Óscar Engonga

Óscar Engonga
Personal information
Full name	Óscar Engonga Maté
Date of birth	12 September 1968 (age 55)
Place of birth	Torrelavega, Spain
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1986–1987	Gimnástica
Senior career*
Years	Team
1987	Barcelona C
1987–1988	Mirandés
1988–1989	Gimnástica
1989–1990	Langreo
1990–1991	Sporting Mahonés
1991	Valladolid
1992	Tudelano
1992–1993	Toledo
1993–1994	Racing Santander
1994	Figueres
1994–1995	Mensajero
1995–1996	Racing Ferrol
1996–1998	Gimnástica
1998	Burgos
1999	Castellón
Total
Managerial career
2003	Equatorial Guinea
2012	Nsok Nsomo
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Óscar Engonga Maté (born 12 September 1968) is a Spanish former football player and manager who played as a midfielder.

Football career

Engonga was born in Torrelavega, Cantabria. During his career, spent mainly in Spain's lower leagues, he appeared in three La Liga matches,^[1] one for Real Valladolid^[2] and two for Racing de Santander.^[3]^[4] He retired in 1999, aged only 30.

Shortly after, Engonga took up coaching, managing for a brief period Equatorial Guinea,^[5] which featured former fellow professionals in Spain Rodolfo Bodipo and Benjamín Zarandona. Subsequently, he served as technical assistant to his brother Vicente when the latter was in charge of the national team.^[6]

Personal life

Engonga came from a football family. His father Vicente was also a footballer who left Equatorial Guinea in 1958 and settled in Torrelavega, playing for Gimnástica de Torrelavega and other teams in the region.^[7] Óscar was the youngest of four brothers (all former players), the most prominent being older Vicente, who represented Spain at UEFA Euro 2000;^[8] Óscar and Vicente coincided at Gimnástica – with siblings Julio and Rafael – and Valladolid in the 1991–92 season.^[1]

Engonga's son, Igor, who was born in Santa Cruz de La Palma while he played in that city for CD Mensajero,^[6] represented Equatorial Guinea at both under-16^[9] and senior level.^[10]