Boyas Explained

Boyas
Fullname:Pablo Ndong Esi
Birth Date:1969
Birth Place:Equatorial Guinea
Death Date: (age 41)
Death Place:Near Edéa, Cameroon
Position:Goalkeeper
Nationalyears1:1999
Nationalyears2:2002–2006
Nationalteam1:Equatorial Guinea B
Nationalteam2:Equatorial Guinea
Nationalcaps1:3
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalcaps2:1
Nationalgoals2:0
Manageryears1:2010
Managerclubs1: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

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

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: International Matches 2002 - Africa.
  2. http://camfoot.info/?les-lions-au-forceps,7757.html
  3. Web site: International Matches 1999 - Africa.
  4. http://www.cameroon-tribune.cm/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=62470:edea-une-prado-entre-sous-une-remorque-trois-morts&catid=35:sport&Itemid=4#contenu
  5. Web site: The CAF remembers the ill-fated Tecla Bilé Esono - Official Web Page of the Government of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea . www.guineaecuatorialpress.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110711133009/http://www.guineaecuatorialpress.com/noticia.php?id=1357&lang=en . 2011-07-11.