1. Christian Karl Hermoso Standhardinger was born on July 4,1989 and is a Filipino-German professional basketball player who last played for the Terrafirma Dyip of the Philippine Basketball Association.
34 Facts About Christian Standhardinger
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Christian Standhardinger has won four PBA championships, two PBA Best Player of the Conference Awards, and one PBA Finals MVP Award.
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Christian Standhardinger then moved to the United States to play college basketball for the Nebraska Cornhuskers and Hawaii Rainbow Warriors.
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Christian Standhardinger then played in the ASEAN Basketball League for Hong Kong Eastern.
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Christian Standhardinger was then traded to NorthPort and was named Best Player of the Conference in the 2019 Governors' Cup.
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Christian Standhardinger won his second Best Player of the Conference Award in the 2023 Governors' Cup.
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Christian Standhardinger represented the Philippines national team from 2017 to 2023.
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Christian Standhardinger played in the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup and 2018 Asian Games and won gold medals in three SEA Games.
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Christian Standhardinger played in the 2018 FIBA 3x3 World Cup.
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Christian Standhardinger was born on July 4,1989, in Munich, in then West Germany to a Filipino mother.
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Christian Standhardinger began his first 2 years of college basketball at Nebraska.
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Christian Standhardinger averaged 8.1 points and 3.9 rebounds per game in 16 games as a freshman.
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Christian Standhardinger continued his junior and senior years playing for Hawaii.
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Christian Standhardinger went undrafted in the 2014 NBA Draft making him an unrestricted free agent.
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Christian Standhardinger signed a contract with Mitteldeutscher BC of the Basketball Bundesliga.
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On 2015, Christian Standhardinger returned to ProA and signed with the SC Rasta Vechta during offseason where he won his first MVP award.
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Christian Standhardinger signed a contract with Hong Kong Eastern of the ASEAN Basketball League as their Heritage import.
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On October 29,2017, Christian Standhardinger was selected 1st overall in the 2017 PBA draft by the San Miguel Beermen.
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On May 9,2018, Christian Standhardinger played his first game with the Beermen during their 2018 PBA Commissioner's Cup opener against the Meralco Bolts.
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Christian Standhardinger posted four points, five rebounds, two assists and two steals in his debut.
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On October 14,2019, Christian Standhardinger was traded to the NorthPort Batang Pier in exchange for Moala Tautuaa.
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On March 5,2021, Christian Standhardinger was traded to the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel in exchange for Greg Slaughter.
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On January 5,2022, Christian Standhardinger signed a three-year contract extension with Barangay Ginebra.
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Christian Standhardinger played in six games for Terrafirma at the 2024 Governors' Cup before he was sidelined by an injury.
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In November 2024, Terrafirma announced that Christian Standhardinger is retiring from the PBA.
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In 2007, Christian Standhardinger played for the national under-18 team of Germany.
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Christian 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.
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In June 2017, Christian Standhardinger joined the national men's basketball team of the Philippines.
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Christian Standhardinger played with the team at the 2017 William Jones Cup and the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup.
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Christian Standhardinger played with the Philippine team at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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In June 2018, Christian Standhardinger suited up for the Philippines for the FIBA 3x3 World Cup which the country hosted despite a lingering knee injury.
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Weeks after the 2018 Asian Games, Christian Standhardinger suited up for the revamped Philippine team under Coach Yeng Guiao.
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On September 13,2018, Christian Standhardinger had 30 points and 12 rebounds against Iran for his FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers debut.
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On May 20,2023, Christian Standhardinger announced his retirement with the national team after participating in the 2023 SEA Games which was considered his last game.