Paul Biligha


Paul Stephane Lionel Biligha is an Italian professional basketball player for Olimpia Milano of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A. Standing at 2.00 m, he plays at the center position.

Professional career

Biligha was born in Perugia, Italy in 1990 into a family of Italian and Cameroonian heritage.
He started playing in Cameroon where he lived from the age of 8 to 16. Once back in Italy, he grew as a basketball player in the Florence youth team and later Casalpusterlengo, Verolanuova, Crema and Pavia.
In summer 2012 Biligha signed with Sidigas Avellino in LBA, where he stayed for two seasons. In 2014 went to Basket Ferentino in Serie A2 Basket.
In June 26, 2015 Biligha returned in LBA with a two-year contract with Vanoli Cremona.
In July 2017 he became a player of 2017 Italian League champions, Umana Reyer Venezia. In May 2018, he won the FIBA Europe Cup with Reyer.
He signed with Olimpia Milano for the season 2019/2020.

National team career

He made his debut with the Under-20 Italian national basketball team during FIBA Eurobasket Under-20 in 2010, playing 8 matches and scoring 47 points.
In 2017 Biligha officially enter into the sperimental Italian Senior Basketball Team. He is going to play EuroBasket 2017 in Israel.