Riego Meinardo Villa Gamalinda (born May 25, 1986 in

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) is a Filipino professional basketball player who last played for the San Miguel Beermen of the

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(PBA). He was drafted 11th overall in 2010 by the Bolts. He was one of the key players of the

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during its three peat run from 2006 to

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Professional career

In the

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, he was drafted 11th overall by the Bolts. He played primarily as a backup guard/forward to

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and had limited minutes. At the off-season, he and

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were traded to the

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. He was traded along with

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and

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in a three-way trade involving

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and Meralco Bolts. He was waived after. After being waived by TNT, he was picked up by

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in the

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. 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

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, was traded to the

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for

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and Chris Javier. On February 7, 2020, Gamalinda signed with the San Miguel Beermen.

PBA career statistics

''As of the end of 2021 season''
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Season-by-season averages

, - , align=left , , align=left , 2010–11 Meralco Bolts season, Meralco , 17 , , 10.0 , , .340 , , .000 , , .600 , , 1.5 , , .7 , , .1 , , .1 , , 2.5 , - , align=left , , align=left , Talk 'N Text , 41 , , 8.4 , , .383 , , .250 , , .550 , , .9 , , .4 , , .0 , , .1 , , 2.2 , - , align=left , , align=left , Talk 'N Text , 24 , , 5.2 , , .382 , , .250 , , .000 , , .5 , , .3 , , .0 , , .1 , , 1.2 , - , align=left , , align=left , Blackwater , 33 , , 24.0 , , .376 , , .293 , , .744 , , 4.1 , , 1.3 , , .3 , , .2 , , 8.2 , - , align=left , , align=left , Blackwater , 34 , , 19.1 , , .433 , , .319 , , .712 , , 2.9 , , .8 , , .4 , , .3 , , 7.0 , - , align=left rowspan=2, , align=left , Blackwater , rowspan=2, 32 , , rowspan=2, 14.2 , , rowspan=2, .435 , , rowspan=2, .393 , , rowspan=2, .655 , , rowspan=2, 2.3 , , rowspan=2, .7 , , rowspan=2, .3 , , rowspan=2, .1 , , rowspan=2, 3.9 , - , align=left , Star , - , align=left , , align=left ,

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, 24 , , 7.5 , , .459 , , .200 , , .611 , , 1.3 , , .3 , , .2 , , .0 , , 2.9 , - , align=left , , align=left ,

, 11 , , 5.0 , , .556 , , .000 , , .000 , , .4 , , .5 , , .1 , , .1 , , 1.8 , - , align=left , , align=left , San Miguel , 13 , , 13.0 , , .409 , , .667 , , .579 , , 3.0 , , .4 , , .4 , , .2 , , 3.8 , - , align=left , , align=left , San Miguel , 16 , , 5.8 , , .208 , , — , , .667 , , 1.0 , , .3 , , .1 , , .1 , , .8 , -class=sortbottom , align="center" colspan=2 , Career , 245 , , 12.4 , , .401 , , .295 , , .652 , , 2.0 , , .6 , , .2 , , .1 , , 3.8

References

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