| Sonny Alvarado | |
| Career Position: | Center / power forward |
| Nationality: | Puerto Rican |
| Birth Date: | 15 January 1973 |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 7 |
| Weight Lbs: | 225 |
| College: |
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| Draft Year Pba: | 1999 |
| Draft Round Pba: | 1 |
| Draft Pick Pba: | 1 |
| Draft Team Pba: | Tanduay Rhum Masters |
| Career Start: | 1996 |
| Career End: | 2000 |
| Years1: | 1998–1999 |
| Team1: | Explosivos de Moca |
| Years2: | 1999–2000 |
| Team2: | Tanduay Rhum Masters |
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Earl Sonny Alvarado (born January 15, 1973) is a Puerto Rican former basketball player who played in the Philippine Basketball Association for the Tanduay Rhum Masters. He was known as "The Punisher".
Alvarado played for multiple colleges in NCAA, and ended up at University of Texas at Austin. He played for Spain, Mexico, China, Japan, Taiwan, and Puerto Rico pro ballclubs.[1]
Alvarado was drafted by Tanduay Rhum Masters as first overall. In his first year, he led the team to a Finals finish lost to Benjie Paras-led Formula Shell.[2] [3] In his time with Tanduay, he was a front-court tandem with Eric Menk.[4]
See main article: Fil-sham controversy. In the middle of the 2000 PBA All-Filipino Cup semifinals against Purefoods, Alvarado found without any evidence or document that he has a Filipino citizenship. He was deported by the Department of Justice Bureau of Immigration. The sweep of the team against Purefoods were later voided, and Purefoods eventually marched to the Finals.[5] [6] [7]
|-| align=left | | align=left | Tanduay Gold| 48 || 43.8 || .450 || .213 || .689 || 13.1 || 3.9 || 2.2 || 1.0 || 22.9|-| align=left | | align=left | Tanduay| 17 || 39.5 || .451 || .338 || .722 || 13.4 || 3.5 || 2.2 || 1.2 || 24.1|-class=sortbottom| align="center" colspan=2 | Career| 65 ||41.6||.451||.276||.706|| 13.3 || 3.7 || 2.5 || 1.1 || 23.2