Théodore Zué Nguema (9 November 1973 – 5 May 2022) was a professional

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player and

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. He played as a striker. Born in Equatorial Guinea, he played for the Gabon national team between 1995 and 2005, scoring 23 goals in 77 appearances.

Club career

Originally from

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 Province. The president of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, was bor ...

, Equatorial Guinea, Nguema moved to

Oyem Oyem is the capital of Woleu-Ntem province in northern Gabon, lying on the N2 road and the River Ntem. Geography The town lies on a plateau at an elevation of about . It is the administrative and transport center for the surrounding agricultur ...

, Gabon (37km east of Mongomo) and began playing football in local club Santé Sports d'Oyem. He later played for fellow Gabonese sides

USM Libreville Union Sportive O'Mbila Nziami Libreville is a Gabonese football club based in Libreville, Gabon. Achievements * Gabon Championnat National D1: 4 :: 1980, 1981, 1988, 2002 * Coupe du Gabon Interclubs: 4 :: 1987, 1991, 2002, 2008 Performance in ...

and Mbilinga FC, for

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in France, for

ES Zarzis Espérance Sportive de Zarzis ( known as ES Zarzis or simply ESZ for short, is a Tunisian football club based in Zarzis. The club was founded in 1934 by Haj Ali Bouchhioua and its colours are yellow, red and black. Their home stadium, Abdess ...

in Tunisia, for

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in Portugal and for

FC 105 Libreville Football Canon (FC) 105 de Libreville is a Gabonese professional football club based in Libreville. It was founded in 1975 as the club of the army and the police. FC 105 play at the 5,000-capacity Stade Idriss Ngari in Owendo. They often play hom ...

and Téléstar back in Gabon.

International career

Nguema has also played for Gabon national team and participated at the

2000 African Cup of Nations The 2000 African Cup of Nations was the 22nd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa ( CAF). It was co-hosted by Ghana and Nigeria, who jointly replaced Zimbabwe as host. Just like in 1998, the field ...

where they were eliminated in the group stages. He played for the side that finished third at the

2005 CEMAC Cup The 2005 CEMAC Cup was the second edition of the CEMAC Cup, the football championship of Central African nations The tournament was held in the Libreville, Gabon. First round Group A Group B Knockout stage Chad reached the final after ...

Managerial career

After his playing retirement, Nguema returned back to

and managed Real Castel and Estrellas del Futuro (later known as Futuro Kings FC).

Death

Nguema died on 5 May 2022 in Bata, Equatorial Guinea.

Career statistics

:''Scores and results list Gabon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Nguema goal.''

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nguema, Theodore Nzue 1973 births 2022 deaths People from Mongomo Gabonese people of Equatoguinean descent Equatoguinean emigrants Immigrants to Gabon Naturalized citizens of Gabon Sportspeople of Equatoguinean descent Gabonese men's footballers Men's association football forwards Gabon men's international footballers 2000 African Cup of Nations players Primeira Liga players USM Libreville players Angers SCO players Mbilinga FC players ES Zarzis players S.C. Braga players FC 105 Libreville players En Avant Estuaire FC players Gabonese expatriate men's footballers Gabonese expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Gabonese expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in France Gabonese expatriate sportspeople in Tunisia Expatriate men's footballers in Tunisia Gabonese football managers Equatoguinean football managers Futuro Kings FC managers 21st-century Gabonese people