Richard Nguema

Richard Nguema
Nguema in 2013
Personal information
Born (1988-02-07) 7 February 1988 (age 36)
Madrid, Spain
Nationality
  • Spanish
  • Equatoguinean
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Career information
NBA draft2005: undrafted
Playing career2005–present
Position
Number17
Career history
2005–2008Real Madrid
2008–2010Estudiantes
2010–2012Obradoiro CAB
2012–2013Cáceres
2013–2015Malabo Kings
2015Cáceres
2016The Panthers
2017Cañeros del Este
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Spain
FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Greece U-18 National Team

Richard Nguema Balboa (born 7 February 1988) is a professional basketball player who plays as a point guard and shooting guard. Born and raised in Spain to Equatorial Guinean parents, he represented Spain and Equatorial Guinea at youth and senior levels, respectively.[1]

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.[2]

He has a cousin on his mother's side, Javier Balboa, who is a professional footballer, Equatorial Guinea's international player, also born in Madrid.[3]

Professional career

Nguema has played with several different Spanish clubs in the past, most notably starting his career with Real Madrid, where he obtained the 2006–07 ULEB Cup and the 2006–07 ACB season.[4] Later, he played for CB Estudiantes, Obradoiro CAB and Cáceres Ciudad del Baloncesto.[5]

He also played in Equatorial Guinea, the original country of his family, for Malabo Kings and The Panthers,[6] and in 2017 he played for Cañeros del Este 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 2006 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship.

He also participated at the 2007 FIBA Under-19 World Championship.

Trophies and awards

Real Madrid

Obradoiro CAB

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

Spanish national team

References

  1. ^ "Richard Nguema: "con el corazón se gana los partidos"". FEGUIBASKET (in Spanish).
  2. ^ "PRESENCIA DE LA SOCIEDAD ABAKUÁ EN FERNANDO POO A FINALES DEL SIGLO XIX" (PDF). p. 7. Today, although there is no memory of their origins, many Cuban surnames are preserved among Creole families: Moreno, Castillo, Riquito, Mata, Rivas, Balboa, Valcárcel, etc.
  3. ^ "El primo de Balboa es el canterano más antiguo" [Balboa's cousin is the oldest youth system player]. AS.com (in Spanish). 21 December 2006. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Richard Nguema Player Profile". RealGM.com. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  5. ^ "Nguema is back at Caceres". Eurobasket.com. 13 February 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  6. ^ "Richard Nguema basketball profile". Afrobasket.com. Retrieved 20 September 2014.