Boyas
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Pablo Ndong Esi | ||
Date of birth | 1969 | ||
Place of birth | Equatorial Guinea | ||
Date of death | 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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "International Matches 2002 - Africa".
- ^ [1] (in French)
- ^ "International Matches 1999 - Africa".
- ^ [2] (in French)
- ^ "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.