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Richard Nguema Balboa (born 7 February 1988) is a Spanish-born Equatoguinean professional basketball player who plays for the Equatorial Guinea national team.[1]
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| Born | February 7, 1988 Madrid, Spain | |||||||||||||
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| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | |||||||||||||
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| NBA draft | 2005 / Undrafted | |||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2005–present | |||||||||||||
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| Number | 17 | |||||||||||||
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| 2005–2008 | Real Madrid | |||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Estudiantes | |||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Obradoiro CAB | |||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Cáceres | |||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Malabo Kings | |||||||||||||
| 2015 | Cáceres | |||||||||||||
| 2016 | The Panthers | |||||||||||||
| 2017 | Cañeros del Este | |||||||||||||
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Profile and personal life
Nguema is a talented player with great athletic skills, very good defender and great penetrator inside.
He was born in Madrid, Spain to Equatorial Guinean parents - his father being a diplomat. As a result, he has dual citizenship with Spain and Equatorial Guinea.
He has a cousin on his mother's side, Javier Balboa, who is a professional footballer, Equatorial Guinea's international player, also born in Madrid.[2]
Professional career
Nguema has played with several different Spanish clubs in the past, most notably starting his career with Real Madrid, where he obtained the 2006–07 ULEB Cup and the 2006–07 ACB season.[3] Later, he played for CB Estudiantes, Obradoiro CAB and Cáceres Ciudad del Baloncesto.[4]
He also played in Equatorial Guinea, the original country of his family, for Malabo Kings and The Panthers,[5] and in 2017 he played for Cañeros del Este of Dominican top division Liga Nacional de Baloncesto.
National team career
Nguema has competed for Spain through multiple junior national teams, and helped the team win the bronze medal at the 2006 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship.
He also participated at the 2007 FIBA Under-19 World Championship.
Trophies and awards
Real Madrid
- 2006–07 ULEB Cup: Champion
- 2006–07 ACB season: Champion
Obradoiro CAB
- 2010-11 LEB Oro: Champion
- 2010-11 Prince Cup: Champion
Spanish national team
- 2006 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship:
Bronze
References
- "Richard Nguema: "con el corazón se gana los partidos"". FEGUIBASKET (in Spanish).
- "El primo de Balboa es el canterano más antiguo" [Balboa's cousin is the oldest youth system player]. AS.com (in Spanish). 21 December 2006. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- "Richard Nguema Player Profile". RealGM.com. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
- "Nguema is back at Caceres". Eurobasket.com. 13 February 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
- "Richard Nguema basketball profile". Afrobasket.com. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
External links
- Richard Nguema at ACB.com
- Richard Nguema - Video highlights
На других языках
- [en] Richard Nguema
[es] Richard Nguema
Richard Nguema Balboa (Madrid, España, 7 de febrero de 1988) es un baloncestista hispano-ecuatoguineano que juega como base para el Club de Baloncesto Conejero de la Liga Española de Baloncesto Aficionado y para la selección de Guinea Ecuatorial.[1] Empezó su carrera en el Real Madrid de Baloncesto, perteneciendo al club desde la categoría de cadete.Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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