Richard Nguema
Nguema in 2013 | |||||||||||||
Cáceres Ciudad del Baloncesto | |||||||||||||
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Position | Point guard / Shooting guard | ||||||||||||
League | LEB Oro | ||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||
Born |
Madrid, Spain | February 7, 1988||||||||||||
Nationality | Spanish / Equatoguinean | ||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||
NBA draft | 2005 / Undrafted | ||||||||||||
Playing career | 2005–present | ||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||
2005–2008 | Real Madrid | ||||||||||||
2008–2010 | CB Estudiantes | ||||||||||||
2010–2012 | Obradoiro CAB | ||||||||||||
2012–2013 | Cáceres Ciudad del Baloncesto | ||||||||||||
2013–2015 | Malabo Kings | ||||||||||||
2015–present | Cáceres Ciudad del Baloncesto | ||||||||||||
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Richard Nguema Balboa (born February 7, 1988) is a Spanish-Equatoguinean professional basketball player who currently plays for Cáceres Ciudad del Baloncesto of the LEB Oro,[1] after spending a few seasons at Real Madrid.
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.
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.[2]
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.[3] He also played in Equatorial Guinea, the original country of his family, for Malabo Kings.[4]
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
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
Spanish national team
References
- ↑ "Nguema is back at Caceres". Eurobasket.com. 13 February 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Richard Nguema Player Profile". RealGM.com. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
- ↑ "Richard Nguema basketball profile". Afrobasket.com. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
External links
- Richard Nguema at ACB.com
- Richard Nguema - Video highlights
- Richard Nguema on Twitter