Raul Soyud

{{short description|Filipino basketball player}} {{Infobox basketball biography | image = | image_size = | caption = | name = Raul Soyud | position = [[Center (basketball)|Center]] | team = San Juan Knights | league = [[Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League|MPBL]] | number = 8 | nationality = Filipino | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|1|14}} | birth_place = [[Bago, Negros Occidental]], Philippines | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 6 | weight_lbs = 222 | high_school = [[West Negros University|WNU]] ([[Bacolod]]) | college = [[UP Fighting Maroons basketball|UP]] | draft_year_pba = 2014 | draft_round_pba = 3 | draft_pick_pba = 31 | draft_team_pba = [[Blackwater Elite]] | career_start = 2015 | years1 = 2015–2022 | team1 = [[NLEX Road Warriors]] | years2 = 2022 | team2 = [[TNT Tropang Giga]] | years3 = 2023–2025 | team3 = [[Phoenix Fuel Masters|Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters / Phoenix Fuel Masters]] | years4 = 2025–present | team4 = [[San Juan Knights]] | highlights = }}

'''Raul Soyud''' (born January 14, 1991) is a Filipino professional [[basketball]] player for the [[San Juan Knights]] of the [[Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League]] (MPBL). He played college basketball for the [[UP Fighting Maroons]] of the [[University Athletic Association of the Philippines]] (UAAP).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/basketball-journey-of-bacolod-born-raul-soyud-of-nlex-in-the-pba-a795-20210123-lfrm|title=Raul Soyud was about to play in an MVP inter-company tilt when his luck changed|website=Spin.ph}}</ref>

==Professional career== He was drafted 31st overall by the [[Blackwater Elite]] during the [[2014 PBA draft]] but never played for the team.

He joined the [[NLEX Road Warriors]] in 2015, initially playing in limited games.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rappler.com/sports/pba/raul-soyud-vies-most-improved-player-honors/|title=Hard work beats talent: Soyud vies for Most Improved honors|date=January 16, 2021}}</ref> He became a regular in the rotation of the team when [[Yeng Guiao]] became the team's head coach.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pba.inquirer.net/79952/soyud-hopes-to-make-most-out-of-opportunity-under-guiao|title=Soyud hopes to make most out of opportunity under Guiao|date=December 15, 2016|website=INQUIRER.net}}</ref>

On September 19, 2022, Soyud was traded to the [[TNT Tropang Giga]] in a three-team trade involving TNT, NLEX, and [[Blackwater Bossing]].<ref>{{ cite news |last=Ramos |first=Gerry |date=September 19, 2022 |title=Rosario now a Bossing, Oftana goes to TNT as PBA approves trade |url=https://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/rosario-now-a-bossing-oftana-goes-to-tnt-as-pba-approves-trade-a793-20220919 |work=Spin.ph |access-date=September 19, 2022 }}</ref>

On January 18, 2023, Soyud was traded to the [[Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters]] in a three-team trade involving Phoenix, TNT, and [[NLEX Road Warriors]].<ref>{{Cite news |first=Gerry |last=Ramos |title=Jake Pascual, Frankie Lim reunite at NLEX as PBA approves three-team trade |url=https://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/pba-trade-approved-jake-pascual-frankie-lim-reunite-at-nlex-a793-20230118 |website=Spin.ph |date=January 18, 2023|accessdate=January 23, 2023}}</ref>

==PBA career statistics== {{PBA player statistics legend 2}} ''As of the end of 2024–25 season''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Raul Soyud Player Profile, Phoenix Fuel Masters - RealGM |url=https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Raul-Soyud/Summary/88410 |website=basketball.realgm.com}}</ref>

===Season-by-season averages=== {{PBA player statistics start 2}} |- | align=left | {{pbay|2014}} | align=left | [[2014–15 NLEX Road Warriors season|NLEX]] | 2 || 3.1 || .000 || {{sort|-|—}} || {{sort|-|—}} || {{sort|-|—}} || .5 || {{sort|-|—}} || {{sort|-|—}} || {{sort|-|—}} || {{sort|-|—}} |- | align=left | {{pbay|2015}} | align=left | [[2015–16 NLEX Road Warriors season|NLEX]] | 4 || 5.5 || .333 || .000 || {{sort|-|—}} || '''1.000''' || .8 || {{sort|-|—}} || {{sort|-|—}} || {{sort|-|—}} || 1.5 |- | align=left | {{pbay|2016}} | align=left | [[2016–17 NLEX Road Warriors season|NLEX]] | 31 || 12.1 || .472 || .341 || {{sort|-|—}} || .656 || 3.9 || .4 || .2 || '''.5''' || 4.9 |- | align=left | {{pbay|2017}} | align=left | [[2017–18 NLEX Road Warriors season|NLEX]] | '''32''' || 12.4 || .569 || .385 || {{sort|-|—}} || .610 || 3.7 || .3 || .1 || .3 || 5.0 |- | align=left | {{pbay|2019}} | align=left | [[2019 NLEX Road Warriors season|NLEX]] | '''32''' || 10.3 || .545 || .346 || {{sort|-|—}} || .679 || 3.4 || .5 || .2 || .2 || 4.3 |- | align=left | {{pbay|2020}} | align=left | [[2020 NLEX Road Warriors season|NLEX]] | 11 || '''18.5''' || '''.738''' || .364 || {{sort|-|—}} || .615 || '''6.8''' || '''1.1''' || .1 || .1 || '''10.0''' |- | align=left | {{pbay|2021}} | align=left | [[2021 NLEX Road Warriors season|NLEX]] | 22 || 17.7 || .596 || .333 || {{sort|-|—}} || .625 || 6.0 || .5 || '''.4''' || .4 || 6.0 |- | align=left rowspan=3| {{pbay|2022}} | align=left | [[2022–23 NLEX Road Warriors season|NLEX]] | rowspan=3|23 || rowspan=3|10.9 || rowspan=3|.542 || rowspan=3|.154 || rowspan=3|{{sort|-|—}} || rowspan=3|.500 || rowspan=3|2.9 || rowspan=3|.6 || rowspan=3|.1 || rowspan=3|.1 || rowspan=3|3.1 |- | align=left | [[2022–23 TNT Tropang Giga season|TNT]] |- | align=left | [[2022–23 Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters season|Phoenix Super LPG]] |- | align=left | {{pbay|2023}} | align=left | [[2023–24 Phoenix Fuel Masters season|Phoenix Super LPG / Phoenix]] | 18 || 6.7 || .387 || .111 || {{sort|-|—}} || '''1.000''' || 2.1 || .3 || .2 || .2 || 1.7 |- | align=left | {{pbay|2024}} | align=left | [[2024–25 Phoenix Fuel Masters season|Phoenix]] | 21 || 9.9 || .694 || '''.556''' || {{sort|-|—}} || .542 || 2.9 || .3 || .3 || .2 || 4.1 |-class=sortbottom | align=center colspan=2 | Career | 196 || 11.8 || .561 || .331 || {{sort|-|—}} || .629 || 3.7 || .4 || .2 || .3 || 4.5 {{end}}

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==External links== *[https://www.pba.ph/players/raul-soyud PBA.ph profile] *[https://pba.inquirer.net/players/soyud-raul Inquirer.net profile]

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