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]