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{{short description|Filipino basketball player (born 1979)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2013}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| image           = Junthy Arwind.jpg
| caption         = Valenzuela (left) in 2008
| name            = Junthy Valenzuela
| league          = [[MPBL]]
| position        = Head coach
| career_position = [[Shooting guard]] / [[small forward]]
| height_ft       = 6
| height_in       = 3
| weight_lbs      = 190
| team            = Cebu Greats
| number          =
| nationality     = Filipino
| birth_date      = {{birth date and age|1979|6|5}}
| birth_place     = [[Bogo, Cebu]], Philippines
| college         = [[Salazar Institute of Technology|Salazar Tech]]
| draft_year_pba  = 2000
| draft_pba       = Elevated
| draft_team_pba  = [[Barako Bull Energy Boosters|Batang Red Bull Energizers]]
| career_start    = 2000
| career_end      = 2010
| coach_start     = 2014–2015; 2025
| team1           = [[Barako Bull Energy Boosters|Batang Red Bull Energizers / Batang Red Bull Thunder / Red Bull Barako]] 
| years1          = 2000–2008
| team2           = [[Barangay Ginebra San Miguel|Barangay Ginebra Kings]] 
| years2          = 2008–2010
| cteam1          = [[USC Warriors]]
| cyears1         = 2014–2015
| cteam2          = [[Cebu Greats]]
| cyears2         = 2025–present
| highlights      =
* 4x [[List of Philippine Basketball Association champions|PBA champion]] ([[2001 PBA Commissioner's Cup finals|2001 Commissioner's]], [[2002 PBA Commissioner's Cup finals|2002 Commissioner's]], [[2005-06 PBA Fiesta Conference|2005-06 Fiesta]], [[2008 PBA Fiesta Conference finals|2008 Fiesta]])
* 2× [[Philippine Basketball Association All-Star Game|PBA All-Star]] (2004, [[2008 PBA All-Star Weekend|2008]])
* [[Philippine Basketball Association All-Defensive Team|PBA All-Defensive Team]] ([[2004–05 PBA season|2005]])
* [[Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation, Inc.|CESAFI]] champion (2015)
}}

'''Junthy Valenzuela''' (born June 5, 1979) is a Filipino basketball head coach for the [[Cebu Greats]] of the [[Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League]] (MPBL). Before coaching, Valenzuela played profesional basketball in the [[Philippine Basketball Association]] (PBA), when he was elevated directly from the [[Philippine Basketball League]], by the then-expansion team [[Red Bull Barako]].

On April 14, 2008, he was traded by the [[Barako Bull Energy Boosters|Red Bull Barako]] to the [[Barangay Ginebra Kings]] in exchange for a 2009 second round pick and a 2010 first round draft pick.<ref>[http://www.pba.ph/content/view/2067/1/ Kings give up two draft picks for Red Bull enforcer] Pba.ph, Retrieved on April 14, 2008</ref>

After his PBA career came to an end, Valenzuela returned to Cebu to coach the [[University of San Carlos]] Warriors men's basketball team in the [[Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation, Inc.]] (CESAFI), where he, as head coach, led the team to the 2014 CESAFI finals for the first time since 2007. He resigned as head coach in 2015 to manage his business in [[Asturias, Cebu]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.spin.ph/sports/basketball/where-r-they-now/after-premature-end-to-pba-career-junthy-valenzuela-is-back-in-cebu-doing-what-he-loves-best-v02|title=After premature end to PBA career, Junthy Valenzuela is back in Cebu doing what he loves best|publisher=[[Sports Interactive Network Philippines]]|last=Badua|first=Snow|date=August 10, 2016|accessdate=August 10, 2016}}</ref> Valenzuela returned to coaching in organized basketball in 2025 after being tapped to coach the [[Cebu Greats]] of the [[Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League]] (MPBL).<ref>{{ cite web |date=June 23, 2025 |last=Badua |first=Snow |title=Junthy, Quinahan answer call to restore lost pride for Cebu team |url=https://www.spin.ph/basketball/mpbl/junthy-quinahan-answer-call-to-restore-pride-for-cebu-in-mpbl-a800-20250623 |work=Spin.ph |accessdate=June 24, 2025 }}</ref>

==PBA career statistics==
{{PBA player statistics legend}}
<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20161222162125/http://www.pba-online.net/profile/Junthy-Valenzuela/18/#tab2] PBA-Online.net</ref>

===Season-by-season averages===
{{PBA player statistics start}}
|-
| align=left | {{pbay|2000}}
| align=left | [[2000 Batang Red Bull Energizers season|Red Bull]]
| 36 || 14.4 || .366 || .222 || .391 || 2.1 || .8 || .6 || .1 || 3.8
|-
| align=left | {{pbay|2001}}
| align=left | [[2001 Batang Red Bull Thunder season|Red Bull]]
| 50 || 23.7 || '''.437''' || .345 || .712 || 2.7 || 1.1 || .5 || '''.2''' || 8.2
|-
| align=left | {{pbay|2002}}
| align=left | [[2002 Batang Red Bull Thunder season|Red Bull]]
| 41 || 18.2 || .359 || .342 || .689 || 2.1 || 2.1 || .8 || '''.2''' || 6.3
|-
| align=left | {{pbay|2003}}
| align=left | [[2003 Red Bull Barako season|Red Bull]]
| 40 || 20.3 || .390 || .278 || .771 || 2.8 || 1.7 || .6 || .1 || 6.1
|-
| align=left | {{pbay|2004}}
| align=left | [[2004–05 Red Bull Barako season|Red Bull]]
| 66 || 20.5 || .431 || .220 || .677 || 3.1 || 2.4 || .7 || .1 || 7.5
|-
| align=left | {{pbay|2005}}
| align=left | [[2005–06 Red Bull Barako season|Red Bull]]
| '''67''' || 20.6 || .403 || .194 || .613 || 3.1 || 2.9 || .7 || '''.2''' || 7.0
|-
| align=left | {{pbay|2006}}
| align=left | [[2006–07 Red Bull Barako season|Red Bull]]
| 49 || 23.4 || .417 || '''.351''' || .766 || 3.8 || '''3.3''' || .6 || .1 || '''11.9'''
|-
| align=left rowspan=2| {{pbay|2007}}
| align=left | [[2007–08 Red Bull Barako season|Red Bull]]
| rowspan=2|55 || rowspan=2|'''26.2''' || rowspan=2|.416 || rowspan=2|.271 || rowspan=2|.706 || rowspan=2|'''4.4''' || rowspan=2|2.7 || rowspan=2|'''.9''' || rowspan=2|'''.2''' || rowspan=2|11.8
|-
| align=left | [[2007–08 Barangay Ginebra Kings season|Barangay Ginebra]]
|-
| align=left | {{pbay|2008}}
| align=left | [[2008–09 Barangay Ginebra Kings season|Barangay Ginebra]]
| 12 || 17.5 || .312 || .259 || '''.778''' || 3.1 || 1.7 || .6 || — || 5.9
|-
| align=left | {{pbay|2009}}
| align=left | [[2009–10 Barangay Ginebra Kings season|Barangay Ginebra]]
| 1 || 2.0 || .000 || .000 || — || — || 1.0 || — || — || —
|-class=sortbottom
| colspan=2 align=center | Career
| 417 || 21.1 || .407 || .287 || .698 || 3.1 || 2.3 || .7 || .1 || 8.0
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==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.pba.ph/component/option,com_comprofiler/task,userProfile/user,124/Itemid,1/ Player Profile]
*[http://www.pba-online.net/profile/junthy-valenzuela.php PBA-Online Profile]

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[[Category:1979 births]]
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[[Category:Barangay Ginebra San Miguel players]]
[[Category:Basketball players from Cebu]]
[[Category:Cebuano people]]
[[Category:Salazar Tech Skyblazers basketball players]]
[[Category:Filipino men's basketball coaches]]
[[Category:Filipino men's basketball players]]
[[Category:Filipino Roman Catholics]]
[[Category:People from Bogo, Cebu]]
[[Category:Philippine Basketball Association All-Stars]]
[[Category:Shooting guards]]
[[Category:Small forwards]]


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