Richard Nguema
Richard Nguema Balboa is a Spanish-born Equatoguinean professional basketball player who plays for the Equatorial Guinea national team.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.
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.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.. Later, he played for CB Estudiantes, Obradoiro CAB and Cáceres Ciudad del Baloncesto.
He also played in Equatorial Guinea, the original country of his family, for Malabo Kings and The Panthers, and in 2017 he played for Cañeros del Este of Dominican top division Liga Nacional de Baloncesto.Teams
- 2005-06 U-18 Junior Real Madrid – He played 1 game in Liga ACB.
- 2006-08 Real Madrid Baloncesto - LEB2/ACB/ULEB Cup.
- 2008-10 CB Estudiantes - EBA/ACB.
- 2010-12 Obradoiro CAB - LEB Oro/ACB.
- 2012-13 Cáceres Ciudad del Baloncesto
- 2013-15 Malabo Kings
- 2015 Cáceres Ciudad del Baloncesto
- 2016 The Panthers
- 2017 Cañeros del Este
International 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
- 2006–07 ULEB Cup: Champion
- 2006–07 ACB season: Champion
Obradoiro CAB
- 2010-11 LEB Oro: Champion
- 2010-11 Prince Cup: Champion
- 2006 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship:
