| Richard Nguema | |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 4 |
| Birth Date: | 7 February 1988 |
| Birth Place: | Madrid, Spain |
| Career Number: | 17 |
| Draft Year: | 2005 |
| Career Start: | 2005 |
| Years1: | 2005–2008 |
| Team1: | Real Madrid |
| Years2: | 2008–2010 |
| Team2: | Estudiantes |
| Years3: | 2010–2012 |
| Team3: | Obradoiro CAB |
| Years4: | 2012–2013 |
| Team4: | Cáceres |
| Years5: | 2013–2015 |
| Team5: | Malabo Kings |
| Years6: | 2015 |
| Team6: | Cáceres |
| Years7: | 2016 |
| Team7: | The Panthers |
| Years8: | 2017 |
| Team8: | Cañeros del Este |
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]
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]
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.[4] Later, he played for CB Estudiantes, Obradoiro CAB and Cáceres Ciudad del Baloncesto.[5]
He also played in Equatorial Guinea, the original country of his family, for Malabo Kings and The Panthers,[6] and in 2017 he played for Cañeros del Este of Dominican top division Liga Nacional de Baloncesto.
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.