| Ford Arao | |
| Position: | Assistant coach |
| League: | UAAP |
| Team: | Ateneo Blue Eagles |
| Nationality: | Filipino |
| Birth Date: | 29 October 1984 |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 6 |
| Weight Lbs: | 210 |
| High School: | San Beda (Manila) |
| College: | Ateneo |
| Draft Year Pba: | 2010 |
| Draft Round Pba: | 2 |
| Draft Pick Pba: | 14 |
| Draft Team Pba: | Meralco Bolts |
| Career Start: | 2010 |
| Career End: | 2016 |
| Career Position: | Center / power forward |
| Coach Start: | 2014 |
| Years1: | 2010 |
| Team1: | Meralco Bolts |
| Years2: | 2016 |
| Team2: | Byaheng SCTEX |
| Cyears1: | 2014–2022 |
| Cteam1: | NLEX Road Warriors (assistant) |
| Cyears2: | 2016–present |
| Cteam2: | Ateneo de Manila (assistant) |
| Cyears3: | 2019 |
| Cteam3: | Philippines (assistant) |
Claiford A. Arao (born October 29, 1984) is a Filipino professional basketball coach and former player. He was the fourteenth overall draft pick by Meralco in the 2010 PBA draft. He played for the Ateneo Blue Eagles during his collegiate career, in which he now serves as an assistant coach.
Arao played only one game in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA), playing for the Meralco Bolts in three minutes, without registering anything from that lone game.
In 2016, Arao returned to playing competitive basketball as he signed with Byaheng SCTEX of the Pilipinas Commercial Basketball League.[1]
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