Pablo Ndong Esi (1969 – 15 December 2010), better known as Boyas, was an Equatoguinean football goalkeeper and manager.

Boyas
Personal information
Full name Pablo Ndong Esi
Date of birth 1969
Place of birth Equatorial Guinea
Date of death (2010-12-15)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

The stadium located in Sampaka, a town between Luba and Malabo, is called "Estadio Pablo Boyas" as a posthumous honor.

International career

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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

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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

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  1. ^ "International Matches 2002 - Africa".
  2. ^ [1] (in French)
  3. ^ "International Matches 1999 - Africa".
  4. ^ [2] (in French)
  5. ^ "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.