Alain Digbeu

Alain Digbeu (born November 13th, 1975 in Mâcon, France) is a French professional basketball player. He was drafted by the NBA pro club the Atlanta Hawks with the 50th pick in the 1997 NBA Draft. He is 6'6" (1.98 m) in height and 220 lbs. (100 kg) in weight. He can play at both the shooting guard and small forward positions.

Pro career

At the pro club level, Digbeu played in the French League with ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne from 1993-99. With ASVEL he won the French Cup in the years 1996 and 1997, and he was the French League MVP in the year 1998. He was also the French League Rookie of the Year in 1996, and a 3 time French League All-Star (1997, 1998, 1999) with ASVEL. He played in the Spanish League with FC Barcelona from 1999-2002 and he won the Spanish League championship and the Spanish Cup championship with Barcelona in the year 2001.

Digbeu has also played with the Spanish club Real Madrid in the 2002-03 season, with the Spanish club Joventut Badalona in the 2003-04 season, and with the Spanish Club CB Lucentum Alicante in the 2005-06 season. He also played in the Italian League with Casti Group Varese in the 2004-05 season and with Climamio Bologna in the 2006-07 season. Digbeu returned to the Spanish team CB Lucentum Alicante for the 2007-08 season. [ [http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?clubcode=for&pcode=ADC Digbeu page on the Euroleague site.] ]

He signed with the Greek League club Kavala-Panorama for the 2008-09 season.

French national team

Digbeu has played for the French national basketball team at the 1999 European Championship, the 2001 European Championship, and the 2003 European Championship.

References

External links

* [http://www.basketnews.lt/index.php/players.stats;id.929;sz.2002;lg.33 Basketnews.lt player profile (Lithuanian)]
* [http://www.solobasket.com/contenidos/alain/digbeu/proximo/nombre/agenda/cai/c-8637.html Solobasket.com Alain Digbeu (Spanish)]
* [http://www.lequipe.fr/Basket/20061211_163014Dev.html Lequipe.fr (French)]