Richard Nguema Balboa (born 7 February 1988) is a professional basketball player who plays as a

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and

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. Born and raised in Spain to Equatorial Guinean parents, he represented Spain and Equatorial Guinea at youth and

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levels, respectively.

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. His maternal side, the Balboa, is of distant Cuban descent. He has a cousin on his mother's side,

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 t ...

, who is a professional footballer, Equatorial Guinea's international player, also born in Madrid.

Professional career

Nguema has played with several different Spanish clubs in the past, most notably starting his career with

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, where he obtained the

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and the

2006–07 ACB season The 2006–07 ACB season was the 24th season of the Liga ACB. The regular season began on Saturday, September 30, 2006, and ended on Sunday, May 13, 2007. The regular season ended with TAU Cerámica in first place, but Real Madrid won the ACB fina ...

. Later, he played for

CB Estudiantes Club Baloncesto Estudiantes, S.A.D., known simply as Estu and as Movistar Estudiantes for sponsorship reasons, is a basketball team based in the city of Madrid, Spain. It is a member of the Asociación de Clubes de Baloncesto (ACB). Founded in 19 ...

, Obradoiro CAB and

Cáceres Ciudad del Baloncesto Cáceres Ciudad del Baloncesto, also named as Cáceres Patrimonio de la Humanidad for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team based in Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain. It plays in the LEB Oro, the second in importance in Spain after AC ...

. He also played in Equatorial Guinea, the original country of his family, for Malabo Kings and The Panthers, and in 2017 he played for

Cañeros del Este Cañeros del Este is a professional basketball team based in La Romana, La Romana Province, Dominican Republic. The team currently plays in the Dominican top division Liga Nacional de Baloncesto. Championships Liga Nacional de Baloncesto (2x) ...

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

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. He also participated at the

2007 FIBA Under-19 World Championship The 2007 FIBA Under-19 World Championship (Serbian: Светско првенство до 19 година ФИБА до 19 година) was the 8th edition of the FIBA U19 World Championship. It was held in Novi Sad, Serbia from 12 to 22 July 2 ...

Trophies and awards

Real Madrid

: Champion *

: Champion

Obradoiro CAB

* 2010-11 LEB Oro: Champion * 2010-11 Prince Cup: Champion

Spanish national team

References

External links

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Richard Nguema
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