Oreta played for the

UST Growling Tigers The UST Growling Tigers are the college athletic teams representing the University of Santo Tomas in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. They hold the most UAAP Overall Championships with 44 Seniors' Overall Championships ...

in the UAAP. In his final season with the team, he averaged 11.4 points and 4.3 rebounds per game. In addition, he was also the team captain of the team.

Professional career

In 2003, Oreta played for the John-O basketball team in the semi-professional

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(PBL), but a couple of months later joined the Sunkist–UST Tigers team, the PBL affiliate of his collegiate team, the

. In 2008, Oreta joined the Smart-Pampanga Buddies of the semi-professional

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and stayed there until 2009 when the team folded. In 2010, Oreta finally got his first taste of action in the PBA after the

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signed him from free agency. In 2015, Oreta joined the tryouts held by a new team, the Pilipinas Aguilas along with many other hopeful veterans unable to make it to the PBA. A couple of weeks later, it was confirmed that Oreta will be a part of the final lineup of the Aguilas. However, in December 2015, Oreta, along with Sunday Salvacion,

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, and

Adrian Celada Adrian Celada is a Filipino professional basketball player who currently plays for the Manila City Stars of the Pilipinas Super League. He played college ball for the Arellano Chiefs in the NCAA. He was undrafted in the 2012 PBA draft. In 2015, ...

were released by the

Pilipinas MX3 Kings Pilipinas MX3 Kings were a Filipino basketball team that played in the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL). The team only played one season in the ABL, mainly because of financial difficulties after Manny Pacquiao pulled out his financial support from th ...

after a roster overhaul. In 2018, Oreta played for the Department of Agriculture Food Masters in the

UNTV Cup The UNTV Cup is a men's charity basketball league organized in the Philippines. Twelve basketball teams organized by government agencies and guested by celebrities and ex-pro and amateur players compete in the league. The league's first game st ...

. He was hailed the Best Player of the Game one time.

International career

He was part of the Philippine squad that won the

2003 Southeast Asian Games The 2003 Southeast Asian Games ( vi, Đại hội Thể thao Đông Nam Á 2003), officially known as the 22nd Southeast Asian Games and also known as Vietnam 2003, was a Southeast Asian multi-sport event held from 5 to 13 December 2003 in Hano ...

basketball tournament and the

2003 SEABA Championship The 2003 ABC Championship qualification was held in late 2002 and early 2003 with the Gulf region, West Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia and Middle Asia (Central Asia and South Asia) each conducting tournaments. Qualification format The following a ...

PBA career statistics

''Correct as of September 1, 2015''Player Profile
at PBA-Online!

Season-by-season averages

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References

External links

Player Profile
at Asia-Basket
Player Profile
at PBA-Online! {{DEFAULTSORT:Oreta, Emmerson 1980 births Living people ASEAN Basketball League players Point guards Philippines men's national basketball team players Filipino men's basketball players Shooting guards Basketball players from Manila TNT Tropang Giga players UST Growling Tigers basketball players Southeast Asian Games medalists in basketball Southeast Asian Games gold medalists for the Philippines Southeast Asian Games competitors for the Philippines Competitors at the 2003 Southeast Asian Games