Eduardo Damo Daquioag Jr. (born August 18, 1991) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Parañaque Patriots of the

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(MPBL). He was picked by the Meralco Bolts in the special draft of the 2016 PBA draft. He also played collegiate basketball with the

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Early life and career

Eduardo Daquioag was born in Dingras,

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to a carpenter and housewife. He was scouted by

head coach, Pido Jarencio during his third year in high school while he was playing for the Ilocos Norte College of Arts and Trades at the Ilocos Regional Athletic Association. Jarencio was originally scouting Jeoff Javillonar but later was convinced to recruit Daquioag too along with Javillonar when they both finish high school.

High school career

UST assistant coach Beaujing Acot, brought Daquioag and Javillonar to the Benedictine International School where Acot was head coach of the school's basketball team. Daquioag won various titles with Benedictine International School including the 2008 National Students Basketball Championship in Cebu where he was named among the Mythical Five. When the school's basketball program was dissolved in 2009, Daquioag moved to

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where he played under the institution's junior team which was now headed by Acot.

College career

Eric Altamirano convinced Daquioag to study at the

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where the mentor was then newly appointed as the school's basketball head coach. Daquioag was unable to secure a slot at the

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and tried out to play for the

instead. He made his debut for UST at the UAAP against the

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where his performance was well received. However his performance on the following games were lackluster and was benched in the following games. In his second year he was diagnosed with

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, a potentially fatal disease and was forced to play limited minutes with the UST Growling Tigers on his second year. He returned to the team on his third year as a rotation player, and on his fourth year was named as a candidate for the MVP honor.

Professional career

PBA D-League

Daquioag was tapped to play with the Phoenix Petroleum Accelerators at the 2016 PBA D-League Aspirant's Cup. His team won the championship beating Café France-CEU Bakers in the final.

PBA

Daquioag was selected by the Meralco Bolts in the 2016 PBA draft. On August 7, 2017, he was traded to the

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for Mike Tolomia. On January 14, 2020, he was traded to the TNT KaTropa for three draft picks. On February 28, before appearing in a game for TNT, he was traded to the Blackwater Elite in a three-team deal involving TNT, Blackwater, and NLEX. On December 24, 2021, he was traded to the Terrafirma Dyip for Justin Melton. During the 2022 Philippine Cup, he broke his right fibula, causing him to be out for the remainder of the conference. On January 13, 2023, he signed a one-year contract extension with Terrafirma. He made his return during the 2023 Governors' Cup.

Career statistics

''As of the end of 2023–24 season''

PBA season-by-season averages

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College

Elimination rounds

, - , align="left" , 2010-11 , align="left" rowspan="5" , UST , 14 , , 9.2 , , .400 , , .235 , , .500 , , 1.4 , , .9 , , .6 , , - , , 2.7 , - , align="left" , 2012-13 , 11 , , 4.4 , , .235 , , .222 , , 1.000 , , .5 , , .2 , , .2 , , - , , 1.0 , - , align="left" , 2013-14 , 14 , , 24.4 , , .433 , , .243 , , .615 , , 4.5 , , 2.5 , , .6 , , .4 , , 8.8 , - , align="left" , 2014-15 , 12 , , 22.5 , , .352 , , .211 , , .737 , , 2.6 , , 1.5 , , 1.3 , , .4 , , 7.2 , - , align="left" , 2015-16 , 14 , , 34.5 , , .422 , , .171 , , .682 , , 5.6 , , 2.2 , , 1.1 , , .8 , , 16.4 , -class=sortbottom , align="center" colspan=2 , Career , 65 , , 19.5 , , .401 , , .211 , , .657 , , 3.0 , , 1.5 , , .8 , , .3 , , 7.5

Playoffs

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International career

While at the RTU, Daquioag was named into the Philippine national youth team led by head coach Eric Altamirano. He was also part of the amateur-laden senior Philippine national team that participated at the 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge.

References

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