Beau Belga
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| No. 30 – Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Center / Power forward | ||||||||||||||||||
| League | PBA | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born |
November 30, 1986 Gubat, Sorsogon, Philippines |
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| Nationality | Filipino | ||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 280 lb (127 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| College | Philippine Christian University | ||||||||||||||||||
| PBA draft | 2008 Round: 1 / Pick: 7th overall | ||||||||||||||||||
| Selected by the Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants | |||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2001–present | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 2008–2009 | Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Air21 Express | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Meralco Bolts | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–present | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | ||||||||||||||||||
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Beau Michael Vincent Esparrago Belga (born November 30, 1986 in Gubat, Sorsogon) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters in the Philippine Basketball Association. He also starred in TV5's sitcom No Harm, No Foul as Bo Abelgas.
Belga was born and raised in Gubat, Sorsogon and is the eldest among the three siblings. His father was a family driver while his mother was a housewife. At a young age, he helped his grandmother sell balut, penoy, and other goods. He finished his high school education in Sorsogon. As a kid, he was very thin and was often bullied; as a way of escape, he focused his attention on basketball.
He decided to go to Manila and study at Philippine Christian University. He was recruited to play for the PCU Dolphins by the school's swimming coach while he was playing billiards with his friends. While at PCU, he, along with future PBA stars Gabby Espinas and Jayson Castro, helped the team win its first ever NCAA title against host school University of Perpetual Help in 2004.
He was the seventh overall draft pick by Purefoods in 2008 before being traded to Burger King. He found his niche as a basketball player while playing for coach Yeng Guiao's Rain or Shine Elasto Painters, where he was known as one of the league's toughest players. While with Rain or Shine, he also became teammates with J.R. Quiñahan, and together they formed a duo in the low block, called the Extra Rice, Inc., owing to their weight and huge appetite.
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