឴ Victorino Aranas Manuel (born June 18, 1987) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the

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of the

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(PBA).

Amateur career

Manuel possessed tremendous athleticism and agility uncommon for athletes his size. He played college ball at

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as a member of PSBA Jaguars varsity squad under Coach Joseph Ocampo where he was awarded UCAA Most Valuable Player. He first rose from obscurity two years ago when he stole the spotlight from older, more experienced players to capture the PBL MVP plum as a player of Pharex B-Complex. He also suited up for the

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in the

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where he was awarded PBA D-League Aspirants Cup Best Player of the Conference honors, after averaging 15.9 points and 8.3 rebounds per game.

Professional career

Manuel was drafted ninth overall by

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in the 2012 PBA draft. After spending one season at GlobalPort, he was acquired by

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in 2013. On July 12, 2013, prior to the start of the

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he was traded, along with

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for

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and swingman John Wilson. On March 10, 2014, PBA Commissioner

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approved the trade that sent him to Alaska Aces in exchange for

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. With this trade, he reunited with his former coach at Cebuana,

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. On February 23, 2021, Alaska traded Manuel, along with two draft picks, to

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for

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and three draft picks. On November 5, 2021, Manuel, along with

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, was traded to

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for Sean Anthony,

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and a 2021 second round draft pick. He never played for NorthPort as he was traded on November 8 to the

for Arwind Santos. On September 4, 2022, Manuel won his first ever PBA Championship Philippine Cup

PBA career statistics

''As of the end of 2021 season''
Real GM

Season-by-season averages

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, rowspan=2, 40 , , rowspan=2, 17.4 , , rowspan=2, .541 , , rowspan=2, – , , rowspan=2, .698 , , rowspan=2, 4.5 , , rowspan=2, .5 , , rowspan=2, .2 , , rowspan=2, .2 , , rowspan=2, 7.8 , - , align=left ,

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, 26 , , 20.2 , , .493 , , – , , .744 , , 5.2 , , .7 , , .3 , , .6 , , 12.9 , - , align=left , , align=left ,

, 50 , , 21.5 , , .485 , , .400 , , .716 , , 4.9 , , 1.2 , , 1.0 , , .4 , , 16.0 , - , align=left , , align=left ,

, 22 , , 23.8 , , .450 , , .000 , , .851 , , 5.0 , , .8 , , .6 , , .3 , , 13.2 , - , align=left , , align=left ,

, 12 , , 27.1 , , .444 , , – , , .761 , , 6.1 , , 2.2 , , .6 , , .5 , , 15.6 , - , align=left rowspan=2, , align=left ,

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Manuel, Vic 1987 births Living people Air21 Express players Alaska Aces (PBA) players Basketball players from Nueva Ecija Competitors at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games FIBA 3x3 World Tour players Filipino men's 3x3 basketball players Filipino men's basketball players Magnolia Hotshots draft picks Meralco Bolts players NorthPort Batang Pier players Philippines men's national basketball team players Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters players Power forwards (basketball) PSBA Jaguars basketball players San Miguel Beermen players Southeast Asian Games gold medalists for the Philippines Southeast Asian Games medalists in basketball