Donbel Belano

Donbel Belano

Personal information
Born	(1976-12-24) December 24, 1976 (age 46) Tagum, Davao del Norte, Philippines
Nationality	Filipino
Listed height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Listed weight	178 lb (81 kg)
Career information
College	University of the Visayas
PBA draft	1999: 1st round, 14th
Selected by the Pop Cola Panthers
Playing career	1999–2010
Position	Point guard
Number	42
Coaching career	2001–2014
Career history
As player:
1999–2000	Davao Eagles
2001–2002	Sta. Lucia Realtors
2002–2009	Talk 'N Text Phone Pals
2009–2010	Barako Bull Energy Boosters
2010	Sta. Lucia Realtors
As coach:
2011–2014	UV Green Lancers
Career highlights and awards
As player: 2× PBA champion (2001 Governors', 2003 All-Filipino) As head coach: CESAFI champion (2013)

Felix "Donbel" Belano (born December 24, 1976) is a Filipino former professional basketball player and coach. Belano played college basketball for the University of the Visayas (UV) Green Lancers. After his college career, Belano played briefly in the Metropolitan Basketball Association (MBA), where he tallied a historic quadruple-double. He later played for nine years in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Upon retiring from playing, Belano went into coaching, including a stint with his alma mater, the UV Green Lancers, for three years, leading them to the Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation, Inc. (CESAFI) title in 2013.

Playing career

Belano started his professional basketball career with the Davao Eagles in the Metropolitan Basketball Association.

On August 14, 1999, he earned the distinction as the first player to record a quadruple-double in the annals of Philippine basketball during a game against Willie Miller-led Nueva Ecija Patriots, when he tallied 17 points, 11 rebounds, 11 assists and 10 steals. With this feat, he changed his jersey number from 9 to 42. He was named the rookie of the year in the 1999 season. ^[1] It would be the only such quadruple-double until Kyt Jimenez of the Sarangani Marlins did it in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League during the 2022 season. ^[2]

He was drafted 14th overall by Pop Cola in the 1999 PBA Draft but did not play a single game with the franchise. In 2001, he signed with Sta. Lucia Realtors as a free agent. In May 2002, he was traded to Talk 'N Text for Gherome Ejercito.

His stint with the Talk 'N Text would be the most remarkable in his career. During Game 7 of the 2007 PBA Fiesta Conference Finals against the Alaska Aces, he had a shot that would have taken the lead & possibly bring home the trophy for the Phone Pals. At the end of the season 2009, he was left unsigned. Before the start of the 2010 season, he was signed by the Barako Bull Energy Boosters. Then, before the Fiesta Conference, he was acquired by the Sta. Lucia Realtors and played with the team until it disbanded.

After Sta. Lucia's disbandment and eventual sale to Meralco, with no team to sign up with, he decided to retire.

Coaching career

Belano served as the head coach of his alma mater, the University of the Visayas Green Lancers in the CESAFI. ^[3] He helped the Green Lancers win the title against the SWU Cobras in 2013 after being down 0–2 of their best-of-five series. ^[4] After losing to the USC Warriors during the final four, he was fired at the end of the 2014 CESAFI season. ^[5]

Belano has pioneered the Outstanding Basketball Enhancement for the Youth, otherwise known as OBEY, ^[6] which offers PBA-based basketball training to private institutions in Cebu, trailblazing basketball sport as a career path of choice for the new generation of K-12 learners.

PBA career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

^[7]

Season-by-season averages

Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2001	Sta. Lucia	48	21.1	.352	.314	.755	2.7	2.1	.9	.0	6.7
2002	Sta. Lucia	37	13.4	.343	.233	.667	1.4	1.3	.3	.0	3.5
	Talk 'N Text
2003	Talk 'N Text	53	14.0	.347	.291	.708	1.6	2.1	.7	.0	4.3
2004–05	Talk 'N Text	79	16.0	.391	.259	.673	1.7	2.0	.7	.1	5.1
2005–06	Talk 'N Text	28	18.8	.412	.370	.674	2.1	2.0	.8	.1	7.5
2006–07	Talk 'N Text	62	24.3	.375	.311	.547	3.0	3.3	1.1	.0	6.7
2007–08	Talk 'N Text	33	16.2	.409	.306	.625	1.9	2.2	.7	.1	4.7
2009–10	Barako Bull	28	17.4	.381	.306	.533	1.8	2.1	.5	.1	4.3
	Sta. Lucia
Career		368	17.9	.375	.300	.650	2.1	2.2	.7	.1	5.4

Personal life

He is married to Liza May Viajante, a pediatrician, with whom he has four children, Patrick Yuan Emmanuel, Andrei Siegdon Nathanael, Damian Felix Zuriel, and Marquita Dawn Felicia. They now reside in Cebu City.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. "Felix Belano: Jersey # 42 ex-Lancer, MBA record holder". The Philippine STAR .
2. "News you need to know: Kyt quadruple double, Belga woes, Goorjian 'temper'". Spin.ph. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
3. "UV officially names Belano its new coach". INQUIRER.net. Archived from the original on October 30, 2014. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
4. "UV LANCERS ARE CESAFI CHAMPIONS!" . Retrieved May 19, 2015.
5. Panerio, Jonas. "UV Green Lancers fire Donbel Belano, name Cortes new coach at end of dismal season". Spin.ph. Retrieved November 7, 2014.
6. "OBEY Basketball Camp - Gym". Facebook .
7. "Felix Belano Player Profile - PBA-Online.net". PBA-Online.net. Archived from the original on October 9, 2015.

Preceded by Boy Cabahug	UV Green Lancers men's basketball head coach 2011-2014	Succeeded by Gary Cortes