President of Gioiella Prisma Tonio Bongiovanni announces that the rossoblù company has reached an agreement with the French club Paris Volley for the acquisition of the player Ibrahim Lawani.
Born in 2001 for 198 cm, from Vitry-sur-Seine, Ibrahim Lawani is the new opposite of Gioiella Prisma Taranto, and will join the 2nd place spiker department together with Tommaso Stefani. He has been playing volleyball for almost 10 years but has been employed in the opposite role for 4 years, he decided to dedicate himself to this role to better focus on the fundamentals of attack and service.
Under Paris Volley one of the most famous teams in Ligue A, currently in mid-table in France, Lawani dives into his first official experience in Italy, starting right from Taranto. He had already done a trial internship in Milan with Allianz Milano, in 2020 and then returned to Paris.
Emerging young striker of the French national team, he conquered a Coupe de France with the Parisian club in the 2019-2020 season and has in his palmarés a silver with the Under 22 national team at the European Championships in the last summer 2022, he also participated in the same summer in the games of the Mediterranean in Oran, beaten by the Italian national team (which won the bronze with captain Falaschi).
Best opposite of the Under22 European Championship with 115 points and 13 total aces, Lawani has an excellent serve, an attack shot with power and elevation and is a rising star of transalpine volleyball.
Lawani will join the team on the shores of the Ionian during the day, available from today to the Ionian club to strengthen the team in the continuation of the championship.