In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Odani and the surname or paternal family name is Bono.
Ken Bono
Bono with the Meralco Bolts in 2016
No. 25 – Mindoro Tamaraws
Position
Power forward / center
League
MPBL
Personal information
Born
(1984-06-19) June 19, 1984 (age 39) Iloilo City, Philippines
Nationality
Filipino
Listed height
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight
280 lb (127 kg)
Career information
High school
Iloilo Central Commercial High School
College
Adamson University
PBA draft
2007: 1st round, 6th overall pick
Selected by the Alaska Aces
Playing career
2007–present
Career history
2007–2008
Alaska Aces
2008–2009
San Miguel Beermen
2009–2010
Coca Cola Tigers
2010–2011
Barako Bull Energy Boosters
2012
Bangkok Cobras
2012–2013
B-Meg Llamados / San Mig Coffee Mixers
2013–2018
Meralco Bolts
2019
TNT KaTropa
2022–2024
San Miguel Beermen 3x3
2024–present
Mindoro Tamaraws
Career highlights and awards
2× PBA champion (2009 Fiesta, 2013 Governors')
UAAP Most Valuable Player (2006)
UAAP Mythical First Team (2006)
Karl Kenneth Odani Bono (born June 19, 1984) is a Filipino basketball player who plays for the Mindoro Tamaraws of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL).[1][2] He played collegiate basketball for the Adamson Soaring Falcons in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) from 2003 to 2006 and was named the league's Most Valuable Player in his final season before being selected sixth overall by the Alaska Aces in the 2007 PBA draft.
In the Philippine Basketball League (PBL), Bono played for Montaña Pawnshop and Cebuana Lhuillier. In his last conference in the PBL, he was the MVP frontrunner but lost the award to Jayson Castro of Harbour Centre due to lack of media votes. He also played for the Bangkok Cobras in the ASEAN Basketball League.
^"Teodoro steers Mindoro past Bicol in MPBL". Philippine Star. April 8, 2024. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
^"Burger King gets Pingris, Bono for Santos". GMA News and Public Affairs. July 27, 2009. Retrieved February 15, 2011.
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man during a robbery in 1998. Starr provided his services to Lovitt pro bono. On October 3, 2005, the Supreme Court denied certiorari. On January 26,...
marquee player Arwind Santos was traded to San Miguel for Marc Pingris and KenBono, and San Miguel's 2010 first-round pick. Pingris was also an original member...