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2015 Africa Cup Of Nations Group A
Group A of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations was played from 17 January until 25 January in Equatorial Guinea. The group consisted of the hosts Equatorial Guinea national football team, Equatorial Guinea, Burkina Faso national football team, Burkina Faso, Gabon national football team, Gabon, and Congo national football team, Congo. Congo and Equatorial Guinea advanced as group winners and runners-up respectively, while Gabon and Burkina Faso were eliminated. Teams ;Notes Standings In the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations knockout stage, quarter-finals: *Congo advanced to play DR Congo (runner-up of 2015 Africa Cup of Nations Group B, Group B). *Equatorial Guinea advanced to play Tunisia (winner of 2015 Africa Cup of Nations Group B, Group B). Matches All times local, West Africa Time, WAT (UTC+01:00, UTC+1). Equatorial Guinea vs Congo The first goal of the tournament was scored by Emilio Nsue. Receiving a through ball from Kike Boula, Kike, he slotted the ball low past the goalkeeper wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Africa Cup Of Nations
The 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, known as the Orange Africa Cup of Nations, Equatorial Guinea 2015 for sponsorship reasons, was the 30th staging of the Africa Cup of Nations, the international men's football championship of Africa. It was organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and was held from 17 January to 8 February 2015. The tournament was initially scheduled to be hosted by Morocco who later demanded postponement of the event because of the Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa; subsequently Morocco was ruled out as a host country and replaced by Equatorial Guinea. Ivory Coast won the tournament for their second Africa Cup of Nations title, defeating Ghana 9–8 in a penalty shoot-out after the final finished goalless following extra time. The DR Congo came third and the hosts Equatorial Guinea fourth, while defending champions Nigeria did not qualify. Host selection Bids: CAF received 3 bids before 30 September 2010, the deadline, to host either the 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kike Boula
Enrique "Kike" Boula Senobua (born 17 July 1993) is an Equatorial Guinean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga Nacional club Futuro Kings FC and the Equatorial Guinea national team. Club career Born in Malabo, Boula graduated from UD Almería's youth setup. He made his senior debuts with the reserves in the 2011–12 campaign, in Segunda División B. In the 2013 summer Boula joined another reserve team, RCD Mallorca B in Tercera División. On 11 July 2015 he signed for Linares Deportivo, newly promoted to the third level. In summer 2016, he signed with Greek Football League club Kissamikos. On 23 June 2017, after being released, he signed for Xanthi. International career On 3 January 2015 Boula was included in Esteban Becker's Equatorial Guinea 23-men list for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations. Four days later he made his full international debut, coming on as a second half substitute in a 1–1 friendly draw against Cape Verde. Personal life Boula's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iván Zarandona
Iván Zarandona Esono (born 30 August 1980) is an Equatorial Guinean former footballer and a sports agent. Mainly a defensive midfielder, he also operated as a central defender. He spent the better part of his career in Spain, representing Valladolid at the professional level. Zarandona was a member of the Equatorial Guinea national team. Club career Born in Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain, Zarandona played the vast majority of his career in the lower leagues of that country, having a second division stint with Real Valladolid in the 2004–05 season where he played in less than half of the games. Rarely settling with a club, he also represented CF Extremadura, CD Ferriolense, RCD Mallorca B, Real Betis B, Caravaca CF, Rayo Vallecano, Zamora CF, Real Murcia Imperial, UD Los Palacios, UD Pájara Playas de Jandía, CD Leganés, Real Jaén, CD Lugo, SD Noja and Burgos CF. In the third level, he appeared in more than 300 official matches for several teams. International ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javier Balboa
Javier Ángel Balboa Osa (born 13 May 1985) is a former professional footballer who played as a winger, most notably for Real Madrid and Benfica. After emerging at Real Madrid's youth system, he could never establish himself in its first team. In 2008 he signed with Benfica, being loaned several times over his contract and leaving three years later. Balboa represented Equatorial Guinea at the 2012 and 2015 Africa Cup of Nations. Club career Real Madrid Born in Madrid, Balboa arrived at Real Madrid Castilla in the summer of 2005. He eventually settled down, although he missed a part of their season due to first team duty; he still finished his first year with 32 games and one goal, in Segunda División. After having toured with the Real Madrid first team in its Austrian tour during the 2006–07 pre-season, Balboa signed a one-year loan deal with Racing de Santander in La Liga in order to gain first team experience, after being told he was not going to be part of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sipo (footballer)
Armando Sipoto Bohale Aqueriaco (born 21 April 1988), commonly known as Sipo, is an Equatoguinean footballer who plays as a left back for Spanish club CFI Alicante. He spent all but his senior career in Spain, but never in higher than Segunda División B. His professional input consisted of a combined nine matches for Pandurii (Romania) and AEK Larnaca (Cyprus). Born in Spain, Sipo represented the Equatorial Guinea national team. Club career Born in Alicante, Spain, Sipo only played lower league football in that country. He represented Alicante CF, CD Badajoz,El Badajoz espera el 'efecto Sipo' (Badajoz await 'Sipo effect') Hoy, 10 February 2012 |
Rui Da Gracia
Rui Fernando da Gracia Gomes (born 28 May 1985), simply known as Rui, is a footballer who plays as a centre back. Born and raised in Spain to Cape Verdean parents, he has been naturalized by Equatorial Guinea, whose national team he has represented internationally. Early life Rui was born in Bembibre, Castile and León to Cape Verdean parents from São Nicolau, who had emigrated to Portugal in the mid-1970s and then to Spain. Club career Rui is a product of CA Bembibre. He has developed most of his club career in his homecountry Spain, also playing in Cyprus and Malta, where he was a two-time Maltese Premier League champion with Hibernians FC. International career Rui represented Cape Verde in the 2003 and 2009 editions of ''Mundialito'', a Spanish-based tournament where the participant teams are entirely composed by amateur footballers from the different foreign diasporas in Spain and do not use to be linked to their respective official national teams. He was never conta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diosdado Mbele
Diosdado Mbele Mba Mangue (born 8 April 1997) is an Equatoguinean footballer who plays as a centre back for Futuro Kings FC Futuro Kings FC is an Equatoguinean football club based in the city of Mongomo Mongomo is a town in the province of Wele-Nzas on mainland Equatorial Guinea, on the eastern border, roughly 1 km (0.62 mi) west of Gabon's Woleu-Ntem Prov ... and the Equatorial Guinea national team. He has been under the management of Dil sports Promotion since he was 13. References External links * 1997 births Living people Sportspeople from Malabo Equatoguinean men's footballers Men's association football central defenders Leones Vegetarianos FC players AC Kajaani players Equatorial Guinea men's international footballers 2015 Africa Cup of Nations players Equatoguinean expatriate men's footballers Equatoguinean expatriate sportspeople in Malta Expatriate men's footballers in Malta Equatoguinean expatriate sportspeople in Finland Expatriate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pablo Ganet
Pablo Ganet Comitre (born 4 November 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Primera Federación club CD Alcoyano. Born in Spain, he plays for the Equatorial Guinea national team. Club career Born in Málaga, Andalusia, Ganet graduated from Real Betis' youth setup. In the 2013 summer he joined Málaga CF's reserve team, and made his senior debuts for the latter in the Tercera División. On 20 August 2014, Ganet joined UD San Sebastián de los Reyes, also in the fourth level. International career After being eligible through his father, Ganet was included in Esteban Becker's 23-man Equatoguinean squad for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations The 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, known as the Orange Africa Cup of Nations, Equatorial Guinea 2015 for sponsorship reasons, was the 30th staging of the Africa Cup of Nations, the international men's football championship of Africa. It was orga ... on 4 January 2015. Three days later he made his full internati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felipe Ovono
Felipe Ovono Ovono Mbang (born 26 July 1993) is an Equatorial Guinean professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ethiopian Premier League club Sidama Coffee SC and the Equatorial Guinea national team. He was part of the squad at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations. Early life Ovono was born in Mongomo to Felipe Ovono and Josefina Mbang. His father died when he was very young and since then he was raised by his mother. Career Ovono started to play football in a club (Maria Auxiliadora) from the 3rd division and eventually the team got promoted to the second division, and after great performances in the 2nd division, he signed with Sony Elá Nguema of the first division. Ovono won several league titles with this team and consequently started to be part of the national team. In 2012, he was part of the team that played the African cup that was co-hosted by Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. He didn't play any minute in this competition and the team reached the quarter-finals wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gambia Football Federation
The Gambia Football Federation (GFF), formerly known as the Gambia Football Association, is the governing body of football in Gambia. It was founded in 1952, and affiliated to FIFA in 1968 and to CAF in 1966. It organizes the GFA League First Division, the GFA League Second Division and the national team. The current president is Lamin Kaba Bajo since September 2014. References External links Gambiaat the FIFA website. Gambiaat CAF Online Gambia Football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ... Football in the Gambia Sports organizations established in 1952 {{Gambia-sport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bakary Gassama
Bakary Papa Gassama (born 10 February 1979) is a Gambian football referee. He became a FIFA referee in 2007. He officiated at the 2012 Olympic tournament, in which he was the fourth official for the gold medal match between Mexico and Brazil. He also served as a referee at the 2012 and 2013 Africa Cup of Nations tournaments, as well as the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. In March 2013, FIFA named Gassama as one of the fifty potential referees for the 2014 World Cup. On 15 January 2014, FIFA announced that he would be one of the 25 referees for the tournament. His assistants were announced to be Evarist Menkouandé and Felicien Kabanda. He officiated the third group stage match in group B between the Netherlands and Chile on 23 June 2014. He officiated the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations Final match on 8 February 2015 between Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire. On 27 April 2017, Gassama was selected as CAF's sole referee for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia. His assistants w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bata, Equatorial Guinea
Bata () is a port city in the Litoral province of Equatorial Guinea. With a 2005 estimated population of 173,046, it is the largest city in Equatorial Guinea. It lies on the Atlantic Ocean coast of Río Muni. Bata was formerly capital of Equatorial Guinea and is a transport hub and port, from which ferries sail to Malabo and Douala, while aircraft can land at Bata Airport. Bata is also known for its nightlife and market. History After the anti-Spanish riots of 1969, the European population declined in Bata, and severe economic stagnation affected Bata in the 1970s and early 1980s.BritannicaBata britannica.com, USA, accessed on July 7, 2019 The oil boom of the country in the late 1980s and 1990s has boosted the development of the city. On 7 March 2021, the city was struck by a series of explosions which resulted in the death of at least 105 people and the wounding of more than 615 others. The majority of the buildings in the city were damaged by the explosions. Economy Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
