Allan Vito Flores Caidic was born on June 15,1963 and is a Filipino former professional basketball player, coach and executive who is currently serving as consultant for San Sebastian Stags.
29 Facts About Allan Caidic
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Allan Caidic is considered by many to be the greatest shooter the country has ever produced, thus, earning the moniker, "The Triggerman".
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Allan Caidic has played with several PBA teams and won numerous championships.
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Allan Caidic played for the Philippine national basketball team including the 1998 Philippine Centennial Team.
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Allan Caidic is from Paete, Laguna and started playing basketball when he was in his fifth grade at Roosevelt College and in the Inter Subdivision Leagues at Brookside in Cainta before trying out for college teams such as the Ateneo Blue Eagles and the Mapua Cardinals but was unsuccessful.
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Allan Caidic then tried out for the Letran Knights and was accepted.
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Allan Caidic was later accepted in University of the East but had to sit out on the reserve list as UE's lineup was already complete.
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Finally in 1981 under coach Roberto Flores, Allan Caidic got his break and delivered well.
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In 1983, Allan Caidic was seeded number one in the UAAP one-on-one championships.
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Allan Caidic played for commercial teams internationally, notably the Development Bank of Rizal that finished third in an invitational tournament in Malaysia and the Country Fair Hotdogs in the 1984 William Jones Cup tournament.
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Allan Caidic is a four-time Asian Games veteran as a player and shared this distinction with Alvin Patrimonio, as the only PBA players to play in four Asiads.
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Allan Caidic is the only Filipino player to win the William Jones Cup championships twice, once as an amateur in 1985 and once as a professional in 1998.
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Allan Caidic finished the season as the first rookie player ever to lead the league in scoring.
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Allan Caidic was named the 1990 PBA Most Valuable Player and was selected to play for the first all-pro national team coached by Robert Jaworski, bound for the Asian Games.
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Allan Caidic's performance remains as one of the greatest individual performances in the PBA history.
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Allan Caidic came off the bench late in the first quarter and left the game in the middle of the fourth, in a game where he could have possibly scored 100 points or more.
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In 1993, Allan Caidic was acquired by the San Miguel Beermen after his former team was sold to Sta.
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Allan Caidic ended the season winning the PBA Governor's Cup championship with San Miguel and earned the 1993 PBA All-Star Most Valuable Player award after leading his team to victory, scoring 40 points and 9 triples.
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Allan Caidic became the first PBA player ever to win the MVP awards in the regular season and in the All-Star Game.
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Allan Caidic went on to win the PBA Governor's Cup Best Player of the Conference after leading the San Miguel Beermen to the finals.
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Allan Caidic finished the season as the league's leading point scorer with 20.9 points per game, the last guard ever to lead the league in season-best points scoring average in the 20th century.
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Allan Caidic made a successful recovery from that injury and in 1998, he was selected by Tim Cone for the Philippine Centennial Team bound for the William Jones Cup and the Asian Games.
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In 1999, Allan Caidic became the playing coach of the Barangay Ginebra Kings after a sudden resignation of interim coach Rino Salazar.
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Allan Caidic became the third PBA player after Ramon Fernandez and Bogs Adornado to be given the honor of retiring the jersey number by a PBA team and was the first by two PBA teams, the San Miguel Beermen and the Barangay Ginebra Kings.
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Allan Caidic served as the national team's assistant coach in 2002 and was an active participant of the San Miguel Corporation All-Stars, a group composed of several former professional basketball players.
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Allan Caidic led the PBA Legends Team to a two-game Australian Tour Series and earned himself the series Most Valuable Player award.
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Allan Caidic was then appointed Sports Ambassador to represent the Philippines in the 23rd South East Asian Games alongside some of the Philippines' greatest athletes to promote the event throughout the country.
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Allan Caidic's teams brought 10 gold medals for the country.
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Allan Caidic was formally an assistant coach of the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel under coach Tim Cone in the PBA and the De La Salle Green Archers in the UAAP.