Jonas Villanueva

Jonas Victolero Villanueva (born March 31, 1983) is a Filipino former professional basketball player and coach.

Born in Bocaue, Bulacan,[1] Villanueva played college basketball for the FEU Tamaraws in which he helped them claim the UAAP Men's Basketball Championship in its 68th season alongside Mark Isip, R.J. Rizada, Jeffrei Chan and former San Miguel teammate Arwind Santos.

1 draft pick Mike Cortez fell into a season-ending ACL injury and Racela's game started to fade away.

[1] He dished out a career-high 27 points in a 93–89 victory over the Alaska Aces then came back with a 16-point performance in a 114–105 win over previously unbeaten Burger King Titans to cop the Player of the Week honors.

He won the Fern-C Finals MVP honor after winning the 2009 PBA Fiesta Conference Championship with San Miguel, in which he averaged 11 points, 3.9 rebounds and 3.6 assists in the series.

[15] He became the third player that season to win back-to-back Obstacle Challenges after Rob Johnson and Willie Miller.

[16] The 2011–12 season saw Villanueva win his first PBA championship by beating the Talk 'N Text Tropnag Texters in the 2012 Commissioner's Cup finals.

[18] During the 2012 Governors' Cup, he helped B-Meg fight for an automatic finals berth, which they eventually lost to the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters.

[23] In 2013, Villanueva was traded alongside JC Intal to the Barako Bull Energy Cola for Alex Mallari, Leo Najorda and Lester Alvarez.

[27] In 2014, Villanueva was traded to the GlobalPort Batang Pier for Leo Najorda, then to the Air21 Express for Bonbon Custodio.

[50] Coach Yeng Guiao explained that with the emergence of point guard Kevin Alas and the arrival of Kiefer Ravena from the draft, there was no more room for Villanueva.

[54] Despite losing half his roster at the start of the season due to new management, he was able to coach the team into a playoff seed.