Renzo Subido

Subido was born in Bukidnon but he grew up in Quezon City.^[1] He learned basketball at the age of nine from his father, Henry Subido, who was a former UP Maroon.^[2] He grew up idolizing Deron Williams, Rajon Rondo, and Kobe Bryant. In 2009, he won his first Palarong Pambansa title for NCR over Western Visayas.^[3] He won another Palarong Pambansa title in 2012 this time over CALABARZON.^[2]

In high school, Subido played for DLSU Zobel, where he led the UAAP Juniors division in scoring for two seasons.^[4] He also got into the Mythical Five in 2012, along with Thirdy Ravena.^[5] In 2014, he got to play in the Slam Rising Stars Classic and the NBTC All-Star Game.^[6][7]

In 2014, Subido left DLSU to join the UST Growling Tigers.^[8] Before the start of the UAAP season, he participated in the Nike All-Asia Basketball Camp, where he made the Mythical Five.^[9] In his first season, he outplayed main point guard Jon Sheriff.^[1]

Before the start of his sophomore season, Subido suffered an ACL injury.^[1] He was able to return in five months, but an ankle sprain prevented him from finishing the season.^[10]

In Season 79, Subido helped UST get its first win of the season with 26 points on 9-of-16 shooting including a 4-of-9 clip from beyond the arc against the UE Red Warriors.^[11] In a 38-point loss to DLSU, he had 18 points, but committed nine turnovers.^[12] UST did not make the Final Four that season.^[13] In his first three seasons, he only averaged 3.7 points on 29.1 percent shooting to go along with 1.1 assists.^[14]

In 2017, Subido decided to sit out Season 80 to play in the PBA D-League.^[14] He first played for AMA under Coach Mark Herrera.^[10] He then led the Marinerong Pilipino Skippers to the semifinals of the 2017 D-League Foundation Cup.^[15] In November of that year, he announced that he would return to UST the next year.^[16] He played one more conference for the Skippers before UST pulled him out from the team.^[17]

With Coach Aldin Ayo now with UST, UST was expected to be better than previous seasons.^[10] To start Season 81, Subido scored 15 points to lead UST to a win over the NU Bulldogs, but he and backcourt partner Marvin Lee had bad shooting percentages that game.^[18] He then scored 18 points on 4-of-9 shooting from downtown in a win over the FEU Tamaraws, gaining a Player of the Week award.^[19] In a 32-point loss to the Ateneo Blue Eagles, he led with 19 points but took 21 shots to score those points.^[20] In another loss, this time to DLSU, he led with 16 points, but shot just 4-of-13 from the field.^[21] UST finally broke its losing streak against UST, in which he had 22 points.^[22] They ended the first round of eliminations with a 3–4 record.^[23]

In another win over FEU, Subido and Lee combined for 31 points to start off the second round on a winning note.^[24] They then lost to NU, with him scoring 18 points on 6-of-17 shooting.^[25] He then was out for several games due to foot injuries.^[26] He made his return against DLSU, but they lost that game by 41 points.^[27] UST then lost to UP, ending their Final Four hopes once again.^[28] They did manage to improve their record from the previous two seasons, and finished in sixth place.^[29] After the basketball tournament ended, he played in the UAAP's 3x3 tournament alongside Rhenz Abando.^[30]

Subido announced that he would play his final season with UST before joining the San Juan Knights in the MPBL.^[31] UST started the season 2–0 with a win over UP in which he had 13 points, three rebounds, and three assists while his rookie backcourt partner Mark Nonoy had 16 points, five rebounds and two assists.^[32] In a game against NU, he was given an unsportsmanlike foul after referees caught him pinching Dave Ildefonso’s behind.^[33] In a win over FEU, he had 11 points and five assists, while Nonoy had 11 points and six rebounds.^[34] Against UP, he hit a clutch triple in the final 30 seconds of the game that sealed the win for UP and finished the game with 13 points on 3-of-6 sniping from deep, alongside five rebounds and five assists.^[35] He then had 14 points on 4-of-6 shooting from three along with three rebounds and two assists in a win over NU.^[36]

The Tigers then won three of their last four matches, getting into the Final Four to face off against FEU.^[37] In that game, Subido scored 14 points and UST moved on to the next phase against UP, who held a twice-to-beat advantage.^[38] In Game 1 against UP, he had 12 assists to steal the win from UP.^[39] In Game 2, he made the game-winning three pointer with 23.6 seconds remaining that completed the upset over UP, and sent UST back to the Finals.^[40] In the Finals, they would lose in two games to Ateneo, with him finishing his college career with eight points.^[41]

Shortly after his college career ended, Subido signed with the San Juan Knights in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL).^[42] In a win over the Caloocan Supremos, he had 16 points and made four triples.^[43] San Juan then released him so that he could play for NorthPort.^[44]

In 2019, Subido was drafted with the 24th overall pick (last pick of the second round) by the NorthPort Batang Pier.^[45] He joined a heavy guard rotation that included Paolo Taha, Nico Elorde, and LA Revilla although star player Robert Bolick was out of the rotation due to an ACL injury.^[46] In a win over the Terrafirma Dyip, he scored 10 of his 18 points in the fourth quarter.^[47] Later in the season, he had 15 points and eight assists in a loss to Barangay Ginebra.^[48] In his rookie season he averaged 6.1 points, 1.1 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 0.3 steals per game and later he was named to the PBA All-Rookie Team.^[49][50]

The following season, Subido only played eight games and averaged 1.3 points, but was still given a contract extension.^[51] He played for one more conference before he and two other players were cut from the team before the start of the 2022–23 Commissioner's Cup.^[52]

Subido then played for the Davao Occidental Tigers.^[53] In the semifinals, he contributed 17 points in the third game to send Davao to the Finals of the Pilipinas Super League (PSL).^[54] There, they would lose to the Pampanga G Lanterns.^[55]

In 2024, Subido returned to the MPBL, this time playing for the Zamboanga Master Sardines.

As of the end of 2022–23 season^[49]

Subido's father is a former basketball coach who also mentored Gian Mamuyac and Matthew Aquino.^[56] His younger brother also played for De La Salle Zobel.^[57] His grandfather Pedro was a 1958 Asian Games gold medalist in the 4×100-meter relay and former national team coach.^[58]

One of his childhood friends is former UAAP Juniors MVP Aljun Melecio.^[1] They grew up in Bukidnon together and Melecio's family also moved to Quezon City.

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