Florian Lobilo Boba (born 10 April 1950) is a
Congolese football defender who played for
Zaire
Zaire (, ), officially the Republic of Zaire (french: République du Zaïre, link=no, ), was a Congolese state from 1971 to 1997 in Central Africa that was previously and is now again known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Zaire was, ...
in the
1974 FIFA World Cup.
Career
Lobilo played for
AS Vita Club, where he would win the 1973
African Cup of Champions Clubs.
He was in the Zaire squad that won the
1974 African Cup of Nations
The 1974 African Cup of Nations was the ninth edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa ( CAF). It was hosted by Egypt.
Just like in 1972, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Zaire won its s ...
finals.
He made several appearances for Zaire in
1974 World Cup qualifying and appeared in one
1982 World Cup qualifying match; a 5-2 win over
Mozambique
Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi ...
on 13 July 1980.
In 2006, he was selected by
CAF as one of the best 200 African football players of the last 50 years.
References
External links
FIFA profile
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1950 births
Living people
Africa Cup of Nations-winning players
Democratic Republic of the Congo footballers
Democratic Republic of the Congo men's international footballers
Men's association football defenders
AS Vita Club players
1974 FIFA World Cup players
1974 African Cup of Nations players
1976 African Cup of Nations players
21st-century Democratic Republic of the Congo people
Footballers from Brazzaville