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{{short description|Filipino basketball player}}
{{Redirect|Ronjay|the basketball player born on 1982|Ronjay Enrile}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Ronjay Buenafe
| image =
| number =
| position = [[Shooting guard]]
| league =
| team = Free agent
| nationality = Filipino
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|5|27}}
| birth_place = [[Quezon City]], Philippines
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lbs = 190
| high_school = [[Philippine Christian University|PCU]] ([[Manila]])
| college = [[EAC Generals basketball|EAC]]
| draft_year_pba = 2007
| draft_round_pba = 2
| draft_pick_pba = 11
| draft_team_pba = [[Powerade Tigers|Coca-Cola Tigers]]
| career_start = 2007
| years1 = 2007–2009
| team1 = [[Powerade Tigers|Coca-Cola Tigers]]
| years2 = 2009–2011
| team2 = [[Barako Bull Energy|Air21 Express]]
| years3 = 2011–2012
| team3 = [[Rain or Shine Elasto Painters]]
| years4 = 2012–2013
| team4 = [[Meralco Bolts]]
| years5 = 2013–2014
| team5 = [[Barako Bull Energy|Barako Bull Energy Cola]]
| years6 = 2014–2015
| team6 = [[GlobalPort Batang Pier]]
| years7 = 2015–2016
| team7 = Meralco Bolts
| years8 = 2016
| team8 = [[Phoenix Fuel Masters]]
| years9 = 2016–2017
| team9 = [[Blackwater Elite]]
| years10 = 2018
| team10 = [[NLEX Road Warriors]]
| years11 = 2018
| team11 = [[Mandaluyong El Tigre]]
| years12 = 2019–2020
| team12 = [[Bicol Volcanoes]]
| years13 = 2021
| team13 = [[GenSan Warriors]]
| years14 = 2022
| team14 = [[Valenzuela XUR Homes Realty Inc.]]
| highlights = * PBA champion ([[2012 PBA Governors' Cup finals|2012 Governors']])
* [[Philippine Basketball Association All-Rookie Team|PBA All-Rookie Team]] ({{pbay|2007|end}})
* PBA Blitz Game MVP (2008)
* [[MPBL]] All-Star ([[2019–20 MPBL season|2020]])
}}

'''Ronald Jayson Buenafe''' (born May 27, 1983) is a Filipino professional basketball player who last played for the [[Valenzuela XUR Homes Realty Inc.]] of the [[Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League]] (MPBL).<ref name="Henson">{{cite news|url=http://www.philstar.com/youngstar/ysarticle.aspx?articleId=398277&publicationSubCategoryId=69|title=Uytengsu's inspiring message|last=Henson|first=Joaquin|date=4 September 2008|work=[[The Philippine Star]]|access-date=1 February 2011}}</ref>

==Professional career==
Being called as the "steal" of the [[2007 PBA draft|2007 draft]], he performed well during his rookie season as a scoring guard. With the help of the then newly acquired [[Asi Taulava]], they led the Tigers past the wildcard and faced the [[Alaska Aces (PBA)|Alaska Aces]] in the quarterfinals where they lost 3-0. The following conference, their team had a more successful eliminations compiling a 10-8 record. Once again, they ended their run at the quarterfinals, this time at the hands of the [[San Miguel Beermen|Magnolia Beverage Masters]]. At the end of the season, Buenafe was named to the All-Rookie Team and was among the contenders for Rookie of the Year.

On his second season, he duplicated his performance though it didn't translate to wins for Coca-Cola.

For the [[2009–10 PBA season|2009–10 season]], Buenafe was acquired by the Burger King Whoppers. He played alongside [[Gary David]] and [[Wynne Arboleda]]. Despite stellar performances, his team still was not able to make the playoffs.

In the middle of the [[2010–11 PBA season|2010–11 season]], Buenafe was involved in a three-way trade where he, [[Ronnie Matias]] and [[Beau Belga]] were all traded to the [[Rain or Shine Elasto Painters]]. Though he still provided what the team needed, his numbers went down.

Before the [[2012–13 PBA season|2012–13 season]], he got traded again, this time to the [[Meralco Bolts]] in exchange for its 2014 first-round draft pick and provide offensive firepower alongside the backcourt duo of [[Sol Mercado]] and [[Mark Cardona]].

==PBA career statistics==
{{PBA player statistics legend}}
''Correct as of September 24, 2016''<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.pba-online.net/profile/Ronjay-Buenafe/120/ |title = PBA Profile: Ronjay Buenafe}}</ref>

===Season===
{{PBA player statistics start}}
|-
| align="left" | {{pbay|2007}}
| align="left" | [[Powerade Tigers|Coca-Cola]]
| 42 || 24.6 || .369 || .317 || .816 || 2.4 || 2.0 || 1.1 || '''.2''' || 11.2
|-
| align="left" | {{pbay|2008}}
| align="left" | Coca-Cola
| 32 || 23.4 || .406 || .357 || .825 || '''2.8''' || 1.6 || .8 || .1 || 11.1
|-
| align="left" | {{pbay|2009}}
| align="left" | [[Barako Bull Energy|Burger King / Air21]]
| 38 || '''27.7''' || .358 || .291 || .818 || '''2.8''' || '''2.2''' || '''1.2''' || .1 || '''13.3'''
|-
| align="left" | {{pbay|2010}}
| align="left" | Air21 / [[Rain or Shine Elasto Painters|Rain or Shine]]
| 40 || 23.0 || .415 || '''.382''' || .777 || 1.8 || 1.4 || .8 || .1 || 12.4
|-
| align="left" | {{pbay|2011}}
| align="left" | Rain or Shine
| '''53''' || 19.5 || .367 || .290 || .799 || 1.7 || 1.2 || .7 || .1 || 8.3
|-
| align="left" | {{pbay|2012}}
| align="left" | [[Meralco Bolts|Meralco]]
| 43 || 23.7 || .345 || .328 || .806 || 2.4 || 1.1 || .6 || '''.2''' || 9.5
|-
| align="left" | {{pbay|2013}}
| align="left" | [[Barako Bull Energy|Barako Bull]]
| 34 || 20.1 || .371 || .331 || .712 || 1.8 || 1.3 || .8 || .1 || 7.9
|-
| align="left" | {{pbay|2014}}
| align="left" | [[GlobalPort Batang Pier|GlobalPort]]
| 36 || 17.7 || .341 || .306 || .660 || 2.4 || .6 || .6 || .1 || 6.5
|-
| align="left" | {{pbay|2015}}
| align="left" | Meralco / [[Phoenix Fuel Masters|Phoenix]]
| 22 || 8.6 || '''.418''' || .372 || '''1.000''' || .9 || .5 || .1 || .1 || 3.7
|-class=sortbottom
| align=center colspan=2 | Career
| 340 || 21.5 || .373 || .325 || .793 || 2.1 || 1.4 || .8 || .1 || 9.6
{{S-end}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 2012 PBA Governors Cup Champions}}
{{2007 PBA draft}}

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[[Category:1983 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Filipino men's basketball players]]
[[Category:Basketball players from Quezon City]]
[[Category:EAC Generals basketball players]]
[[Category:Powerade Tigers draft picks]]
[[Category:Powerade Tigers players]]
[[Category:Barako Bull Energy players]]
[[Category:Rain or Shine Elasto Painters players]]
[[Category:Meralco Bolts players]]
[[Category:Phoenix Fuel Masters players]]
[[Category:NorthPort Batang Pier players]]
[[Category:Blackwater Bossing players]]
[[Category:NLEX Road Warriors players]]
[[Category:MPBL All-Stars]]
[[Category:Mandaluyong El Tigre players]]
[[Category:Bicolandia Oragons players]]
[[Category:GenSan Warriors players]]
[[Category:Val City Magic players]]
[[Category:Shooting guards]]
[[Category:21st-century Filipino sportsmen]]

Ronjay Buenafe - Revision history

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