Listed weight 220 lb (100 kg) Weight 95 kg Listed height 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Height 2.03 m | Nationality Filipino / German Role Basketball Player Name Christian Standhardinger | |
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Parents Elizabeth Standhardinger, Gunter Standhardinger Siblings Kristin Standhardinger, Kathrin Standhardinger | ||
Player profile christian standhardinger
Christian Karl Standhardinger (born on (1989-07-04)July 4, 1989 in Munich) is a Filipino German professional basketball player for the Hong Kong Eastern Long Lions of the ASEAN Basketball League.
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- Player profile christian standhardinger
- The Score Filipino German Christian Standhardinger shares how he learned to play basketball
- Early life
- College career
- Professional career
- National team career
- References
The Score: Filipino-German Christian Standhardinger shares how he learned to play basketball
Early life
Standhardinger was born on 4 July 1989 in Munich, in then West Germany to a Filipino mother. His mother, Elizabeth Santos Hermoso traces her roots to the town of Angono, Rizal. Growing up in Germany, Standhardinger's maternal grandfather, Boy Hermoso, who played in the Philippines' CYMCA basketball championship in the 1950s introduced him to the sport of basketball.
College career
Standhardinger started his first 2 years of college ball in Nebraska. During his freshman season, he had to sit out he first 15 games due to NCAA's ruling since he played for a professional team in Germany before heading to the United States for college. He averaged 8.1 points and 3.9 rebounds per game in 16 games as a freshman. During his sophomore year, Standhardinger was suspended by his coach Doc Sadler for academic reasons after playing only 6 games into the season. Standhardinger eventually left the team. He continued his junior and senior years playing for Hawaii.
Professional career
He started his professional career in the Erdgas Ehingen/Urspringschule in the ProA in 2006. He played there till 2009.
After playing in the college ball in the United States NCAA Division I, Standhardinger signed a contract with Mitteldeutscher BC of the first tier BBL. In his first season, he was selected as a reserve for the BBL All-Star Game. He signed with the ProA team SC Rasta Vechta in the 2015 offseason.
National team career
In 2007, Standhardinger played for the national under-18 team of Germany.
Standhardinger is eligible to play for the Philippines but only as a naturalized player since he acquired his Philippine passport after he became 16 years old.
On June 2017, Standhardinger has joined the national men's basketball team of the Philippines. He played with the team at the 2017 William Jones Cup and the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup.
After Andray Blatche pulled out for the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup due to security concerns over the militant situation in the host country Lebanon, Standhardinger replaced him as the Philippine team's naturalized player.
Standhardinger played with the Philippine team at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. They won the Gold medal after beating Indonesia 94-55, Standhardinger scored 11 points in the Gold medal game.