Óscar Engonga

Spanish football player and manager

Óscar Engonga
Personal information
Full name Óscar Engonga Maté
Date of birth (1968-09-12) 12 September 1968 (age 55)
Place of birth Torrelavega, Spain
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1986–1987 Gimnástica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987 Barcelona C 1 (0)
1987–1988 Mirandés 7 (1)
1988–1989 Gimnástica 4 (0)
1989–1990 Langreo 12 (2)
1990–1991 Sporting Mahonés 32 (3)
1991 Valladolid 1 (0)
1992 Tudelano
1992–1993 Toledo 30 (2)
1993–1994 Racing Santander 2 (0)
1994 Figueres 7 (1)
1994–1995 Mensajero 27 (2)
1995–1996 Racing Ferrol 29 (3)
1996–1998 Gimnástica 56 (12)
1998 Burgos 15 (0)
1999 Castellón 2 (0)
Total 225 (26)
Managerial career
2003 Equatorial Guinea
2012 Nsok Nsomo
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Óscar Engonga Maté (born 12 September 1968) is a Spanish former football player and manager who played as a midfielder.

Football career

Engonga was born in Torrelavega, Cantabria. During his career, spent mainly in Spain's lower leagues, he appeared in three La Liga matches,[1] one for Real Valladolid[2] and two for Racing de Santander.[3][4] He retired in 1999, aged only 30.

Shortly after, Engonga took up coaching, managing for a brief period Equatorial Guinea,[5] which featured former fellow professionals in Spain Rodolfo Bodipo and Benjamín Zarandona. Subsequently, he served as technical assistant to his brother Vicente when the latter was in charge of the national team.[6]

Personal life

Engonga came from a football family. His father Vicente was also a footballer who left Equatorial Guinea in 1958 and settled in Torrelavega, playing for Gimnástica de Torrelavega and other teams in the region.[7] Óscar was the youngest of four brothers (all former players), the most prominent being older Vicente, who represented Spain at UEFA Euro 2000;[8] Óscar and Vicente coincided at Gimnástica – with siblings Julio and Rafael – and Valladolid in the 1991–92 season.[1]

Engonga's son, Igor, who was born in Santa Cruz de La Palma while he played in that city for CD Mensajero,[6] represented Equatorial Guinea at both under-16[9] and senior level.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b La saga de los Engonga (The Engonga saga); Marca, 20 October 2018 (in Spanish)
  2. ^ El Valencia gana sin convencer (Valencia win but do not convince); Mundo Deportivo, 16 December 1991 (in Spanish)
  3. ^ El Racing frena al Sevilla (Racing halt Sevilla); Mundo Deportivo, 18 October 1993 (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Meho Kodro ejecuta a un Racing ambicioso (Meho Kodro executes ambitious Racing); Mundo Deportivo, 25 October 1993 (in Spanish)
  5. ^ "Nos trataron como jefes de Estado" ("We were treated like heads of State"); Diario AS, 21 October 2003 (in Spanish)
  6. ^ a b Biografía (Biography); at CD Mensajero (in Spanish)
  7. ^ La sangre guineana de la Gimnástica (Gimnástica's Guinean blood); at Unofficial Gimnástica website (in Spanish)
  8. ^ El reencuentro con las raíces (Reuniting with one's roots); El País, 24 November 2003 (in Spanish)
  9. ^ Con una masiva entrega de premios clausuró la campaña del fútbol base (Youth football campaign ended with massive award ceremony); Racing Santander, 13 July 2011 (in Spanish)
  10. ^ Del cole a jugar contra La Roja (From school to playing against La Roja); El País, 14 November 2013 (in Spanish)

External links

  • Óscar Engonga at BDFutbol
  • Óscar Engonga – FIFA competition record (archived)
  • v
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Equatorial Guinea national football team – managers