Óscar Engonga Maté (born 12 September 1968) is a Spanish former

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and

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who played as a

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Football career

Engonga was born in

Torrelavega Torrelavega ( Cantabrian: ''Torlavega'') is a municipality and important industrial and commercial hub in the single province Autonomous Community of Cantabria, northern Spain. It is situated roughly 8 kilometres from the Cantabrian Coast and 27.5 ...

Cantabria Cantabria (, also , , Cantabrian: ) is an autonomous community in northern Spain with Santander as its capital city. It is called a ''comunidad histórica'', a historic community, in its current Statute of Autonomy. It is bordered on the east ...

. During his career, spent mainly in Spain's lower leagues, he appeared in three

La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaLiga, is the men's ...

matches,La saga de los Engonga (The Engonga saga)

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, 20 October 2018 (in Spanish) one for

Real Valladolid Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., or simply Real Valladolid () or Valladolid, is a professional football club based in Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain that competes in La Liga, the top tier of the Spanish league system. The club colo ...

and two for

Racing de Santander Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D. (), also known as Racing de Santander () or simply Racing, is a football club based in Santander, Cantabria, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system ...

. He retired in 1999, aged only 30. Shortly after, Engonga took up coaching, managing for a brief period

Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea ( es, Guinea Ecuatorial; french: Guinée équatoriale; pt, Guiné Equatorial), officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea ( es, link=no, República de Guinea Ecuatorial, french: link=no, République de Guinée équatoria ...

, which featured former fellow professionals in Spain

Rodolfo Bodipo Rodolfo Bodipo Díaz (born 25 October 1977) is an Equatorial Guinean former footballer who played as a striker, and is a current manager and politician. He appeared in 158 La Liga matches over eight seasons, scoring 32 goals in representation ...

and Benjamín Zarandona. Subsequently, he served as technical assistant to his brother

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when the latter was in charge of the national team.Biografía (Biography)
at CD Mensajero (in Spanish)

Personal life

Engonga came from a football family. His father Vicente was also a footballer who left

in 1958 and settled in Torrelavega, playing for

Gimnástica de Torrelavega Real Sociedad Gimnástica de Torrelavega is a Spanish football team based in Torrelavega, in the autonomous community of Cantabria. Founded on 28 September 1907 it is the oldest football club in the region, and currently plays in Tercera Divisi ...

and other teams in the region. Óscar was the youngest of four brothers (all former players), the most prominent being older

, who represented

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UEFA Euro 2000 The 2000 UEFA European Football Championship, also known as Euro 2000, was the 11th UEFA European Championship, a football tournament held every four years and organised by UEFA, the sport's governing body in Europe. The finals tournament was ...

; Óscar and Vicente coincided at Gimnástica – with siblings Julio and Rafael – and Valladolid in the 1991–92 season. Engonga's son,

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, who was born in

Santa Cruz de La Palma Santa Cruz de la Palma (Spanish for ''Holy Cross of La Palma'') is a city and a municipality on the east coast of the island of La Palma in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife of the Canary Islands. Santa Cruz de la Palma is the second-largest ...

while he played in that city for

CD Mensajero Club Deportivo Mensajero is a Spanish football team based in Santa Cruz de la Palma, in the autonomous community of Canary Islands. Founded on 6 January 1922, it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 4, holding home games at ''Nuevo Estadio S ...

, represented Equatorial Guinea at both under-16 and senior level.Del cole a jugar contra La Roja (From school to playing against ''La Roja'')
El País, 14 November 2013 (in Spanish)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Engonga, Oscar 1968 births Living people People from Torrelavega Spanish sportspeople of Equatoguinean descent Spanish men's footballers Equatoguinean men's footballers Footballers from Cantabria Men's association football midfielders La Liga players Segunda División B players Tercera División players FC Barcelona C players CD Mirandés footballers Gimnástica de Torrelavega footballers UP Langreo footballers CF Sporting Mahonés players Real Valladolid players CD Tudelano footballers CD Toledo players Racing de Santander players UE Figueres footballers CD Mensajero players Racing de Ferrol footballers Burgos CF footballers CD Castellón footballers Spanish football managers Equatoguinean football managers Equatorial Guinea national football team managers