Boyas

Boyas

Personal information
Full name	Pablo Ndong Esi
Date of birth	1969
Place of birth	Equatorial Guinea
Date of death	(2010-12-15)15 December 2010 (age 41)
Place of death	Near Edéa, Cameroon
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
International career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999	Equatorial Guinea B	3	(0)
2002–2006	Equatorial Guinea	1	(0)
Managerial career
2010	Deportivo Mongomo

Pablo Ndong Esi (1969 – 15 December 2010), better known as Boyas, was an Equatoguinean football goalkeeper and manager.

The stadium located in Sampaka, a town between Luba and Malabo, is called "Estadio Pablo Boyas" as a posthumous honor.

International career

Boyas was with the Equatoguinean senior team in 2002, when he participated of an Africa Cup of Nations 2004 Qualifying match against Sierra Leone on 8 September.[1] In turn, he was substitute in an Africa Cup of Nations 2008 Qualifying match against Cameroon on 7 October 2006.[2]

Boyas also had B matches in 1999, playing the UNIFAC Cup.[3]

Death

Boyas was killed, alongside the Equatoguinean women's international footballer Téclaire Bille and her eldest brother on 15 December 2010, in a road accident between Yaoundé and Douala in Cameroon.[4] He was the head coach of Deportivo Mongomo.[5]

References

1. "International Matches 2002 - Africa".
2. [1] (in French)
3. "International Matches 1999 - Africa".
4. [2] (in French)
5. "The CAF remembers the ill-fated Tecla Bilé Esono - Official Web Page of the Government of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea". www.guineaecuatorialpress.com. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011.